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Forward-looking but not easily deliverable

Forward-looking but not easily deliverable

-- 2019-06-14 22:06:20

There  were  certain vantage points to  budget formulation this time  around  that not all budget-making exercises in the past  enjoyed. Actually,  something of a mo...

Proposed budget will increase inequality, BNP alleges

Proposed budget will increase inequality, BNP alleges

-- 2019-06-14 19:26:11

The BNP has alleged that the people will not accept the proposed national budget for 2019-2020 fiscal year as it will create pressure on them and increase inequality. ''The national budget of Tk 5.23...

Progress through blue economy   

Progress through blue economy  

-- 2019-06-13 22:07:51

With the Finance Minister having unveiled the nation's 48th budget yesterday and as the whole the country mulls over its finer points -- directions and implications, goals and objectives, allocations...

Systemic snags in ADP implementation

Systemic snags in ADP implementation

-- 2019-06-12 22:10:55

What have been lately noted as obstacles to timely execution of the Annual Development Programme (ADP), in a very recent review, are anything but revealing. Those are more or less known to all concern...

Need for a light engineering policy   

Need for a light engineering policy  

-- 2019-06-11 22:05:55

The demand recently voiced by the leaders of the light engineering association for a separate policy to stir planned growth of this vastly disorganised industrial sector deserves serious attention. Cl...

JCD faction padlocks BNP central office

JCD faction padlocks BNP central office

-- 2019-06-11 13:51:01

A faction of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists were staging demonstrations in front of BNP’s Naya Paltan central office by locking its main gate on Tuesday demanding cancellation of the p...

The plight of Railways   

The plight of Railways  

-- 2019-06-10 22:04:07

A recent report published in the Financial Express brought to light that ageing carriages have now been growing in number in the fleet of the West Zone of Bangladesh Railway, making operations risky....

Hasan Mahmud ‘feels pity’ for Oikyafront

Hasan Mahmud ‘feels pity’ for Oikyafront

-- 2019-06-10 16:51:12

Taking a swipe at Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikyafront, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday said those who are unable to keep themselves united want to forge a greater national unity agai...

Making the real estate market buoyant again   

Making the real estate market buoyant again  

-- 2019-06-09 21:31:37

The government's reported move to reduce the property registration cost, hopefully, would give the much-needed boost to the country's real estate sector. If granted finally, the fiscal concessions in...

Rumeen Farhana takes oath

Rumeen Farhana takes oath

-- 2019-06-09 13:22:03

BNP's reserved seat MP-elect Barrister Rumeen Farhana took oath as a member of the 11th Parliament on Sunday. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the swearing-in at the Jatiya Sangsad Bh...

Producing APIs   

Producing APIs  

-- 2019-06-08 22:14:37

Although the country's pharmaceutical sector is often credited -- and rightly so -- for its commendable performance, one of the difficulties deterring its growth is the overwhelming reliance on import...

Awami League announces month-long anniversary programme

Awami League announces month-long anniversary programme

-- 2019-06-08 18:48:34

The ruling Awami League has announced a month-long programme to celebrate the party's 70th founding anniversary which falls on June 23. Party's General Secretary Obaidul Quader announced the schedule...

A welcome reform

A welcome reform

-- 2019-06-07 22:11:22

The government's decision to go for direct transfer of fund to nearly six thousand autonomous entities appears to be a positive step that augurs to save both money and time on the part of both the ben...

Rizvi expresses concern over bomb at BSMMU

Rizvi expresses concern over bomb at BSMMU

-- 2019-06-07 17:23:17

BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has expressed concerns over the petrol bomb found in the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib University (BSMMU) on Thursday. The party's senior joint secretary general suspects the...

Oikyafront to expand alliance: Dr Kamal

Oikyafront to expand alliance: Dr Kamal

-- 2019-06-06 17:49:28

Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Thursday said that they are working to expand their alliance to intensify their ongoing movement to "restore democracy". "Our goal is to forge the str...

