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Khaleda in jail at “PM’s behest”: BNP

-- 2019-05-03 18:23:10

BNP on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina through her recent remark in London has proved that Khaleda Zia is in jail "at her behest". "Prime Minister's conversations on Facebook has gon...

Fund utilisation pace on Padma Bridge

-- 2019-05-02 22:10:23

The Padma Bridge Project has recently come to focus for a wrong reason, so it appears. The latest information is that the Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) is seeking less than half its allocation for...

Hasina in London on official visit

-- 2019-05-01 22:03:44

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached the British capital London Wednesday night on an official visit to the United Kingdom (UK), reports BSS. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airline...

Bangladesh, India security experts downplay IS threat

-- 2019-05-01 20:05:00

NEW DELHI: Indian and Bangladeshi officials and security experts largely dismissed a fresh threat of violence from an Islamic State-aligned media group, insisting that safety measures and surv...

Split of BNP is now a matter of time: Hanif

-- 2019-05-01 17:33:30

Awami League Acting General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif has said the activities of BNP prove that the split of the party is now a matter of time. “The activities of BNP leaders prove that the...

Commemoration of May Day

-- 2019-04-30 22:19:51

In the chronicle of labour movement, the Haymarket affairs of the first few heady days of May 1886 in Chicago have the pre-eminence unrivalled by any subsequent workers' demonstration. It is for the f...

Preparing for fourth industrial revolution

-- 2019-04-29 22:06:14

With the fourth industrial revolution knocking at the door, nations the world over are either worried about its impact or getting prepared to welcome it. Some may still wonder what it will mean to the...

BNP MPs took oath on instructions from Tarique, says Fakhrul

-- 2019-04-29 20:30:46

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the BNP lawmakers have taken oath of office on instructions from acting BNP chairperson Tarique Rahman. The secretary general, who opted out...

Preventing onslaught of diarrhea

-- 2019-04-28 22:10:40

With summer raging in full menacing force, water-borne diseases and other maladies have already staged a comeback in the country this year as well. In the past, the media would remain focused on the l...

Controlling antibiotic abuse

-- 2019-04-27 22:28:16

Visible actions on unbridled sale of antibiotics have been long overdue. But the relevant government agency -- the Drug Administration (DA) -- preferred to remain indifferent to this major public heal...

BNP expels Zahidur for taking oath as MP

-- 2019-04-27 22:21:56

BNP on Saturday expelled Zahidur Rahman for taking oath as an MP violating party principles, according to bdnews24.com. Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir confirmed the expulsion of Zahidu...

Policy support for light engineering sector

-- 2019-04-26 22:23:35

According to very recent information, the country's light engineering sector has sought policy support from the government. For its part the sector has been preparing a set of proposals that include i...

Fakhrul doesn’t know to respect party men: Anisul

-- 2019-04-26 19:31:59

Law Minister Anisul Huq has said BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir does not know how to respect leaders and activists of his own party. “One BNP leader took oath as parliamentar...

BNP MP Zahidur took oath under govt pressure: Fakhrul

-- 2019-04-26 19:16:04

BNP leader Zahidur Rahman, who took oath as a member of the 11th parliament from Thakurgaon 3 constituency violating the BNP's decision, was pressured into taking oath by the government. BNP Secretar...

CETP at tannery estate under new management

-- 2019-04-25 22:09:27

So, at long last the problem with the central effluent treatment plant (CETP) at Savar tannery estate is going to be over! Reports say that tannery owners at the estate have decided to form a company...

BNP calls Zahidur a 'mass enemy'

-- 2019-04-25 14:26:00

BNP on Thursday said its Thakurgaon-3 MP elect Zahidur Rahman has become a 'mass enemy' by taking oath violating the party decision. "Those who take oath defying the party decision, leaving its ideal...

Carnage in Sri Lanka

-- 2019-04-24 21:22:15

On April 21, a series of bombs - some detonated by suicide bombers - went off in three Catholic churches, three hotels and at two other sites in Sri Lanka, killing 321 and injuring more than 500 peopl...

BNP mourns death of Zayan

-- 2019-04-24 17:47:48

BNP on Wednesday expressed deep shock at the death of Zayan Chowdhury, grandson of Awami League Presidium Member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, in a terrorist attack in Sri Lanka on Sunday. "The killing...

'Govt failed to rein in market before Ramadan'

-- 2019-04-24 17:14:56

BNP on Wednesday alleged that the government has failed to control the market ahead of Ramadan as the prices of essential commodities keep growing. "The Commerce Minister a few days back announced th...

Reining in Ramadan market manipulators

-- 2019-04-23 22:25:45

The holy month of Ramadan begins in less than a fortnight. The pious Muslims of the country have started taking preparations for observing the month of fasting. As the month requires the observant to...

Tax benefits for car industry

-- 2019-04-22 22:08:58

In the latest in its series of pre-budget meetings, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) informed that the government was considering giving tax benefits for car manufacturing in the country. Since the...

BNP is now under joint leadership, Fakhrul says

-- 2019-04-22 20:46:07

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has claimed that their party is being run under a joint leadership in absence of its chairperson Khaleda Zia. Fakhrul also said BNP is now work...

AL spends TK 10.5m in 11th national polls

-- 2019-04-21 20:22:52

The ruling Awami League (AL) has formally submitted the estimated electoral cost to the Election Commission (EC) and in accordance with the estimated cost the party has spent Tk 10.5 million as polls...

All elections will be held in EVM from now on: EC

-- 2019-04-21 19:59:30

RAJSHAHI, April 21: Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed said all the local government elections will be held through Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) from now on. “The EVM is enr...

BNP vice-chairman Barrister Aminul Haque passes away

-- 2019-04-21 12:43:07

BNP vice-chairman and former minister Barrister Aminul Haque died at United Hospital in the city on Sunday. He was 76. Aminul Haque, who had long been suffering from liver cancer and put on life supp...

Dilemma over rice export

-- 2019-04-20 22:08:02

The reported strong pleas from the rice traders to lift ban on rice export has again brought to the fore the issue whether the country has exportable surplus of the cereal. Traders during a meeting he...

'Bargaining over Khaleda’s release to be a bad example'

-- 2019-04-20 19:57:33

Awami League's acting general secretary Mahbub-Ul- Alam has said bargaining over the release of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, now in jail on graft charge, would be an bad instance in country&rsqu...

Gonoforum to issue show-cause notice to MP Mokabbir

-- 2019-04-20 19:06:26

Gonoforum will send a showcase notice to party presidium member and MP Mokabbir Khan for 'violating' its constitution and indulging 'anti- party' activities. The decision was taken on Saturday at a m...

Value-added jute products

-- 2019-04-19 21:38:15

Despite many odds confronting the jute sector, there is hardly any missing the prospect of jute emerging as the next growth driver of the economy. Besides its eco-friendly feature and huge potential f...

Rizvi's capacity to understand is doubtful: Law minister

-- 2019-04-19 18:15:17

Law Minister Anisul Huq has questioned BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi's mental capacity to following the latter’s remarks on Khaleda Zia’s punishment and bail in corruption cases. Speaking...