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Competition Commission still in the works  

-- 2017-10-14 12:00:00

Instances are aplenty in this part of the world where well-intended initiatives of the government have failed to deliver results for lack of necessary follow-up measures. The Competition Commission (C...

EC to hold dialogue with BNP Sunday

-- 2017-10-14 08:30:10

The Election Commission (EC) will hold dialogue with BNP on Sunday as part of the commission's continuous talks with 40 registered political parties ahead of 11th Jatiya Sangsad election. According t...

Khasru hints investigation against Sinha

-- 2017-10-14 08:26:02

An investigation will open into the corruption allegations against Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, says ruling Awami League MP Abdul Matin Khasru. His remarks came after the Supreme Court cited 1...

CJ on leave willingly, not for any pressure: Inu

-- 2017-10-14 07:03:14

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Saturday said Chief Justice SK Sinha took leave willingly and was not forced to do so. “The government has no jurisdiction to intervene in any verdict of...

Khaleda could return this week: Fakhrul

-- 2017-10-14 04:24:38

BNP chief Khaleda Zia may return to the country as early as this week, according to senior leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, reports bdnews24.com. “She is coming back very soon. I am hoping t...

BNP’s return will cause destruction for nation: Inu

BSS 2017-10-13 12:00:00

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, MP, said that handing over the country to Khaleda Zia would usher in "inevitable destruction" for the nation because she remains a patron of militants. That is w...

Holding polls on time a challenge: Inu

-- 2017-10-13 12:00:00

Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu on Friday said it is a challenge for the government to hold the next general election on time foiling all conspiracies centering the polls. The minister made th...

Menacing holding tax  

-- 2017-10-13 12:00:00

House owners in the capital are now struck by a menace called holding tax as the two city corporations are desperate in raising tax rates on flats and houses not just exorbitantly but in an irrational...

Generous rural power connections far outstrip actual generation

M Azizur Rahman 2017-10-12 12:00:00

Generous power connections through "unplanned" network expansion in the country's rural areas have far outstripped generation, resulting in sporadic outage, sufferers said. Inadequate and inefficient...

Depression at workplace  

-- 2017-10-12 12:00:00

The World Federation for Mental Health's (WFMH's) report that one out of every five persons suffer from mental depression at workplaces is disconcerting. Their depression leads to absence from work, r...

BNP to join dialogue with EC on Sunday

UNB 2017-10-12 02:24:24

BNP is going to join the dialogue with the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday to place the party's written proposals for holding the next general election in a free and fair manner. BNP senior joint...

Children across the globe turning obese rapidly

BBC 2017-10-11 12:00:00

Child and teenage obesity levels have risen ten-fold in the last four decades, meaning 124m boys and girls around the globe are too fat, according to new research. The analysis in the Lancet is the l...

Battle of young marketing minds begins

Ishtiaq Rabbani 2017-10-11 12:00:00

Since the inception of United International University (UIU) Business Club in 2012, it has created numerous platforms for the undergraduate students. The club aims to create an understanding of corpor...

Businesses concerned over policy environment

-- 2017-10-11 10:23:09

Business leaders' pleading for ensuring stable and predictable regulatory and tax policy regimes for the country's socio-economic facelift reflects their frustration with the current state of affairs...

BNP has no support for Jamaat hartal: Rizvi

-- 2017-10-11 10:17:04

BNP has no decision to support Thursday’s hartal called by its one of the key alliance partners, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, protesting the arrest of its top leaders. BNP senior joint secretary...

Collateral effect of Rohingya influx  

-- 2017-10-10 09:34:04

The influx of persecuted Rohingyas continues unabated with little signs of any improvement in the overall crisis. Until now around 700,000 Myanmar citizens have entered Bangladesh for shelter since 19...

RUET admission test on Nov 17

-- 2017-10-10 02:37:14

Admission test for first year honours classes for 2017-18 academic session of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) will be held on November 17. To this end, online application pr...

Police cordon off 'militant' hideout in Jessore

-- 2017-10-09 12:00:00

Police have surrounded a suspected militant hideout in the district town of Jessore. The operation began early Monday after police received a tip-off on the house in Ghop Naoapara Road area. As of M...

White tiger cubs kill zoo keeper in India

BBC 2017-10-09 12:00:00

An animal keeper at a national park in southern India has been attacked and killed by two rare young white tigers, officials say. The keeper, 40, was mauled to death as he attempted to direct the tig...

Detectives arrest Jamaat Ameer Maqbul, 8 others

-- 2017-10-09 12:00:00

Detectives arrested Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Maqbul Ahmad and eight other leaders and activists of the party at Uttara in Dhaka on Monday night, according to an online newspaper.   Detective Branc...

Allowing hilsa to spawn safely  

-- 2017-10-09 08:55:46

That the ban on catching hilsa fish, effective from October 1 until October 22, is making an impact is quite evident. The authorities have been enforcing the ban over the past few years with spectacul...

Jatiya Party proposes interim govt, army deployment

-- 2017-10-09 06:10:19

Jatiya Party proposed formation of an interim government proportionally with representatives from all the parties that have currently representation in parliament after the announcement of schedule fo...

Comilla arson: Warrant issued for Khaleda Zia's arrest

-- 2017-10-09 02:19:41

A Comilla court has issued warrants for the arrest of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and other absconding suspects over a 2015 case involving the deaths of eight people in an arson attack. The order was...

Economic reforms: Learning from Indian experience

-- 2017-10-08 09:52:08

That financial inclusion is a strategic policy prop for achieving the goals of inclusive and, thus, sustainable development, is incontestable. This is well borne out by the experiences of all developi...

Ensuring a well-functioning capital market

-- 2017-10-07 09:22:36

The observance of the first-ever 'World Investor Week 2017' that concludes today (Sunday) is, from its thematic context, quite time-befitting. The week is being observed across the continents at the m...

Chittagong BCL’s assistant secretary murdered

-- 2017-10-06 12:00:00

A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League, or BCL, has been killed in Chittagong. The deceased, 25-year-old Sudipta Biswas, was an assistant secretary of the port city’s BCL. The incident oc...

Reviewing laws on river protection

-- 2017-10-06 09:37:24

The national imperative for saving the country's threatened rivers duly emerged as the leitmotif of discussions on the World Rivers Day in Dhaka on September 24. Bangladesh has been observing the glob...

Iraqi military recaptures Hawija

Reuters 2017-10-05 12:51:59

Iraqi forces have captured the town of Hawija and the surrounding area from Islamic State, the military said in a statement on Thursday. With the capture of Hawija, the militants’ last strongho...

Leather sector needs more support

-- 2017-10-05 09:03:28

The debate over how long the government should be dishing out incentives, often in cash, to export-oriented sectors, is still on. Despite this, it is indisputable that the country's manufacturing base...

Sherpur Jamaat leader held

-- 2017-10-04 12:00:00

Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from new Bus Terminal area in the district town Tuesday evening. The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Ali, general secretary of Charsherpur Union...