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-- 2019-08-06 22:18:52
The news that Japan's business presence in Bangladesh would increase in the coming years is welcome from various perspectives. It came out after a meeting of the two countries' foreign ministers. At a...
-- 2019-08-05 22:07:08
The framing of a maiden policy on hydrocarbon exploration should have been the outcome of a necessity rather than any routine bureaucratic exercise. It is no secret that the country has to foot a huge...
-- 2019-08-04 22:13:19
The government has resolved to stop smuggling of cows into Bangladesh ahead of the coming Eid-ul-Azha in order to ensure fair price for local cattle farm owners. But the print media photographs of Ind...
-- 2019-08-04 16:54:28
A Dhaka court on Sunday transferred a case against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia lodged for making derogatory remarks about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the present government, reports BS...
-- 2019-08-03 22:14:38
It is a piece of welcome news that the Chittagong Port, according to the latest Lloyd's List, has moved six notches up to become the 64th busiest container port in the world. Unfortunately, Bangladesh...
-- 2019-08-03 18:58:02
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud will take classes as a part-time teacher at Dhaka University (DU) from tomorrow (Sunday). Dr Hasan, also an environmentalist, will conduct a course titled ‘...
-- 2019-08-02 22:13:43
Messages from a two-day international conference in Dhaka held last Tuesday-Wednesday did point to a long list of obligations on the part of policymakers in Bangladesh. Organised jointly by the Financ...
-- 2019-08-02 18:56:08
Jatiya Mukti Mancha chief Col (rtd) Oli Ahmed on Friday urged the Supreme Court to grant bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia considering her age and contributions to the country. “I request the...
-- 2019-08-01 22:10:54
The decision taken by the government to set up a Potato Centre is heartening on at least two counts: saving huge quantities of potatoes from rotting at farmers' yards and godowns, and facilitating exp...
-- 2019-07-31 21:00:56
The decline in consumption of diesel by almost half by power plants in the first six months of this year should be considered a positive development for the country's economy. Compared to the 500,005...
-- 2019-07-30 21:20:27
The plight of the workers going abroad for jobs cannot stop making news again and again. Their difficulty starts from home and continues till they return, and including their stay overseas. Although s...
-- 2019-07-30 21:02:05
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said reading out the announcement of independence is not the proclamation of independence. The Minister said the debate about the proclamation of independence...
-- 2019-07-29 22:08:21
If festival time is a time for great reunion, it is also a rush time of immense magnitude. Since the country's transportation system is largely dependent on road communication as against rail communic...
-- 2019-07-29 19:57:30
Jatiya Party chairman GM Quader on Monday said their party will remain active both in parliament and on the streets with the issues relating to people’s rights to fill the prevailing political v...
-- 2019-07-28 22:03:02
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has reasons to be worried by the country's declining position in the World Bank Group's 'Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Index'. As an investment p...
-- 2019-07-27 22:08:09
Nearly a month since its start, the ongoing flood stands out with some distinctive features. It remains largely confined to the country's rivers in the northern and northeastern regions. In spite of f...
-- 2019-07-26 22:03:04
At a time when dengue and floods are grabbing the headlines, Bangladeshi scientists have come up with one piece of satisfying news. A team of Bangladeshi scientists has invented plastic-like bags made...
-- 2019-07-26 20:14:43
Voicing deep concern over the illness of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, the party on Friday demanded that immediate steps be taken for Khaleda's proper treatment either at home or abroad as per her desi...
-- 2019-07-25 22:17:35
Doctors' preference for major cities, particularly Dhaka, in avoidance of service at district and upazila health facilities even by dodging government rules has been a problem for long. In fact, this...
-- 2019-07-24 21:27:08
The death of six persons -both men and women - from mob lynching of late read like an ominous sign. Apart from the six deaths in places like Netrokona, Moulvibazar and Badda, 15 others mistakenly susp...
-- 2019-07-23 21:56:15
The initiative taken by the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) to construct four rest houses for highway drivers is most welcome. Usually transport operators are projected in a bad light and that is...
-- 2019-07-23 21:04:08
Jatiya Party Senior Co-Chairman Raushon Ershad has refused to accept GM Quader as chairman of the party following the death of founder HM Ershad. Ershad named his brother Quader acting chairman and h...
-- 2019-07-22 22:03:40
This paper front-paged findings of a Planning Commission paper, titled `Perspective Plan of Bangladesh (2021-2041), Saturday that forecasts Bangladesh's edge in production based on cheap labour is not...
-- 2019-07-21 22:06:30
Adulteration of food items with unhygienic substances in this country has finally degraded into the mixing of edibles with things harmful to humans. They include toxic and purely hazardous objects. Ta...
-- 2019-07-21 17:48:46
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that ruling Awami League imported the deadly dengue virus in 1997. "Awami League imported the deadly dengue virus in 1997, and later A...
-- 2019-07-20 22:00:43
The Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (DWASA), these days, often hit the news headlines for the proverbial neglect of its remit and apathy towards public sufferings on account of poor utility service...
-- 2019-07-20 19:38:55
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said Bangladesh is now hunger-free and the poverty rate will be reduced to 10 per cent before the next parliament election. “Bangabandhu’s daughte...
-- 2019-07-20 00:10:18
Information Minister and Awami League Publicity and Publication Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud said on Friday the then caretaker government had arrested Awami League President Sheikh Hasina to stop the pro...
-- 2019-07-19 22:15:27
It indeed appears strange that despite scarcity of land for industrial use, nearly 1,000 industrial plots of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) are lying idle despite high dem...
-- 2019-07-18 21:56:57
Good news is coming from Malaysia. The hopes expressed by the Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (EWOE) Minister Mr Imran Ahmed, on a visit to that country last week, could not be more sooth...
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