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12 Islamic parties assure PM  of support in polls: Quader

12 Islamic parties assure PM of support in polls: Quader

-- 2018-11-07 00:43:23

Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader has said twelve Islamic parties have assured Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of their support so that she could return to power through the next parliam...

Women SME entrepreneurs prove their mettle

Women SME entrepreneurs prove their mettle

-- 2018-11-06 22:12:40

The month-long international women SME expo inaugurated on Sunday last at the port city is indicative of the increasing foray in territories once considered an exclusive preserve for men. It is most r...

Road march towards Rajshahi if dialogue with PM fails: Oikyafront

Road march towards Rajshahi if dialogue with PM fails: Oikyafront

-- 2018-11-06 18:51:58

The Jatiya Oikyafront has announced to arrange a road march towards Rajshahi on November 8 if Wednesday's dialogue with the Prime Minister does not bring 'positive results'. BNP Secretary General, al...

Oikyafront’s rally begins at Suhrawardy Udyan

Oikyafront’s rally begins at Suhrawardy Udyan

-- 2018-11-06 17:06:54

The rally of Jatiya Oikyafront has started at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka with an aim to mobilise public support in favour of the alliance's various demands. The rally activities formally started aroun...

Helping BKB, RAKUB to get out of the wood

Helping BKB, RAKUB to get out of the wood

-- 2018-11-05 20:55:33

If the situation with state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) is described as bad or worse, the same in the case of the two government-owned specialised banks (SBs) --  the Bangladesh Krishi Unnayan...

ACC starts questioning BNP’s Abdul Awal Mintoo

ACC starts questioning BNP’s Abdul Awal Mintoo

-- 2018-11-05 15:33:22

The Anti-Corruption Commission or ACC has started to grill BNP’s vice chairman Abdul Awal Mintoo over numerous allegations, including loan extortion and laundering money out of the country. ACC...

Kader Siddiqui joins Oikyafront

Kader Siddiqui joins Oikyafront

-- 2018-11-05 14:07:12

Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL) of Kader Siddiqui has formally joined Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikyafront, aiming to ensure a credible and acceptable national election in the country. KSJL pre...

Oikyafront gets permission for Suhrawardy rally

Oikyafront gets permission for Suhrawardy rally

-- 2018-11-05 13:26:56

The Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, has been granted permission to hold its planned public rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on Tuesday. "The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has given us permissi...

Ending impunity for crimes against journalists

Ending impunity for crimes against journalists

-- 2018-11-04 22:19:28

When the chief of the United Nations (UN) has to make an appeal for standing by journalists the world over for protecting truth and justice, the slide in the working environment for the practitioners...

Amir Khosru gets HC bail

Amir Khosru gets HC bail

-- 2018-11-04 20:49:39

The High Court (HC) on Sunday granted bail to BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury in a case filed under the ICT Act. An HC bench of Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Zafar Ah...

Attack on BD HC in London: Pro-BNP leader gets punishment

Attack on BD HC in London: Pro-BNP leader gets punishment

-- 2018-11-04 20:47:02

A court in London of the United Kingdom has fined a leader of BNP's associate body £1,020  in a case filed over vandalism at Bangladesh High Commission in London. The accused, Nasir Ahmed...

‘BNP can talk to PM over Khaleda’s parole’

‘BNP can talk to PM over Khaleda’s parole’

-- 2018-11-04 18:59:58

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said BNP leaders can talk to the Prime Minister over their demand for releasing their chairperson Khaleda Zia on parole for medical treatme...

High Court orders EC to register Nazmul Huda’s Trinamool BNP

High Court orders EC to register Nazmul Huda’s Trinamool BNP

-- 2018-11-04 16:54:41

The High Court has ordered the Election Commission to register the Trinamool BNP, led by former minister Nazmul Huda as a political party. The High Court bench of Justice Tariq Ul Hakim and Justice M...

Shahriar urges people to vote for AL

Shahriar urges people to vote for AL

-- 2018-11-04 12:41:33

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, MP, has urged the people to vote for Awami League (AL) in the coming national polls for the sake of continuing the present pace of development in the...

Exporting to face new realities

Exporting to face new realities

-- 2018-11-03 21:51:29

Against the backdrop of the fierce competition among nations to grab new export destinations, the nonchalance of Bangladesh traders and the authorities no longer appears surprising. This stance on the...

