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-- 2020-01-14 20:30:03
That Dhaka city dwellers are gripped by a severe degree of noise pollution did not need any study to tell them. However, a recent joint study by Stamford University (SU) and the Bangladesh Parisbesh A...
-- 2020-01-13 22:07:13
Of the total transport-sector casualties in 2019 -8,543 dead and 14,318 injured--the major share obviously goes to road accidents. In 5,516 road accidents, 7,855 people were killed and 13,330 injured....
-- 2020-01-12 22:11:38
Most of the people were taken off guard by the severity of this year's cold waves. In spite of being habituated with nearly annual cold spells, people in the country's northern region this year found...
bdnews24.com 2020-01-12 20:49:10
The Awami League (AL) has inducted outgoing Dhaka South Mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon into its central working committee as a member. Sheikh Hasina made the move with the powers vested upon her in the...
-- 2020-01-11 22:19:03
That more than 100,000 Bangladeshi workers were deported from different countries in 2019 is a worrying piece of news. The number is equivalent to nearly one-sixth of the workers sent abroad during th...
UNB 2020-01-11 20:26:24
The Awami League-led 14-party alliance on Saturday demanded that the City Corporation (Election Code of Conduct) Rules 2016 be amended to pave the way for MPs to join electioneering for candidates in...
-- 2020-01-11 17:02:38
Senior Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed has said lawmakers can extend all kinds of support to their party-backed candidates other than asking for votes during their campaigns for the Dhaka city corpor...
-- 2020-01-10 22:10:47
The Consumers' Association of Bangladesh (CAB)'s proposal to set up a separate ministry, or a division under the Commerce Ministry, to safeguard the interest of the consumer is interesting and thought...
-- 2020-01-09 22:09:38
Setting up of the $10 million export fund, announced last week, for four prospective export products is a particularly laudable initiative because as a departure from fiscal benefits often dished out...
-- 2020-01-08 20:20:04
Banning single-use plastic products is highly challenging, no doubt but the challenge has to be accepted in the interest of survival of human beings and other creatures either on land or in waters. En...
UNB 2020-01-08 16:26:22
Jatiya Oikyafront on Wednesday extended its support to BNP’s two mayoral candidates in the upcoming elections to Dhaka north and south city corporations billed for January 30. The senior leader...
-- 2020-01-07 22:08:26
That Dhaka city has long turned into a veritable concrete jungle is a common complaint. But how grave the matter today stands has been brought to the fore by a study titled 'Air, Environment and Livea...
-- 2020-01-06 22:06:57
Lots of people in the South Asia used to eke out a living by hunting birds. Few objected to their profession. But after the faint start of wildlife protection movements across the globe, the region al...
-- 2020-01-05 21:58:59
When none other than the country's finance minister says nothing but rumours are now driving the capital market, there are genuine reasons to be worried. His assertion that rumours have been holding b...
-- 2020-01-05 20:35:36
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said those who failed to wage a movement will never be able to win any election, reports UNB. Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minis...
UNB 2020-01-05 17:25:53
Sharply reacting to BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s remarks over ‘dynastic politics’ in Awami League, Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said BNP is the main...
-- 2020-01-04 22:06:53
Some suspicions notwithstanding, businesses will have reasons to cheer the private commercial banks' latest decision to bring down their all lending rates, barring that on credit card advances, to 9.0...
BSS 2020-01-04 20:43:42
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged leaders and activists of Chhatra League to dignify their organisation through gaining confidence and trust of the countrymen. Sheikh Hasina made the remarks whi...
-- 2020-01-04 18:38:15
Awami League chief and Prime Mnister Sheikh Hasina has named Al-Nahean Khan Joy and Lekhak Bhattacharjee as the president and the general secretary of its student affiliate Bangladesh Chhatra League (...
-- 2020-01-04 18:25:41
The Election Commission (EC) has chalked out a series of plans to ensure that the city corporation polls are conducted in an orderly manner and has urged the candidates to abide by its electoral code...
-- 2020-01-04 11:23:27
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) is celebrating its 72nd founding anniversary today (Saturday). The ruling Awami League-affiliated student wing was founded by Bangladesh’s independence hero Bang...
-- 2020-01-03 22:04:35
Isn't it thoroughly incongruous that the country's regulating body in charge of food safety, the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA), considers hygiene instead of food safety their foremost priori...
BSS 2020-01-03 18:25:58
The first death anniversary of Awami League's former general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam observed on Friday. Marking the day, Awami League paid homage to Syed Ashraf by placing wreaths on his grave...
-- 2020-01-02 22:03:41
The Readymade Garments (RMG) sector has come to news with some mixed signals. A report in the Financial Express on the first day of the year told a lot about the sector's ups and downs in recent times...
-- 2020-01-02 14:03:50
Ruling Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said 90 per cent people of Bangladesh do not want BNP to run the country again. “The percentage will increase,” he to...
-- 2020-01-01 21:18:55
The news that export earning from the light engineering sector (LES) has almost halved year-on-year in fiscal 2017-18 is a wakeup call for shoring up the sector. Carried by The Financial Express last...
-- 2019-12-31 22:02:05
Called Angel Number -- one that acts as a guardian angel, 2020 symbolises faith and trust in relationships. By extension the number is also significant for love and compassion. So the year 2020 should...
-- 2019-12-30 22:26:22
‘Ganotantra Uddhar Andolon’, a new platform of other parties, was launched on Monday in the city with an objective to ‘restore democracy’ in the country. Nagorik Oikya Convene...
-- 2019-12-30 20:42:52
Local government, rural development and cooperatives minister Tajul Islam candidly shared his frustration over Dhaka city's unplanned expansion, development works and their consequent sufferings for i...
-- 2019-12-30 16:50:41
Police have foiled the Left Democratic Alliance’s 'black flag' march towards the Prime Minister’s Office demanding the government’s resignation and a re-election under a caretaker go...
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