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'Rangpur-3 constituency very important for Jatiya Party'

'Rangpur-3 constituency very important for Jatiya Party'

-- 2019-08-26 17:57:00

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Sunday said their party has formed the nomination board before the announcement of schedule for the by-election to Rangpur-3 constituency as the seat is very importa...

'Govt has no diplomatic success in resolving Rohingya crisis'

'Govt has no diplomatic success in resolving Rohingya crisis'

-- 2019-08-26 17:53:39

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the government has no diplomatic success in resolving the protracted Rohingya crisis and repatriating the displaced Myanmar nation...

The failed Rohingya repatriation bid   

The failed Rohingya repatriation bid  

-- 2019-08-25 22:11:49

The latest bid to break the stalemate over repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar has failed. None of the families selected through interviews for repatriation turned up to board the vehicles th...

SC clears way for graft trial against Moudud

SC clears way for graft trial against Moudud

-- 2019-08-25 14:56:08

The Supreme Court has turned down BNP leader Moudud Ahmed's plea to review a High Court order that paved the way for continuing the trial proceedings of a corruption case against him. The case filed...

Mid-day meal at pry schools   

Mid-day meal at pry schools  

-- 2019-08-24 22:07:55

The Cabinet's approval of the draft policy on national school mid-day meal on August 19 is indeed a significant step. Over the last one decade, arranging lunch and snacks for rural government primary...

They using Bangabandhu’s portraits, name for plundering: Dr Kamal

They using Bangabandhu’s portraits, name for plundering: Dr Kamal

-- 2019-08-24 17:20:45

Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday said those making their own fortunes depriving people of their ownership of the country and voting rights using the name and portraits of Bangabandhu a...

CETP – will impasse be over now?   

CETP – will impasse be over now?  

-- 2019-08-23 22:16:56

So, at long last the problem with the central effluent treatment plant (CETP) at Savar tannery estate is going to be over! Reports, quoting industries ministry officials, say the much talked about CET...

NAP chief Prof Muzaffar Ahmad dies

NAP chief Prof Muzaffar Ahmad dies

-- 2019-08-23 21:16:09

National Awami Party (NAP) President Professor Muzaffar Ahmad, a member of the advisory council of the Liberation War-time government, has died at a hospital in Dhaka. The 97-year old politician, als...

BNP forms forum to support victims of rape, repression

BNP forms forum to support victims of rape, repression

-- 2019-08-23 17:58:06

Amid the growing incidents of rape and violence against women and children, BNP has formed a forum to stand by the victims of such repression with legal and other support, and create a social movement...

Tackling an 'inverse pyramid'   

Tackling an 'inverse pyramid'  

-- 2019-08-22 22:24:08

The pyramid shape of modern bureaucracy is an accepted, even an essential norm. Very recently an analytical report in the front page of our newspaper brought to the fore the bulge around the apex of t...

Casualties from road accidents during festival

Casualties from road accidents during festival

-- 2019-08-21 21:59:21

The numbers of road accidents and casualties from those during the Eid-ul-Azha vacation have been fewer than those during the Eid-ul-Fitr this year. Against 232 road accidents over a period of 12 days...

AL will go to SC to seek capital punishment for Tarique

AL will go to SC to seek capital punishment for Tarique

-- 2019-08-21 17:15:17

Awami League will go to the top court to seek BNP acting chief Tarique Rahman’s maximum punishment in connection with August 21 grenade attack case. “He is the mastermind of the attack. W...

New impetus to Payra Port   

New impetus to Payra Port  

-- 2019-08-20 22:07:06

The news that a Taka 51.50 billion project has been finalised for the upcoming port of Payra must inspire everyone looking forward to Bangladesh's advancement. It comes as a further bit of fresh air w...

Fires in old Dhaka and Mirpur   

Fires in old Dhaka and Mirpur  

-- 2019-08-19 22:12:41

Massive fires have gutted several plastic factories in old Dhaka and a slum of about 3,000 shanties in Mirpur on Wednesday and Friday respectively. The types of the two fire incidents are fundamentall...

City corporations' dengue and anti-mosquito drive   

City corporations' dengue and anti-mosquito drive  

-- 2019-08-18 22:16:40

For nearly two decades dengue, an aedes mosquito-borne seasonal disease, has been a health problem in Bangladesh. Its intensity has increased over time. Until last year the disease, barring one or two...