Announce election schedule after dialogue: Dr Kamal

Announce election schedule after dialogue: Dr Kamal

-- 2018-11-03 18:10:42

Jatiya Oikyafront has formally requested the Election Commission to announce the schedule for 11th parliamentary election after the conclusion of ongoing dialogue. Dr Kamal Hossain, on behalf of the...

BNP announces two-day programme marking November 7

BNP announces two-day programme marking November 7

-- 2018-11-03 16:53:52

BNP has announced a two-day programme marking November 7 to observe what it said the 'civil-military uprising' on the day of 1975. Senior joint secretary general of the party Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announ...

No alternative to Sheikh Hasina’s leadership: Shahriar

No alternative to Sheikh Hasina’s leadership: Shahriar

-- 2018-11-03 11:57:12

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has said there is no alternative to leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for continuation of development spree in the country. “Bangladesh...

Solar irrigation

Solar irrigation

-- 2018-11-02 21:30:22

Use of solar pumps in irrigation -- if made widely available across the country-- would revolutionise the country's irrigation system. Absence of a viable alternative to diesel to reduce the cost of i...

Two Jamaat leaders among 81 held in Bagerhat

Two Jamaat leaders among 81 held in Bagerhat

-- 2018-11-02 18:34:00

Police arrested 81 people, including two Jamaat leaders, from different places of Bagerhat early Friday. The arrested Jamaat leaders are Mohidul Islam, 35, ameer of Betaga union unit Jamaat in Fakirh...

Hopes fading after dialogue, says Rizvi

Hopes fading after dialogue, says Rizvi

-- 2018-11-02 17:52:57

Hopes raised by the dialogue in political circles to break an election-time impasse are fading due to the government’s stubborn attitude to the opposition, said BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. &l...

PM to hold talks with Jukta Front on Friday evening

PM to hold talks with Jukta Front on Friday evening

-- 2018-11-02 16:21:47

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold talks with Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury-led Jukta Front on Friday evening over the next general election. The dialogue is scheduled to begin at 7:30pm at Prime M...

Upscaling Mongla port   

Upscaling Mongla port  

-- 2018-11-01 22:13:29

Increasing the capacity of Mongla sea port is crucial not only in easing the ever-increasing load on Chattogram port but also in the interest of its becoming a major sea port of the country as well as...

Ershad sceptical about outcome of PM-Oikyafront dialogue

Ershad sceptical about outcome of PM-Oikyafront dialogue

-- 2018-11-01 20:29:37

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Thursday said the dialogue between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led 14-party alliance and Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikyafront over the next general election are u...

‘Khaleda to be freed through movement’

‘Khaleda to be freed through movement’

-- 2018-11-01 19:21:11

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said their party will free their chairperson Khaleda Zia and realise their demands for a fair and credible election under a non-party admi...

‘Vote for Boat to enable us complete development works’

‘Vote for Boat to enable us complete development works’

-- 2018-11-01 19:02:29

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday sought support of people in the next election to help the current government to complete the development projects taken by her government. "Our tenure is now...

BNP leaders on hunger strike protesting Khaleda's jailing

BNP leaders on hunger strike protesting Khaleda's jailing

-- 2018-11-01 13:23:21

As part of its countrywide programme, the BNP is observing a six-hour mass hunger strike in the capital city on Thursday, protesting the conviction of the party chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Charitab...

Market demand and employability

Market demand and employability

-- 2018-10-31 22:36:29

The suggestion that the country's readymade garments (RMG) sector can remain competitive only if it moves up the value chain and goes for enhancement of its negotiation capacity is worth noting. Then...

PM to lead 22-member delegation in dialogue with Oikyafront

PM to lead 22-member delegation in dialogue with Oikyafront

-- 2018-10-31 19:30:48

A 22-member 14-party delegation, led by Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, will sit in talks with the 16-member Jatiya Oikyafront team at Ganabhaban on Thursday evening. Awami L...

Sramik Dal president among 20 others held in city

Sramik Dal president among 20 others held in city

-- 2018-10-31 18:01:28

Police reportedly arrested at least 20 leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies, including Sramik Dal president Anwar Hossain, after the party's human chain programme in the city. "Polic...