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-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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:...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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....
-- 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,...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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