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Is Haldia an alternative to Chittagong?

Is Haldia an alternative to Chittagong?

-- 2018-03-01 21:54:34

In the wake of the ever-increasing congestion at the Chittagong port, the move by a section of the country's shippers to use Kolkata's Haldia port as an alternative arrangement for carrying internatio...

BNP to hold public rally in city on Mar 11

BNP to hold public rally in city on Mar 11

-- 2018-03-01 18:41:02

BNP has decided to hold a public rally in the capital on March 11, demanding the release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. The party has also sought permission from the authorities concerned...

BNP starts distributing leaflets demanding Khaleda’s release

BNP starts distributing leaflets demanding Khaleda’s release

-- 2018-03-01 15:33:51

BNP has started distributing leaflets across the country, including the capital, demanding the release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi l...

Tragic deaths at stone quarries

Tragic deaths at stone quarries

-- 2018-02-28 22:46:19

Illegal stone extraction in Sylhet's border region goes on unabated but this makes news only when workers hired for collecting stones from quarries are killed and injured under the falling debris. In...

Govt playing ‘evil tricks’ to delay Khaleda’s bail

Govt playing ‘evil tricks’ to delay Khaleda’s bail

-- 2018-02-28 21:54:03

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that the government has resorted to various 'evil tricks' to delay bail for Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. "T...

US has no favourite political party in BD: envoy

US has no favourite political party in BD: envoy

-- 2018-02-28 19:14:38

US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat has said her country has no favourite political party and personality in Bangladesh. The United States just expect fair polls in Bangladesh, she said. Bernicat...

Pro-AL lawyers win Jamalpur Bar election

Pro-AL lawyers win Jamalpur Bar election

-- 2018-02-28 15:01:12

The pro Awami League lawyers’ forum, Bangabandhu Awami Ainjibi Parishad (BAAP), has clinched victory in the Jamalpur Bar Association (JBA) election. The panel backed by the ruling AL has succes...

Probe commission and M&A for banks

Probe commission and M&A for banks

-- 2018-02-27 21:58:26

Experts and bankers have suggested for, among others, formation of a bank enquiry commission and forced mergers and acquisitions (M&As) of poor-performing banks. The couple of suggestions, made at...

BNP objects to PM's polls campaign

BNP objects to PM's polls campaign

-- 2018-02-27 19:57:18

The BNP has sent a letter to the Election Commission (EC) registering objection about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 'unilateral election campaign'. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir...

Factional clash foils BCL council in Chittagong

Factional clash foils BCL council in Chittagong

-- 2018-02-27 16:59:51

A factional clash foiled the council of Bangladesh Chhatra League's (BCL) Chittagong north district unit on Tuesday. At least 13 activists of both groups were injured in the clash that erupted follow...

Case against AL leader, 11 others over stone quarry deaths

Case against AL leader, 11 others over stone quarry deaths

-- 2018-02-27 14:04:22

One leader of the ruling Awami League’s local unit has been sued along with 11 others in a case over stone quarry deaths in Sylhet. A total of five workers died on Monday in a landslide at a st...

Sign of early election worries BNP

Sign of early election worries BNP

-- 2018-02-26 22:02:15

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has said that the government might have brought major changes in the district and police administrations as part of an 'evil plan' to hold snap polls. The party app...

Living wage vs minimum wage

Living wage vs minimum wage

-- 2018-02-26 20:37:48

At a time the wage board formed by the government at the insistence of ready-made garment (RMG) factory owners is working on a wage structure for workers, the issue of living wage now comes to the for...

Oli Ahmed terms freeing Khaleda, restoring democracy 20-party’s lone goal

Oli Ahmed terms freeing Khaleda, restoring democracy 20-party’s lone goal

-- 2018-02-26 16:35:33

The BNP-led 20-party alliance has got now the only goal of re-establishing democracy by freeing Khaleda Zia. One of the alliance leaders and President of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Dr Colonel (Re...

BNP says it’ll observe February 25 as ‘Army Martyrs Day’

BNP says it’ll observe February 25 as ‘Army Martyrs Day’

-- 2018-02-25 17:03:11

Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP has said that, if voted to power, it will observe February 25 as 'army martyrs day', commemorating the army officers killed in Pilkhana BDR carnage in 2009. Senior BN...

