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14-party demands speedy trial in Abrar murder case

14-party demands speedy trial in Abrar murder case

BSS 2019-10-11 20:42:43

Awami League led 14-party Alliance on Friday demanded holding the trial of BUET student Abrar Fahad murder case in a speedy trial tribunal.  “Trial of the killers of Abrar Fahad should be...

Moudud opposes agreement on withdrawal of Feni River water

Moudud opposes agreement on withdrawal of Feni River water

-- 2019-10-11 20:39:06

BNP Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed on Friday the agreement on withdrawal of 1.82 cusec water from the Feni River by India for a water supply scheme in India's Sabroom town in Tripura. The BNP...

‘Will thwart attempt to take Abrar murder to different direction’

‘Will thwart attempt to take Abrar murder to different direction’

-- 2019-10-11 20:36:21

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday condemned BNP’s political approach and said any attempt to take BUET student Abrar Fahad’s murder to a different direction will be thwarted....

Disciplining expansion of RMG industry

Disciplining expansion of RMG industry

-- 2019-10-10 21:09:48

The Bangladesh Garment Manufactures and exporters Association (BGMEA) has sought government's intervention in setting capacity benchmark for export oriented garment factories in the country. In the wa...

GDP growth and poverty

GDP growth and poverty

-- 2019-10-09 21:45:39

In a poverty assessment report released by the World Bank on Monday, some unpalatable truths about income disparities have emerged. At a time when the country's economic growth is increasing at about...

Don’t try to destabilise country over Abrar murder: BCL

Don’t try to destabilise country over Abrar murder: BCL

-- 2019-10-09 15:08:08

The acting president of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Wednesday warned that it will give a “fitting reply” if anyone tries to destabilise the country over BUET student Abrar Fahad&rsq...

BNP expels lawyer for defending Abrar murder suspects

BNP expels lawyer for defending Abrar murder suspects

-- 2019-10-09 13:59:14

BNP has expelled its lawyers’ front leader Advocate Morsheda Khatun Shilpi for defending in court the alleged killers of BUET student Abrar Fahad. Morsheda, a member of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi For...

Call for making Bangladesh a hub

Call for making Bangladesh a hub

-- 2019-10-08 20:28:33

The Prime Minister's call last week in New Delhi urging international businesses to invest in potential non-conventional areas in Bangladesh is worth introspection and follow-up by all concerned. Whil...

Declining home-ownership

Declining home-ownership

-- 2019-10-07 21:13:30

A decline in home-ownership from 31.9 per cent to 18.5 per cent between mid-90's and 2011 in the capital city exposes not only the weakness of housing policy but also of the wealth creation pattern in...

City crowding: A way out   

City crowding: A way out  

-- 2019-10-06 22:05:38

The demolition campaign now being conducted by the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) rather sternly has raised hopes for ridding the metropolis of  illegal structures. The latter  have bee...

BNP losing its existence, says Obaidul Quader

BNP losing its existence, says Obaidul Quader

-- 2019-10-06 20:48:49

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said BNP is gradually losing its popularity and existence as they always react negatively to any initiative taken by the government. The road t...

Rizvi demands cancellation of documents signed with India

Rizvi demands cancellation of documents signed with India

UNB 2019-10-06 20:46:14

Accusing the government of violating the constitution by signing ‘anti-state’ bilateral documents with India, BNP's senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday demanded the...

Jubo League expels Samrat, Arman

Jubo League expels Samrat, Arman

-- 2019-10-06 18:01:51

Jubo League expelled Dhaka South unit President Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat and Vice President Enamul Hoque Arman following their arrests in Cumilla over alleged links to the illegal casino busine...

Raising the rate of value addition in RMG export   

Raising the rate of value addition in RMG export  

-- 2019-10-05 22:22:56

Figures can be deceiving. Those may not represent true pictures, always. A case in point is the country's earning from apparel exports. In the fiscal year (FY) 2018-19, it fetched US$34.13 billion fro...

