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BNP talks with diplomats

BNP talks with diplomats

-- 2019-04-04 20:56:36

BNP on Thursday briefed foreign diplomats about the country's latest situation and some other issues, including party chairperson Khaleda Zia's health condition and recent upazila polls. BNP secretar...

Reforming the taxation system

Reforming the taxation system

-- 2019-04-03 22:04:38

It was quite a befitting observation a noted economist made early this week about the National Board of Revenue (NBR). Taking part in a seminar on tax policy and public finance in Dhaka, the economist...

Khaleda Zia can get release only from court: Hanif

Khaleda Zia can get release only from court: Hanif

-- 2019-04-03 20:19:09

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub-Ul Alam Hanif has said none but the court can release BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia from jail. “There is no scope of freeing Begum Zia from the j...

BNP chief’s adviser Asaduzzaman dies

BNP chief’s adviser Asaduzzaman dies

-- 2019-04-03 13:31:35

BNP chairperson's adviser Kazi Asaduzzaman Asad passed away on Wednesday. He was 67. Asad, also the founding convener of Jatiayatabadi Chhatra Dal, breathed his last at Holy Family Hospital around 9:...

Bay Container Terminal   

Bay Container Terminal  

-- 2019-04-02 22:15:21

Last week by virtue of an agreement between the Central Land Allocation Committee (CLAC) of Ministry of Land and the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), 803 acres of land was allocated for the Bay Contai...

Gono Forum’s Mokabbir takes oath as MP

Gono Forum’s Mokabbir takes oath as MP

-- 2019-04-02 13:59:11

Gono Forum's MP-elect Mokabbir Khan (Sylhet-2) took oath as a member of the 11th Parliament on Tuesday, going against his party decision. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the swearing...

National industrial fair   

National industrial fair  

-- 2019-04-01 22:13:42

The holding of a week-long national industrial fair, first of its kind, augurs well for the country. It has been dubbed the premiere exposition perhaps because of the total exclusion of any imported g...

Letting rivers flow in full buoyancy

Letting rivers flow in full buoyancy

-- 2019-04-01 09:34:59

Finding the total number of the country's rivers now at around 400 in place of the previous over 700 carries elements of a puzzle. Apart from mainstream flows, these rivers also include tributaries an...

Fiscal incentives versus economic gains   

Fiscal incentives versus economic gains  

-- 2019-03-30 22:06:42

Isn't it time to seriously examine the link between the returns from the country's industrial sector and the huge sums of money dished out every year in the form of duty exemptions and a host of other...

Govt fails to modernise fire service, Rizvi alleges

Govt fails to modernise fire service, Rizvi alleges

-- 2019-03-30 19:01:01

BNP's senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the government has failed to modernise the fire service and civil defence with modern life-saving equipment. The BNP leader als...

AL to hold national council in October

AL to hold national council in October

-- 2019-03-30 11:39:08

The Awami League has decided to hold its next national council in October, three years after the incumbent central committee was formed. The party’s presidium took the decision in a meeting cha...

Tower inferno, a 'no' to fire safety complacence   

Tower inferno, a 'no' to fire safety complacence  

-- 2019-03-29 22:03:03

The  blazing  fire in Banani's FR Tower that claimed lives of at least 25 people and left more than 100 injured Thursday has again brought to the fore  flaws in the construction of high...

AL presidium meeting held

AL presidium meeting held

-- 2019-03-29 20:50:35

A meeting of the Awami League (AL) presidium was held at Ganabhaban, the official residence of the Prime Minister, in Dhaka on Friday afternoon. Prime Minister and AL President Sheikh Hasina presided...

Dr Kamal suggests commission to ensure building safety

Dr Kamal suggests commission to ensure building safety

-- 2019-03-29 17:59:25

Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday suggested formation of a national commission to find out whether there is any lack of law in ensuring safe construction of high-rise buildings in...

Fakhrul says govt acts like a puppet

Fakhrul says govt acts like a puppet

-- 2019-03-29 17:54:03

Terming the Awami League-led government a 'puppet', BNP on Friday alleged that bureaucrats are now ruling the country. "We all know who did what in the (December-30) election. Now, the state is being...