Floating seedbed for farmers   

Floating seedbed for farmers  

-- 2019-08-17 22:04:18

The recent flood that inundated vast tracts of the country, causing extensive damage to human settlements and croplands reminds the nation once again of a universal fact - the people of this deltaic l...

Govt looking for rawhide price syndicate: Hasan Mahmud

Govt looking for rawhide price syndicate: Hasan Mahmud

-- 2019-08-17 17:08:43

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud has said the government is determined to track down the alleged syndicate that is 'playing games' with the price of rawhides and skins of animals sacrificed on Eid-ul...

Lessons from Eid-centric journeys   

Lessons from Eid-centric journeys  

-- 2019-08-16 21:10:57

Journey by of over 40 million people to and from various parts of the country, a death toll of 35 over the 12 days prior to and after the Eid and delays of up to twelve hours in train departures were...

Reining in trade-based money laundering   

Reining in trade-based money laundering  

-- 2019-08-15 22:08:14

The governments in developing countries like Bangladesh do toil hard to bring in foreign aid and investments. Thus, lots of handshakes and ribbon-cutting ceremonies do usually mark the signing of deal...

Managing raw hides and skins

Managing raw hides and skins

-- 2019-08-14 21:10:21

Prices of raw hides and skins this year have remained the same as that of the last year. The government in consultation with the relevant tanners and leather associations had set the prices ahead of E...

PM mourns death of Sylhet AL leader

PM mourns death of Sylhet AL leader

-- 2019-08-14 16:59:11

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of A.N.M. Shafiqul Haque, former president and general secretary of Sylhet District Awami League (AL), and a J...

Mizanur Rahman Shelley dies at 76

Mizanur Rahman Shelley dies at 76

-- 2019-08-12 21:30:11

Mizanur Rahman Shelley, a former minister of HM Ershad government and political commentator, has died at the age of 76, reports bdnews24.com Shelley was undergoing treatment at the Bangabandhu Sheikh...

Quader for eliminating communal forces from society

Quader for eliminating communal forces from society

-- 2019-08-12 20:23:30

NOAKHALI, Aug 12: Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader  today said the prayer for this Eid-ul-Azha was for elimination of the communal forces from...

Keep houses, surroundings clean to prevent dengue: President

Keep houses, surroundings clean to prevent dengue: President

-- 2019-08-12 14:51:40

President Abdul Hamid on Monday urged the authorities concerned to encourage people all to keep their houses and surroundings clean for preventing dengue. He said this while delivering congratulatory...

Eid-ul-Azha: Its message   

Eid-ul-Azha: Its message  

-- 2019-08-10 22:14:48

Like in the previous years, Eid-ul-Azha this year, too, is set to be celebrated with traditional fervour. It will be observed tomorrow.  Since its observance originates in the episode of the beli...

'Soft programmes not enough for release of political leader'

'Soft programmes not enough for release of political leader'

-- 2019-08-10 18:01:29

BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy said it is not possible to force the government to free their leader Khaleda Zia from jail with soft and indoor political programmes. “Social organisatio...

BNP trying to politicise Khaleda’s health issue: Hasan Mahmud

BNP trying to politicise Khaleda’s health issue: Hasan Mahmud

-- 2019-08-10 17:51:44

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has alleged that BNP is trying to politicise their leader Khaled Zia’s health issue turning it a matter of “cruel farce”. “I want to urge...

Economic challenges   

Economic challenges  

-- 2019-08-09 22:11:43

We have been enjoying a spate of development and growth in recent times that earned the international community's praise. As the country strides to its cherished goal of becoming a middle-income count...

Testing imported food products   

Testing imported food products  

-- 2019-08-08 21:29:34

It is no doubt surprising that while imported food products in most countries these days are subjected to rigorous testing, particularly chemical testing, Bangladesh is far from instituting a testing...

Delayed or poor ADP execution

Delayed or poor ADP execution

-- 2019-08-07 21:02:33

The litany of delayed or poor project implementation has been an oft-repeated concern rooted in a bureaucratic culture. When as many as 1,978 projects are executed under the Revised Annual Development...