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-- 2020-02-01 10:26:37
The United Kingdom finally cast off from the European Union on Friday for an uncertain future, with Brexiteers claiming victory and popping champagne corks for an “independence day” they s...
-- 2020-01-31 21:22:12
A musical event dedicated to Lalon's baul songs was hosted on January 26, by Rensje Teerink, the ambassador and head of the delegation of the European Union (EU) in Bangladesh at her residence in the...
-- 2020-01-30 22:09:50
The outbreak of coronavirus in China has set the alarm bell ringing all across the world. As the world's second largest economy, that country's commercial and business interests are linked to the majo...
-- 2020-01-29 20:37:14
Fiscal incentives for various industrial sectors have for long been treated as a key facilitating measure of the government. The idea being that such facilitation would on one hand help the concerned...
-- 2020-01-29 18:37:14
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has expressed concern over the threat of ‘armed criminals’ who he says could disrupt the Dhaka city elections. Speaking to the media at the S...
-- 2020-01-29 14:45:52
Awami League-backed Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayoral candidate Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh unveiled a five-point manifesto on Wednesday. He has pledged to transform the capital into a vibrant...
-- 2020-01-28 22:19:16
So far as public works and project implementation are concerned, missing target has become something of an order of the day. A report carried in this newspaper on Sunday last showed yet another additi...
-- 2020-01-27 21:59:41
The Financial Express last Thursday carried news to the effect that the Bangladesh Railways (BR) has started preliminary work for the establishment of a railway engineering university. The proposed un...
-- 2020-01-26 21:28:39
The gap between spending public education resources for the richest segment of society and that for the poorest one has evoked concern in a study by the UNICEF recently. Looking at 42 countries it fin...
-- 2020-01-25 22:18:24
The unanimous ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), on Thursday, being a historic one would surely raise some hope among persecuted Rohingyas. The ruling has imposed a legal respon...
BSS 2020-01-25 18:04:37
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP is finding excuses for staying away from the Dhaka city polls because of their apprehension to lose the elections. “BNP has appr...
-- 2020-01-25 14:50:29
Sushasoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujon), a civil rights body, on Saturday urged the Election Commission (EC) to arrange “free, neutral and peaceful” Dhaka city polls. The election of Dhaka south...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2020-01-25 13:12:49
Bangladesh should step up its diplomatic efforts to reap the dividend from the verdict of top UN court, foreign relations analysts say. While the order by the International Court of Justice, or ICJ,...
-- 2020-01-24 22:02:06
The High Court Division has finally issued a verdict declaring placement of the services of civil servants as Officers on Special Duty (OSD) illegal beyond the permissible 150 days period. This came i...
UNB 2020-01-24 19:49:13
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday asked Awami League (AL) leaders and activists to follow Bangabandhu's ideology properly to build a developed and prosperous Bangladesh free of hunger and poverty...
UNB 2020-01-24 19:35:18
The office of ward number 56 independent councillor aspirant was vandalised and torched, allegedly by Awami League-backed candidate in Borogram area in Kamrangirchar on Friday afternoon. Saidur Rahma...
-- 2020-01-23 22:03:34
A recent study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) released last Tuesday in Dhaka made a suggestion that the macroeconomic scenario should not only be evaluated based on the never-before-seen rate...
-- 2020-01-22 22:08:30
A rise of 5.0 per cent in disbursement of farm loan in the first half of the current fiscal year may not be a milestone achievement but it bodes well for the country's farmers. Undeniably, farmers -ma...
-- 2020-01-22 11:18:53
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has formed ward-level committees to campaign for Awami League (AL) mayoral candidates contesting Dhaka city polls. They have formed 54 committees for Dhaka North City...
-- 2020-01-21 21:15:32
According to a report published in this paper on Saturday the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) has taken steps to increase the number of its online services to 19 from its One Stop Service (...
BSS 2020-01-21 17:07:03
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said BNP is enjoying an extra advantage in the campaign for the upcoming elections to the Dhaka north and south city corporations as law did not bar their top...
-- 2020-01-21 13:35:23
BNP’s Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) polls mayoral candidate Tabith Awal came under attack during election campaign in the city’s Gabtoli area on Monday. Witnesses said when Tabith a...
-- 2020-01-20 22:06:42
At a time the world is getting prepared for the fourth industrial revolution, Bangladesh cannot be indifferent to the developments all around. From a humble beginning the country's Information and Com...
-- 2020-01-19 22:10:39
Regional highways or vital inter-district roads have continued to be inaugurated across Bangladesh over the last 8-10 years. At present, their total length is 4,206.121 kilometres (km) with the number...
-- 2020-01-18 22:36:51
The failure of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to introduce electronic devices to help plug leaks in the collection of value added tax (VAT) revenues from selected retail outlets even eleven years...
FE REPORT 2020-01-18 10:24:38
Campaign in both Dhaka north and south city corporation elections is going on in full swing as potential local-body representatives have continued to seek vote. The aspirants, mainly those from the r...
-- 2020-01-17 22:06:26
Isn't it paradoxical that while the government is trying to revamp the state-owned enterprises (SoEs) in an attempt to rid them of the perennial losses they are in, their products barely make it to th...
-- 2020-01-16 22:12:05
The meeting of the 'fast-track monitoring committee' under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister couldn't have been timelier. The fast track projects are ten in number, and of vital national importan...
-- 2020-01-16 14:21:13
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the government is not interfering with elections to the Dhaka south (DSCC) and north (DNCC) city corporations. “The Election Commissi...
-- 2020-01-15 22:08:41
A suggestion for formation of a special trade intelligence unit under the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) merits an in-depth analysis and consideration. The unit, if formed according to the suggestion moot...
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