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BNP to ‘restore’ democracy through movement, says Fakhrul

BNP to ‘restore’ democracy through movement, says Fakhrul

UNB 2021-06-01 21:47:51

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said their party will surely restore democracy, free Khaleda from jail and protect the country's independence and sovereignty together with...

BNP’s politics stuck on Khaleda’s health issue, Hasan says

BNP’s politics stuck on Khaleda’s health issue, Hasan says

-- 2021-06-01 21:32:12

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today urged BNP to see the picture of the country’s tremendous development in world media before criticising the government.  “I...

Lifting new poor out of poverty   

Lifting new poor out of poverty  

-- 2021-06-01 21:09:21

The upcoming budget for financial year 2021-22 will doubtless put before the policymakers some new challenges. Of them, the most important one will be to take into account the impact of the long-persi...

Negotiating over the next five years   

Negotiating over the next five years  

-- 2021-05-31 21:32:37

Two webinars held in the capital city last Saturday brought forward some important issues that require serious introspection and follow-up by policy makers of the country. The first was organized by t...

BNP wants govt to withdraw travel restriction on Khaleda

BNP wants govt to withdraw travel restriction on Khaleda

-- 2021-05-31 14:55:10

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan has called upon the government to withdraw its restriction on sending their party’s ailing chairperson Khaleda Zia abroad for advanced treatment. “Begu...

Mangoes' export potential   

Mangoes' export potential  

-- 2021-05-30 21:10:21

The resumption of mango export from Bangladesh after a gap of one year, plagued by Covid-19, is filled with good omen. The farmers and exporters are evidently happy, so are the government authorities...

Financial support for farm mechanization

Financial support for farm mechanization

-- 2021-05-29 21:46:30

The government's plan, as disclosed by the agricultural minister late last week, to provide 'soft' bank loans to farmers to buy farm machinery is a move in the right direction given the acute shortage...

Making local products accessible to global market

Making local products accessible to global market

-- 2021-05-28 21:59:36

Bangladesh's export has long been beholden to the products of a single sector, the readymade garments (RMG). So, as part of its efforts to graduate to a middle-income economy, Bangladesh should now be...

Khaleda Zia suffering from fever, says Fakhrul

Khaleda Zia suffering from fever, says Fakhrul

-- 2021-05-28 17:55:05

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is suffering from a fever, but her condition is stable with her health parameters reading normal. A medical panel will review her new symptom which manifested on Thursday...

Solar power can be a game changer

Solar power can be a game changer

-- 2021-05-27 21:46:03

Commercial operation of a 35mw solar power plant recently in Manikganj has brought to the fore the potential of solar power as well as the prospect of expanding the coverage of grid electricity. It go...

Trade with the USA

Trade with the USA

-- 2021-05-26 21:52:24

The webinar organised by the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) last Monday expressed disappointment that total trade figure between Bangladesh and the US stood at 9 billion USD in 20...

BNP sends medicines, medical equipment to Palestine

BNP sends medicines, medical equipment to Palestine

-- 2021-05-26 21:00:48

BNP on Wednesday sent medicines and medical equipment to Palestine ravaged by Israeli airstrikes. BNP Party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir handed over the medicines and equipment to Pa...

BNP wants to take advantage from journalist Rozina issue, Obaidul Quader says

BNP wants to take advantage from journalist Rozina issue, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2021-05-25 22:01:33

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said BNP is making evil attempts to take political advantage capitalising on journalist Rozina Islam issue a...

Rethinking development planning under pandemic

Rethinking development planning under pandemic

-- 2021-05-25 21:30:16

Traditionally, budgetary allocations for different sectors of the economy tend to focus on growth, GDP growth in particular. During the past five years, meeting the UN 'Sustainable Development Goals (...

The predicament of kitchen markets

The predicament of kitchen markets

-- 2021-05-24 21:47:19

The nine-year long freeze on completion of the Jatrabari kitchen super-market as published in the media on Sunday cannot but be agonising and somewhat heart-breaking. The difference of opinion between...