Shad Ershad wins by-election to Rangpur-3 constituency

Shad Ershad wins by-election to Rangpur-3 constituency

-- 2019-10-05 20:06:10

Jatiya Party candidate Rahgir Al Mahi Shad alias Shad Ershad, also a son of party's late chairman HM Ershad, has won the parliamentary by-election to Rangpur-3 constituency. Returning Officer Shahtab...

Task force for business and investment   

Task force for business and investment  

-- 2019-10-04 22:23:56

The proposal from a meeting of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) last Wednesday for a task force to help business and investment couldn't have been timelier. It would also seem...

Water-logging woes unabated   

Water-logging woes unabated  

-- 2019-10-03 22:03:01

Water-logging has been a seasonally persistent problem for the capital city and the port city. But of late the problem has rendered the two cities virtually dysfunctional even with moderate rainfall....

No one’s mercy is needed to have Khaleda freed: BNP

No one’s mercy is needed to have Khaleda freed: BNP

-- 2019-10-03 13:53:30

A day after a call by the party MPs to the Prime Minister for taking steps for releasing their chairperson on bail, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said Khaleda Zia will...

Beef import needs careful review

Beef import needs careful review

-- 2019-10-02 21:38:05

That the country imports beef is no big surprise. What is surprising is the volume and year-on increase -- that too from far off Latin or African regions, among others. True, consumption of beef rises...

LNG from Brunei   

LNG from Brunei  

-- 2019-10-01 22:06:53

The news that Brunei is interested to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Bangladesh is a welcome update. Brunei's top diplomat in Dhaka had expressed the interest while he met the Energy State Mini...

'Khaleda will go abroad for treatment if she gets bail'

'Khaleda will go abroad for treatment if she gets bail'

-- 2019-10-01 20:27:23

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is 'willing to travel abroad to receive advanced medical treatment if she gets bail'. BNP's Joint Secretary General Md Harunur Rashid, also a lawmaker, gave the informatio...

Wrongdoers under surveillance: Quader

Wrongdoers under surveillance: Quader

-- 2019-10-01 17:55:16

Mentioning that the ongoing anticrime drive will also be conducted across the country, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said many of those involved in various misdeeds are...

Record yield and policy imperative   

Record yield and policy imperative  

-- 2019-09-30 22:02:54

Record paddy -- Boro and Aman -- yields should have been an occasion for unalloyed celebration but it isn't quite so. While it brings a measure of joy no doubt, there is an underlying cause also for a...

Double benefit from recycling waste

Double benefit from recycling waste

-- 2019-09-29 21:27:45

Notwithstanding the unabated churning out of waste materials in the cities of the country, the discarded substances have yet to be used fruitfully. Recycling has once been viewed as a potential means...

AL rally attacked outside UN headquarters in NY

AL rally attacked outside UN headquarters in NY

-- 2019-09-28 20:19:26

A rally of the Awami League (AL) in New York was attacked during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's address to the United Nations General Assembly. Activists of the local chapters of the ruling party and...

Oikyafront demands 'national government'

Oikyafront demands 'national government'

UNB 2019-09-28 19:24:35

Accusing the ruling party of taking the country to the brink of ruination, Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikyafront on Saturday demanded that a national government be formed to protect the nation. In a...

Disciplining the highways   

Disciplining the highways  

-- 2019-09-27 22:07:38

Amid the wholesale chaos in road traffic management all over the country, the sickening part is the neglect to rules by none other than those who are to enforce them. While slack, even flawed manageme...

Those got casino money won’t be spared: Obaidul Quader

Those got casino money won’t be spared: Obaidul Quader

UNB 2019-09-27 19:06:22

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said no one of those who got the share of casino money will be spared. “Investigation is going on to catch not only the small fry, but al...

'AL leaders helping corrupt people from behind the scene'

'AL leaders helping corrupt people from behind the scene'

UNB 2019-09-27 19:03:27

Claiming that the government has lost control over the ruling party leaders and activists, BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed has alleged that influential Awami League leaders and ministers are helping th...

The cleanup drive   

The cleanup drive  

-- 2019-09-26 22:12:12

The Financial Express headlined on the front-page last Wednesday an item that says that under the guise of games-related imports, much-maligned casino and gambling materials have been brought into the...