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Hasina dreaming of staying in power forever: BNP

Hasina dreaming of staying in power forever: BNP

-- 2019-03-22 00:15:26

A BNP senior leader alleged on Thursday Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is dreaming of hanging onto power for life by restoring one-party Baksal rule, reports UNB. "Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a dis...

Circular bus service   

Circular bus service  

-- 2019-03-21 21:55:54

April may be the cut-off point for the traffic movement in Dhaka to mark some notable transformation. To go by the Dhaka Metropolitan Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia's assurance, a desired difference in...

‘BNP to be extinct party for wrong politics’

‘BNP to be extinct party for wrong politics’

-- 2019-03-21 17:35:25

Awami League Presidium Member Tofail Ahmed on Thursday said the people of the country have turned away from the BNP for its wrong politics and this will lead to the party’s extinction. “B...

Mayhem at the hills

Mayhem at the hills

-- 2019-03-20 21:56:57

This country has not been unfamiliar with poll-related violence, even consequent loss of lives. But what happened in the Noi Mile area on Baghaichhari-Dighinala road on Monday evening was senseless be...

AL pays tribute to late President Zillur Rahman

AL pays tribute to late President Zillur Rahman

-- 2019-03-20 17:57:36

The ruling Awami League has paid profound respect to the memory of former President M Zillur Rahman marking his sixth death anniversary. Leaders of the party paid homage by placing wreaths at his gra...

AL leader accuses BCL leader of mugging, extortion

AL leader accuses BCL leader of mugging, extortion

-- 2019-03-20 14:59:52

Bangladesh Chhatra League's district unit general secretary of Satkhira was accused of mugging and extortion by a local leader of ruling Awami League's municipal unit on Tuesday night. Aminur Rahman,...

Soaring cost of tax exemptions   

Soaring cost of tax exemptions  

-- 2019-03-19 22:09:45

The gross mismatch between the government's avowed objectives and a few actions taken in areas of tax revenue is quite evident from the rising duty exemption trend in recent years. At the beginning of...

Fakhrul terms Rangamati gun attack well-planned

Fakhrul terms Rangamati gun attack well-planned

-- 2019-03-19 17:30:14

Terming Rangamati gun attack a well-designed one, BNP on Tuesday said violence and criminalisation by miscreants is growing centring elections in the country for lack of democracy and atmosphere for c...

Removing drawbacks of flower sector   

Removing drawbacks of flower sector  

-- 2019-03-18 22:13:46

That the demand for celebratory flowers continues to rise by the year could be seen during some special annual occasions. Apart from the religious festivals, they generate high demand during a lot of...

Gatco graft case hearing deferred for Khaleda's absence

Gatco graft case hearing deferred for Khaleda's absence

-- 2019-03-18 14:00:10

A Dhaka court has fixed April 17 for the next hearing in the Gatco corruption case filed against Khaleda Zia and others as the BNP chief could not be produced before the court due to illness. Judge A...

Schools under internet coverage   

Schools under internet coverage  

-- 2019-03-17 21:56:33

Bringing educational institutions under the internet coverage is no longer a lofty ambition even for a country like Bangladesh. The telecommunications and information technology minister has been on r...

CRI celebrates Bangabandhu’s birthday with children

CRI celebrates Bangabandhu’s birthday with children

-- 2019-03-17 16:56:29

Ruling Awami League’s research wing Centre for Research and Information (CRI) has celebrated the 100th birthday of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children&rs...

BNP will not accept govt's move to hike gas prices: Fakhrul

BNP will not accept govt's move to hike gas prices: Fakhrul

-- 2019-03-17 16:52:41

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday warned that their party will not accept any gas price hike as it will only inflict sufferings on people. "Our position is clear about the g...

BNP expels further 17 leaders for joining upazila polls

BNP expels further 17 leaders for joining upazila polls

FE Online Desk 2019-03-17 10:15:15

BNP has expelled its yet another 17 leaders for running in the Upazila election race violating its decision. They were also stripped even of the membership, said the party in a statement signed by it...

Genesis of NZ mosque attacks   

Genesis of NZ mosque attacks  

-- 2019-03-16 22:07:30

No amount of words is enough to condemn the gruesome killing of worshippers, who included two Bangladeshis, in two separate mosques in Christchurch of New Zealand, a country that until Friday used t...