Covid-19: The new realities

Covid-19: The new realities

-- 2021-05-23 21:49:54

The countrywide Covid-19 vaccine campaign, after going smoothly for over two months, has apparently ground to a halt. The reason ascribed is dearth of adequate number of the shots earmarked for people...

Public offering of perpetual bonds

Public offering of perpetual bonds

-- 2021-05-22 22:23:58

That the country's capital market lacks depth is an undisputed reality. The daily trading of a sizeable number of bonds in the secondary market is viewed as one of the ways of providing some depth to...

BNP acted monstrously against free journalism, Obaidul Quader says

BNP acted monstrously against free journalism, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2021-05-22 21:09:23

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said those who had acted monstrously against the media and free journalism are now inciting anti-gover...

Developing own capacity to fight pandemic

Developing own capacity to fight pandemic

-- 2021-05-21 22:15:18

As the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is raging through the country, Bangladesh is in urgent need of vaccines. The measures to check contagion by lockdowns and various health guidelines cannot b...

Barishal AL factional clash leaves two dead

Barishal AL factional clash leaves two dead

-- 2021-05-20 19:16:55

Two people were killed and 15 others injured in a clash between two factions of Awami League on Thursday at North Ulani union in Mehendiganj upazila  in Barishal over Ulania UP election . The de...

Need for strategy to ease business

Need for strategy to ease business

-- 2021-05-19 21:51:14

Bangladesh's standing as a place of doing business with ease came to be underlined at a webinar, co-hosted by the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) and the Bangladesh Enterprise Insti...

Efficient use key to energy security   

Efficient use key to energy security  

-- 2021-05-18 21:39:51

Demand for energy to meet the ever-growing requirements of the industrial sector would increase nearly threefold (2.84 times) by 2030. For the residential sector, on the other hand, the increase in en...

Fakhrul for unity among professionals to get rid of repression

Fakhrul for unity among professionals to get rid of repression

UNB 2021-05-18 18:38:44

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that fascism has spread in the country due to divisions among different professional groups, including that of journalists. "Fasci...

Reaping from a 'home doctor's succor   

Reaping from a 'home doctor's succor  

-- 2021-05-17 21:39:07

The Asian Development Bank(ADB)'s latest agreement with Bangladesh worth US$250m of soft-term loan, followed later by a further US$ 250m amount comes as a piece of good news of immense importance and...

Sheikh Hasina becomes statesperson from a politician, Quader says

Sheikh Hasina becomes statesperson from a politician, Quader says

-- 2021-05-16 21:48:56

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said Bangabandhu’s daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has turned into a time-winning statespers...

Dhaka metro rail's test run   

Dhaka metro rail's test run  

-- 2021-05-16 21:47:34

May 11, 2021 is set to emerge as a red-letter day in the annals of Dhaka's transport network history. It will be no overstatement to call the test run of the much-awaited metro rail historic. Given th...

Fakhrul says BNP not enjoying Eid for over a decade

Fakhrul says BNP not enjoying Eid for over a decade

-- 2021-05-14 20:25:44

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said their party leaders and activists have not been able to feel the joy of eid for a decade as they have been subjected to killing, enforc...

Islami Andolon stages protest against Israeli aggression in Palestine

Islami Andolon stages protest against Israeli aggression in Palestine

-- 2021-05-14 20:01:49

Islami Andolan Bangladesh staged a protest on Friday against the recent Israeli attacks on Palestinians in East Jerusalem that killed more than a hundred people. IAB Joint Secretary General Kazi Atau...

Eid to strengthen bonding in overcoming crises, Quader hopes

Eid to strengthen bonding in overcoming crises, Quader hopes

-- 2021-05-14 18:37:08

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today extended Eid greetings to the country people and all Muslims across the world wishing that the festival would forge strong bonding among the pe...

Khaleda’s health condition improving slowly, says Fakhrul

Khaleda’s health condition improving slowly, says Fakhrul

-- 2021-05-14 18:34:45

Khaleda Zia’s health has improved while undergoing treatment at the Coronary Care Unit at Dhaka’s Evercare Hospital, says BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. Her condition...