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Bangladesh, India maintain smoother, warmer ties: Obaidul Quader

Bangladesh, India maintain smoother, warmer ties: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-09-13 17:50:56

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the Bangladesh and India are maintaining smoother, warmer and more futuristic relations than any time in the past. “With her diplomatic ef...

BSEC: Doing well, more needs to be done

BSEC: Doing well, more needs to be done

-- 2020-09-12 21:09:14

Country's stock market, much to the liking of the investors, is now bullish. Its performance, according to market analysts, was among the best in the world in August. Though the economy is still strug...

Dhaka-5, Naogaon-6 by-polls: JP nominates Abdus Sabur, Golam Kabir

Dhaka-5, Naogaon-6 by-polls: JP nominates Abdus Sabur, Golam Kabir

-- 2020-09-12 18:11:27

Jatiya Party on Saturday announced the names of its candidates for Dhaka-5 and Naogaon-6 by-elections. The party nominated its presidium member Mir Abdus Sabur Asud and its Raninagar upazila unit pre...

Rizvi says govt giving wrong info over corona

Rizvi says govt giving wrong info over corona

-- 2020-09-12 16:21:51

BNP on Saturday alleged the government has been providing wrong information about coronavirus cases and fatalities. “How many people are dying of coronavirus and what information is being given...

BNP finds 29 MP aspirants for contesting by-polls

BNP finds 29 MP aspirants for contesting by-polls

-- 2020-09-12 10:14:00

Twenty-nine BNP aspirants are now in the final race to get the party’s ticket to contest the upcoming by-polls to four parliamentary seats in Dhaka, Naogaon and Sirajganj, UNB reports. They hav...

No hasty decision based on evolving trends

No hasty decision based on evolving trends

-- 2020-09-11 22:00:01

Of late, the rate of recovery from Covid-19 and the rate of positivity (percentage of tests found to be positive a day) have marked a positive trend. For example, as late as Tuesday, a total of close...

Making consumer-rights protection law effective   

Making consumer-rights protection law effective  

-- 2020-09-10 23:15:23

The consumer-rights protection law, enacted in parliament way back in 2009, is still barely visible as an instrument to look after consumers' interest in the country. The law, an outcome of long-pursu...

International Literacy Day

International Literacy Day

-- 2020-09-09 21:04:24

That observance of the International Literacy Day on Tuesday, September 8 would be on a low key was a foregone conclusion. Quite understandably, this is no time for policymakers to prioritise adult li...

Quader says opposition role crucial for democratic advancement

Quader says opposition role crucial for democratic advancement

-- 2020-09-09 20:55:18

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said the role of a strong opposition is very important in advancing the country’s democratic system. Calling upon BNP to come out of t...

Correct picture on food situation essential   

Correct picture on food situation essential  

-- 2020-09-08 22:33:07

Over the past six months, farmers and their croplands have been subjected to more adversities than they possibly can bear up with. These include the recent floods, preceded by downpour of March-April...

Attack on UNO   

Attack on UNO  

-- 2020-09-07 22:01:13

The attempt on Wahida Khanam, upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Ghoraghat, Dinajpur and her father in her official residence on the night of September 2 is more than an indication of rising incidence o...

BNP to join all upcoming polls: Fakhrul

BNP to join all upcoming polls: Fakhrul

-- 2020-09-07 21:27:45

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said his party has decided to join all the upcoming elections and by-polls. Speaking at a press conference, he also said the party’s...

Awami League names candidates for Dhaka-5, Naogaon-6 by-polls

Awami League names candidates for Dhaka-5, Naogaon-6 by-polls

-- 2020-09-07 13:28:33

The ruling Awami League on Monday announced the names of candidates for Dhaka-5 and Naogaon-6 by-election. Party's general secretary Obaidul Quader announced their names at a regular press briefing h...

Dhaka's falling liveability

Dhaka's falling liveability

-- 2020-09-06 21:32:31

The elderly people can still remember the sylvan, green look of Dhaka. The spectacle was in place just 60/70 years ago. Today's younger generation will, in all likelihood, accept the fact with incredu...

Downsizing Covid treatment facilities

Downsizing Covid treatment facilities

-- 2020-09-05 21:50:56

Noticeably, the number of Covid tests has been well below the requirement and the rate of infection has lately gone down. That is what the statistics published by the Directorate General of Health Ser...