BNP going through a tough time: Fakhrul

BNP going through a tough time: Fakhrul

-- 2019-03-16 21:21:28

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said their party has been passing through a critical juncture due to the current government’s ‘misrule’. “BNP has...

BJMC - what it takes to be proactive?   

BJMC - what it takes to be proactive?  

-- 2019-03-15 22:03:37

The reported fund crunch of the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) and the resultant failure to buy raw jute from the growers is not acceptable. Every year the state-run agency buys substantial...

BNP denounces NZ shootings, wishes safe return of cricketers

BNP denounces NZ shootings, wishes safe return of cricketers

-- 2019-03-15 18:04:34

BNP on Friday voiced deep concern over the terror attacks at two mosques in New Zealand's Christchurch where Bang Bangladesh cricket team is now staying. Speaking at a press conference at the party's...

Rizvi threatens agitation against move to hike gas tariff

Rizvi threatens agitation against move to hike gas tariff

-- 2019-03-15 17:30:42

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the government is planning to increase the gas tariffs again to inflict sufferings on common people and to plunder public money....

‘Govt has nothing to do with Khaleda’s freedom’

‘Govt has nothing to do with Khaleda’s freedom’

-- 2019-03-15 16:27:55

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s freedom is a matter of court; the government has nothing to do with this. “...

DU’s Ruqayyah Hall girls withdraw hunger strike

DU’s Ruqayyah Hall girls withdraw hunger strike

-- 2019-03-15 10:42:46

Five female students of Dhaka University's Ruqayyah Hall who went on a fast unto death over their four-point demand withdrew their strike on Thursday night. They also threatened to resume the strike...

No to cruelty to animals   

No to cruelty to animals  

-- 2019-03-14 22:09:06

It has taken exactly 99 years to place a bill in parliament aimed at replacing the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1920. Titled Animal Welfare Bill 2019, the proposed law not only sounds compassionate enough...

RTI: Implementation shortcomings

RTI: Implementation shortcomings

-- 2019-03-13 22:16:29

It  has been nearly a decade since the inception of Right  to Information (RTI) law in Bangladesh. Introduced about the same time as India, Bangladesh's ranking in terms of  implementin...

BNP’s politics limited to only holding press conferences: Hasan Mahmud

BNP’s politics limited to only holding press conferences: Hasan Mahmud

-- 2019-03-13 19:36:17

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said BNP's politics now has got limited to holding only press conferences. "BNP leaders are trying to hold anything just to keep the party alive," sa...

Stemming rising tide of over-invoicing   

Stemming rising tide of over-invoicing  

-- 2019-03-12 22:09:33

That over-invoicing is the widely used tool for transferring funds abroad illegally was not any revelation made by the head of the country's anti-graft watchdog at an event last Monday. The issue is m...

New buses for BRTC   

New buses for BRTC  

-- 2019-03-11 22:11:39

The addition of 1,100 new buses and trucks to the BRTC (Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation) fleet could have been an occasion of great rejoicing but for the past experiences with similar acquisitio...

DUCSU polls prove election system collapsed, Oikyafront alleges

DUCSU polls prove election system collapsed, Oikyafront alleges

-- 2019-03-11 20:13:57

Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, on Monday alleged that the incident of December 30 vote robbery reappeared in the DUCSU polls as the country's election system has collapsed. "There had be...

BNP alleges midnight ballot box stuffing in Ducsu polls

BNP alleges midnight ballot box stuffing in Ducsu polls

-- 2019-03-11 14:07:42

BNP has alleged that the much-delayed Ducsu polls were stigmatised with overnight stuffing of ballot boxes as happened on the night of December 29, right before the national election. Speaking at a p...

Making hybrid poultry meat, eggs safe for consumers   

Making hybrid poultry meat, eggs safe for consumers  

-- 2019-03-10 22:06:54

Although apparently far away, the timeline -- longer than a decade -- given by the head of the Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council (BPICC) the other day to make locally produced poultry meat...

Khaleda 'refuses' to go to BSMMU

Khaleda 'refuses' to go to BSMMU

-- 2019-03-10 13:00:10

Prison authorities say that incarcerated BNP chief Khaleda Zia has refused to go to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) hospital for treatment despite their preparations to receive her...