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-- 2019-09-25 21:24:38
When a country's 53 per cent people live in what is called 'kutcha' (not brick-built) houses and 31.33 per cent in semi-pucca dwellings with only 15 per cent residing in buildings, the immediate impre...
-- 2019-09-24 22:17:09
The United Nations hosted a momentous meeting Monday at its headquarters in New York titled UN Climate Action Summit 2019, with sixty government leaders participating. The UN Secretary General Antonio...
-- 2019-09-23 21:36:00
The proposed $2.0-million project for the welfare of tea workers of three districts in Sylhet division is a laudable initiative in prospect. Tea workers have remained a fringe population ever since th...
BSS 2019-09-23 19:33:01
A Dhaka court has imposed embargo on the activities of newly-elected central committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatradal, the student wing of BNP. Dhaka 4th Senior Assistant Judge Nusrat Sahara Bithi passed...
-- 2019-09-22 22:16:44
The Prime Minister's emphasis on ensuring security of the whole metro rail project, now under way, could not have been timelier. The would-be travellers of the elevated railway can now look forward to...
-- 2019-09-21 22:18:22
The long-drawn dispute over arrear dues between the two top telecom operators and the telecom sector regulator, hopefully, is heading towards an amicable solution. The disagreement turned nasty lately...
-- 2019-09-20 22:30:44
It is disheartening to see that the Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB) established way back in 2006 by an Act of Parliament is still not in a position to deliver the required services to exporters....
-- 2019-09-19 22:09:41
The gradual drying up of cash for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has been noted in a report appearing in this paper last Tuesday. Money available for the sector has shrunk by over 15 per cent...
-- 2019-09-19 13:54:41
Fazlur Rahman Khokon has been elected president and Iqbal Hossain Shyamol general secretary of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of BNP. BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas announced t...
-- 2019-09-18 22:18:56
Almost every year onion makes screaming headlines for outrageous increases in its price. This year is no exception to the rule. Onion prices have gone up by Tk 15-20 to Tk 65-75 a kilogram within a co...
-- 2019-09-17 21:47:32
A group of UAE business firms' intention to set up five economic zones in the country augurs well for the investment portfolio scenario in the country. The good news, carried by this paper on Mo...
-- 2019-09-16 22:06:51
Compared to the previous year, Dhaka University's global ranking doesn't draw a blank this time around but that brings a little solace to be sure. Last year the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE...
-- 2019-09-16 17:42:12
Awami League candidate Rezaul Karim Razu has withdrawn his candidature from the by-polls to the Rangpur-3 seat, which fell vacant after the death of Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad. Razu, general sec...
-- 2019-09-16 15:28:15
BNP on Monday demanded the government sack Jahangirnagar University (JU) Vice Chancellor Farzana Islam immediately for reportedly bribing Chhatra League leaders. “There’s an interesting...
-- 2019-09-16 14:58:27
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said legal action will be taken against those who have breached party discipline. “Not only organisational action but administrative and...
-- 2019-09-15 22:04:09
The securities regulator that did see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil of the country's stock market until recently has found 10 investors' involvement in manipulation of share prices of at lea...
-- 2019-09-14 22:15:44
Amid various controversies, Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) President Rezwanul Haque Chowdhury Shovon and General Secretary Golam Rabbani were removed from their respective posts. The Awami League's...
-- 2019-09-14 22:05:37
Yet another concerning feature has been added to Dhaka's list of factors that impinge on security of commuters: Flyovers during the night with lights not on or out of order or stolen have emerged as t...
-- 2019-09-14 19:53:07
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Saturday urged the leaders and activists of their party to get united putting aside all the divisions among them to play an important role in pro-people politics. &...
-- 2019-09-14 18:20:50
The 2nd chapter of ‘Student to Start-Up’ competition for students will kick off on Sunday to find out young entrepreneurs having innovative ideas as they can contribute to the country&rsqu...
-- 2019-09-14 17:30:12
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, who was once a journalist, has expressed a desire to return to his old profession after the end of his current job as a minister. The road transport and...
-- 2019-09-13 22:17:11
The finding of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) to the effect that corruption has been institutionalised in land registration offices, though not unexpected, is indeed frustrating and s...
-- 2019-09-13 17:34:41
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said the Awami League (AL) government wants a strong opposition party to continue the practice of democracy in the country. The minister came up with th...
-- 2019-09-12 21:48:20
The hassles often faced by vehicle owners in obtaining fitness certificates for their vehicles are too well known to talk about. What still prompts a sufferer to refer to the apparently incorrigible s...
-- 2019-09-11 20:52:19
The news from the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges that four important highways of the country will be upgraded to four lanes from two-lanes can only augur well for the country's road communicat...
-- 2019-09-11 14:34:44
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina herself is looking into the matter involving the incumbent president and general secretary of Bangladesh Ch...
-- 2019-09-11 14:11:07
BNP on Wednesday urged people to put up a resistance against the current government through waging a greater movement to ‘restore their rights, democracy’ and uphold the Liberation War spi...
-- 2019-09-11 12:05:20
BNP leaders and activists on Wednesday formed a human chain in Dhaka, demanding Khaleda Zia’s release from jail. The protest that started around 11:00am at the National Press Club is set to run...
-- 2019-09-10 15:16:48
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday welcomed BNP for its decision to take part in the Ranpur by-election saying it is a very positive move in politics, reports UNB. “Ho...
-- 2019-09-09 22:22:37
At a seminar titled 'Income and resources disparity in Bangladesh, economists have sounded the alarm bell ringing over the rising income inequality. The main argument put forward is on the basis of th...
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