Adapting to reverse migration   

Adapting to reverse migration  

-- 2020-09-04 22:25:09

In the aftermath of the pandemic-induced lockdowns, the city has been witness to many unforeseen events. One was the so-called reverse migration. It was the sight of many city-dwellers bound for their...

Khaleda's sentence could be suspended for six more months: Law Ministry

Khaleda's sentence could be suspended for six more months: Law Ministry

-- 2020-09-04 14:13:03

The Law Ministry says it has opined that the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s sentences in two graft cases can be extended for another six months based on some conditions. “We&...

EC sets Oct 10 for Chandpur mayoral poll

EC sets Oct 10 for Chandpur mayoral poll

-- 2020-09-04 10:57:35

The election to the mayoral post of Chandpur municipality, which was postponed following the death of BNP mayoral candidate Shafiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, will now be held on October 10. The Election Commi...

Special incentive package for small garment factories

Special incentive package for small garment factories

-- 2020-09-03 21:31:31

The government's move to extend support to small and struggling garment factories -- particularly those hit hardest by the pandemic -- through cash incentive is most welcome. Not only a timely move, i...

Avoiding use of polythene

Avoiding use of polythene

-- 2020-09-02 21:22:22

Growing use of polythene and plastic is indeed a serious global concern. The threat to Bangladesh from these non-biodegradable materials full of toxic chemicals is far greater because the population s...

PM asks AL leaders to complete grassroots committees

PM asks AL leaders to complete grassroots committees

-- 2020-09-02 19:52:42

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday directed her party leaders to constitute full-fledged committees of the party at the grassroots level where their councils were hel...

Removing hurdles to private-sector growth

Removing hurdles to private-sector growth

-- 2020-09-01 23:06:22

The potential challenges before Bangladesh economy's growth recently came under a fresh review from the ADB (Asian Development Bank)'s Independent Evaluation Division (IED). The limitations that, it s...

Floods' infrastructural impact

Floods' infrastructural impact

-- 2020-08-31 21:21:49

Though constructed out of necessity, like post-flood emergency, bamboo bridges can also be spectacular. Such a bridge, locally known as 'shako', has recently been discovered in a remote corner of the...

‘Govt to decide about Khaleda after considering health condition’

‘Govt to decide about Khaleda after considering health condition’

-- 2020-08-31 19:22:30

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Monday said the government will take the decision on extending BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s temporary release after considering her health condition and reviewing the...

Decision on extending Khaleda’s release after considering health condition

Decision on extending Khaleda’s release after considering health condition

-- 2020-08-31 18:14:35

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Monday said the government will take the decision on extending BNP Chairperson Khaleda ZIa’s temporary release after considering her health condition and reviewing the...

Nuruzzaman Biswas gets AL nomination for Pabna-4 by-poll

Nuruzzaman Biswas gets AL nomination for Pabna-4 by-poll

-- 2020-08-30 19:57:56

The ruling Awami League on Sunday nominated Iswardi Upazila Chairman Nuruzzaman Biswas as the party candidate for the upcoming by-elections to Jatiya Sangsad Pabna-4 constituency. The nomination was...

Non-compliance with Covid safeguard measures

Non-compliance with Covid safeguard measures

-- 2020-08-29 20:36:26

Health professionals across the world are yet to effectively tame the novel coronavirus. The deadly pathogen is still claiming at least three to four dozen lives and infecting a few thousands every da...

Enforced disappearance symbol of 'one-party misrule': Fakhrul

Enforced disappearance symbol of 'one-party misrule': Fakhrul

-- 2020-08-29 19:16:09

BNP on Saturday alleged that the current government has made enforced disappearance as its main political programme to continue its ‘despotic’ rule by eliminating its opponents, reports UN...

Developing a sound  employment policy

Developing a sound employment policy

-- 2020-08-28 20:52:16

Since long, it has admittedly been a huge challenge before the policymakers as young people in greater numbers have been swelling the ranks of the unemployed workforce every year. So, there has been a...

‘Intruders, opportunists tarnish image of AL, govt’

‘Intruders, opportunists tarnish image of AL, govt’

-- 2020-08-28 18:14:12

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said intruders and opportunists are tarnishing the image of the ruling party as well as the government....