Prospect of renewable energy

Prospect of renewable energy

-- 2018-02-25 00:00:00

Controversy over renewable energy is less common. In fact, it is the fossil fuel that most often comes under scathing criticism, particularly in the context of global warming. On Monday there was a sp...

Police detain BNP leader Alal, Babul from Nayapaltan

Police detain BNP leader Alal, Babul from Nayapaltan

-- 2018-02-24 21:43:58

Police have detained BNP central leaders Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal and Mostafizur Rahman Babul from a protest in front of the BNP headquarter at Nayapaltan of Dhaka. The black flag protest was called...

Bangladesh in TI's latest CPI

Bangladesh in TI's latest CPI

-- 2018-02-24 21:37:55

Bangladesh's best-ever score in the corruption perception index (CPI) of the global anti-graft watchdog, Transparency International (TI), is encouraging. But it is hardly an occasion for celebration....

Ershad can’t make head or tail of label ‘tyrant’

Ershad can’t make head or tail of label ‘tyrant’

-- 2018-02-24 20:05:49

Former President HM Ershad says he never wanted to cling to power. He also said he does not know why he was called a despot. “Many have called me an autocrat, but I have never found it to be so...

BNP’s countrywide demo on Monday over foiling of black flag march

BNP’s countrywide demo on Monday over foiling of black flag march

-- 2018-02-24 17:11:49

Country’s main opposition party will bring out processions across the country on Monday protesting the attack on their black flag demonstration in the capital.   BNP senior joint secr...

BNP should concentrate on polls: Norway

BNP should concentrate on polls: Norway

-- 2018-02-24 16:34:20

Norwegian Ambassador in Dhaka Sidsel Bleken said that BNP should concentrate on elections as the international community will support the democratic process in Bangladesh. She said, "I absolutely thi...

Cash incentives for ICT exporters   

Cash incentives for ICT exporters  

-- 2018-02-23 22:26:53

The government has finally agreed to allow cash incentive to information and communication technology (ICT) exporters for a range of products against export performance. Much to the satisfaction of...

BNP more united than before, claims Fakhrul

BNP more united than before, claims Fakhrul

-- 2018-02-23 21:35:11

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has claimed that their party is now much stronger and more united than in the past after the imprisonment of its chairperson Khaleda Zia.  "They...

Scourge of drug abuse

Scourge of drug abuse

-- 2018-02-22 22:19:19

The worries aired at a meeting of the cabinet committee on law and order at the Home Ministry on February 12 over the country's drug abuse situation and the actions mulled are hardly new. Its pervasiv...

Hasina questions whether BNP’s movement is to save ‘thief’

Hasina questions whether BNP’s movement is to save ‘thief’

-- 2018-02-22 22:17:31

The prime minister has sharply criticised the BNP leaders for their movement to have their party chief released, reports UNB. At a Rajshahi programme on Thursday, Sheikh Hasina said if BNP’s mo...

BNP declares it’ll hold black-flag procession Saturday

BNP declares it’ll hold black-flag procession Saturday

-- 2018-02-21 23:14:14

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced that it will bring out a black-flag procession in the capital city on Saturday. The party came up with the programme in protest against the denial...

Hearing on Khaleda’s appeal  against verdict Thursday

Hearing on Khaleda’s appeal against verdict Thursday

FE Desk 2018-02-21 20:50:40

The appeal filed with the High Court against the lower court verdict against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case is on the cause list for hearing on Thursday, according...

Inu says BNP should join poll without convicts

Inu says BNP should join poll without convicts

-- 2018-02-21 20:37:34

The information minister has said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is engaged in a battle against militancy and corruption. Hasanul Haq Inu said, "There will be no relief for corrupt elements nor wi...

PM calls for use of Bangla language correctly

PM calls for use of Bangla language correctly

-- 2018-02-21 18:47:40

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged all on Wednesday to practise and use Bangla language correctly and uphold the culture and heritage to further help develop the country and brighten its image in the...

Govt destroys democracy, says Fakhrul

Govt destroys democracy, says Fakhrul

-- 2018-02-21 15:17:08

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the government has demolished democracy by snatching people's all rights. "We on behalf of our Chairperson Khaleda Zia , paid tribu...