Eviction drive on river banks

Eviction drive on river banks

-- 2019-03-28 21:49:35

The eviction drive now being carried out on the banks of rivers girdling Dhaka City certainly looks different from those of the past years. While those launched in the past years gave the impression o...

ECI ranking and narrow export base

ECI ranking and narrow export base

-- 2019-03-27 21:42:07

Bangladesh's 25-notch fall---from 98th position in 2008 to 123rd in 2017--- among 129 countries in the global Economic Complexity Index (ECI) ranking is certainly worrying. The ECI, developed by two U...

'Khaleda’s health has deteriorated'

'Khaleda’s health has deteriorated'

-- 2019-03-27 17:46:25

The health of imprisoned BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s has deteriorated further due to the indifference of prison authorities. BNP Secretary General Miirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said this on Wednesda...

Inu says Bangladesh on track, Menon sees challenges

Inu says Bangladesh on track, Menon sees challenges

-- 2019-03-26 16:47:31

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal – JaSaD President Hasanul Haq Inu says Bangladesh is finally back on track under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina and the Grand Alliance after the tragic incident of 1975....

No hurry to relocate Rohingya, govt tells UN bodies

No hurry to relocate Rohingya, govt tells UN bodies

-- 2019-03-26 15:45:21

  Bangladesh is not in a hurry to relocate Rohingya refugees to a Bay of Bengal island, a minister told Reuters on Monday, after the United Nations sought more details on the government's plan,...

United movement necessary for restoration of democracy: Kamal

United movement necessary for restoration of democracy: Kamal

-- 2019-03-26 15:41:53

Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Tuesday stressed the need for a united movement of people for the restoration of their rights and a democratic governing system. “We've been on a...

The spirit of independence renewed   

The spirit of independence renewed  

-- 2019-03-25 22:14:42

The making of a nation is a wonderful event in the annals of history, for it takes human civilisation a few steps ahead. The birth of Bangladesh is no exception to this process of civilisation's progr...

Revamping the bond market   

Revamping the bond market  

-- 2019-03-24 21:54:26

Development of the country's bond market has so far been marked by ritualistic emphasis --- verbal or otherwise. Nothing substantive has been done by the key players, including the central bank and th...

Ban on Jatka catching   

Ban on Jatka catching  

-- 2019-03-23 22:04:54

A few years since the government had slapped an annual ban on netting hilsa fishlings, the measure seems far from being in force meaningfully. However, the bans have resulted in impressive growth in h...

‘BNP to go Jamaat’s way’

‘BNP to go Jamaat’s way’

-- 2019-03-23 21:41:09

Acting General Secretary of Awami League (AL) Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif on Saturday said BNP would face extinction like Jamaat as the party is doing ill politics. “They (BNP) have no future in the p...

Bangladesh a failed state, alleges BNP

Bangladesh a failed state, alleges BNP

-- 2019-03-23 17:04:29

BNP on Saturday alleged that Bangladesh has turned into a failed state as the government sold out itself to the super powers of the globe. "This government has been staying in power illegally since...

Quader’s health condition improves further: Physician

Quader’s health condition improves further: Physician

-- 2019-03-23 13:19:16

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Qauder's health condition improved further after the bypass surgery, Prof Dr Abu Nasar Rizvi of BSMMU said. His Ando tranquil tube has been removed. Besid...

Ershad sacks ‘failing’ brother GM Quader as party co-chairman

Ershad sacks ‘failing’ brother GM Quader as party co-chairman

-- 2019-03-23 09:42:59

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has dismissed his brother GM Quader as the party's co-chairman, citing his 'failures' after several attempts to install him as his heir. Ershad made the announcement t...

Improving business literacy   

Improving business literacy  

-- 2019-03-22 22:12:18

The reported move by the ministry of commerce (MOC) to make businesses aware of the many trade deals Bangladesh has inked bilaterally as well as regionally and multilaterally should be welcomed. Thoug...

Oikyafront to form human chain on Mar 30

Oikyafront to form human chain on Mar 30

-- 2019-03-22 20:54:42

Jatiya Oikyafront will form a human chain in the city on March 30 to push for its various demands, including the annulment of gas-tariff hike proposal. Leaders and activists of the alliance will form...