Historic 6-Point Day tomorrow

Historic 6-Point Day tomorrow

-- 2019-06-06 17:46:35

The historic Six-Point Day, marking the demand for autonomy for the then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, will be observed tomorrow across the country in a befitting manner, reports BSS. On June 7 in 1...

Britain raises concerns about BD HR, democracy

Britain raises concerns about BD HR, democracy

bdnews24.com 2019-06-06 17:04:58

The British government has raised concerns about the records of Bangladesh's human rights and democracy in a report it released for the year 2018. British High Commissioner Robert Dickson in his rema...

Quader for building ‘Sonar Bangla’ under Sheikh Hasina’s leadership

Quader for building ‘Sonar Bangla’ under Sheikh Hasina’s leadership

BSS 2019-06-05 20:32:43

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader called upon all on Wednesday to make united efforts to turn the country into a ‘Sonar Bangla’ under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Ha...

Speaker meets President

Speaker meets President

UNB 2019-06-05 18:45:23

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury paid a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Wednesday. The Speaker met the President after exchanging greetings with him on the occasion of Eid...

Relatives meet Khaleda in hospital on Eid day

Relatives meet Khaleda in hospital on Eid day

UNB 2019-06-05 18:36:20

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia spent around two hours with her relatives and took food they cooked for her on the Eid-ul-Fitr day on Wednesday.  Seven relatives of the BNP chief went to meet her at...

Happy Eid-ul-Fitr   

Happy Eid-ul-Fitr  

-- 2019-06-03 22:12:56

With the 'prescribed period' of fasting, as mentioned in the Holy Quran, coming to an end, the biggest  festival in the Islamic calendar, the  Eid-ul-Fitr  has   arrived ...

Metro rail's launch   

Metro rail's launch  

-- 2019-06-02 22:08:30

It's like pouring cold water on a grand dream. That the launch of the eagerly awaited 20.1-km elevated metro rail in Dhaka seems set to fall behind schedule is likely to depress many. As per an FE rep...

BNP nominates GM Siraj for Bogura-6 by-election

BNP nominates GM Siraj for Bogura-6 by-election

-- 2019-06-02 20:40:40

BNP has finally kept trust in its former MP GM Siraj by allocating the party election symbol 'Sheaf of Paddy' for him to contest the by-election to Bogura-6 parliamentary seat. BNP secretary general...

Dr Kamal demands Khaleda’s release before Eid

Dr Kamal demands Khaleda’s release before Eid

-- 2019-06-02 20:35:38

Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain and its general secretary Reza Kibria on Sunday demanded the release of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and other political prisoners before the Eid-ul-Fitr. In a me...

‘Khaleda’s release not possible before or after Eid’

‘Khaleda’s release not possible before or after Eid’

-- 2019-06-02 19:56:02

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said Khaleda Zia's release from jail is not possible before or after Eid-ul-Fitr through a movement. "The government has nothing to do with the release...

Need for mechanising agriculture   

Need for mechanising agriculture  

-- 2019-06-01 22:03:19

It is important to note that the government has decided to address the problem of shortage of farm labourers that has been largely responsible for high cost of production of crops, cash or otherwise....

BNP suffers for political mistakes: Tofail

BNP suffers for political mistakes: Tofail

-- 2019-06-01 19:28:05

Awami League's Advisory Council Member Tofail Ahmed has said BNP is passing through a difficult time for their political mistakes. “BNP itself is responsible for its critical situation…...

Farm loans to be better targeted   

Farm loans to be better targeted  

-- 2019-05-31 22:12:49

Despite the not-so-inspiring scenario of the country's farm sector, the increase in farm loan disbursement is no doubt reassuring. With the industrial sector shying away to take bank credits, it is th...

DUCSU makes PM Hasina its lifetime member

DUCSU makes PM Hasina its lifetime member

-- 2019-05-31 11:05:09

The Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) has given Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a lifetime membership of the student body despite opposition from its Vice-President Nurul Haque Nur. The d...

Containing trade-based money laundering   

Containing trade-based money laundering  

-- 2019-05-30 22:19:04

Some countries do have some reservation about definition of illicit funds, but they, like many others, see the movement of such funds from one country to another as a serious global problem, particula...