-- 2019-02-15 14:37:19
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said BNP had an evil intention to make the 2018 general election questionable and they are still trying to do so. "Their [BNP’s] intention was to make the Dec-3...
-- 2019-02-14 22:02:55
By February 12, as many as 35 coaching centres were sealed off by the mobile court for keeping those open in violation of the order of the ministry concerned. Also 37 people involved with coaching bus...
-- 2019-02-13 22:25:41
It is startling but not surprising - the widening wealth gap between the country’s top and bottom ends of the social structure. In 2010 the richest five per cent of the households wa...
-- 2019-02-13 14:18:03
The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) student body Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) has entered the Madhur Canteen of Dhaka University after nine years. The central leaders and activist of...
-- 2019-02-12 22:11:51
The contention of a report released globally by the Lancet Commission is highly disturbing for the world population. It finds that 2.1 billion adults are overweight or obese and the incidence of diabe...
Our Correspondent 2019-02-12 21:41:39
RANGPUR, Feb 12: An excellent production of carrots has made the cultivators ecstatic in the district during the current season. Presently, peasants of the district and its adjacent areas are passing...
-- 2019-02-12 18:54:35
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said BNP's participation in upazila election would matter little. "It doesn't matter who takes part or boycotts the local election," he told r...
-- 2019-02-11 22:06:52
The Planning Commission is at a critical juncture insofar as implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) goes. Not that the travails are anything new at this time...
-- 2019-02-11 14:13:49
Pro-BNP lawyer ASM Badrul Anwar has been elected president and Pro-Awami League lawyer Ayub Khan secretary in the Chittagong Bar Association (CBA) election. Chief Election Commissioner Anwarul Haque...
-- 2019-02-10 21:26:44
The circular issued by the country's central bank late last week on revision of the policy guideline for writing off loans is unlikely to produce any impact on an otherwise deplorable situation concer...
Agencies 2019-02-10 14:03:39
The ruling Awami League has announced the names of chairman candidates for the second phase of upazila parishad elections in 122 of the 129 upazilas scheduled to be held on March 18. AL General Secre...
-- 2019-02-10 11:52:39
Bobby Hajjaj pulled himself out of the race for the next mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). The Nationalist Democratic Movement chairman withdrew his candidacy in the mayoral by-polls on S...
-- 2019-02-10 11:08:32
The Awami League has named two more candidates for seats reserved for women in parliament. Pabna’s Nadia Yasmin and Natore’s Ratna Ahmed are the ruling party’s latest nominees. The...
-- 2019-02-09 22:06:55
Few realised even one-and-half decades back that the waste generated by electronic goods was set to emerge as a potent threat to public health. But in 2019, it has assumed the proportions of a frightf...
-- 2019-02-09 19:42:46
Awami League (AL) said the posts of vice-chairman in the first phase of the Upazila Parishad (UP) elections in 87 upazilas will be open for all. The party announced it at a media briefing prog...
-- 2019-02-09 19:21:48
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP is getting weaker day by day due to banking on negative politics. “Strong opposition i...
-- 2019-02-09 13:54:21
Awami League (AL) has picked 41 women as its candidates for the election to the reserved seats of the 11th parliament, which will be held on March 4 next. The ruling party on Friday finalised the con...
-- 2019-02-08 22:18:33
Among the many difficulties the country is poised to face in the post-LDC period, particularly in the trade arena, is the termination of benefits meant for the LDCs. While the main bite will take the...
-- 2019-02-07 22:12:17
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has, according to a report, detected irregularities, corruption, disorder and mismanagement in five primary and secondary schools in Chattogram. On his sudden visi...
-- 2019-02-07 16:08:51
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has invited Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader to join BNP as its adviser since he has long been giving the party various suggestions....
-- 2019-02-06 21:57:31
The High Court last Sunday, in a most comprehensive landmark judgment, ordered a stringent set of measures against the river grabbers in the country. Demonstr...
-- 2019-02-05 22:07:58
With a domestic market of Tk 500 billion, the country's light engineering industry and service sector has not received the patronage it deserves. Rhetoric on industrialisation of the country takes, mo...
-- 2019-02-05 14:19:32
The High Court has extended BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's six-month bail to one year in two defamation cases filed in Dhaka and Narail over her 'derogatory remarks' about freedom fighters and Bangaban...
-- 2019-02-04 21:57:36
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) has enormous potential to resolve social, economic, professional and commercial conflicts. Compared to its potentiality its usage has been negligible. The ADR's me...
-- 2019-02-04 16:05:35
A Cumilla court has rejected the bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case over the killing of eight people in an arson attack on a bus in 2015. Cumilla Additional District and Session J...
-- 2019-02-04 14:36:46
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Monday postponed its scheduled public rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on February 8 due to the ongoing Ekushey Book Fair. Instead of the public rally, BNP will now hol...
-- 2019-02-04 13:32:02
Awami League (AL) has started the sale of nomination forms among those who want to contest the first-phase upazila elections to be held on March 10 on party tickets. The sale of nomination forms star...
-- 2019-02-03 22:10:25
The central bank's decision to continue with a cautious monetary stance in the second half of the current financial year (2018-19) is obviously not without a reason. An uptrend in core inflation rate,...
-- 2019-02-02 22:19:15
Leaving aside the chaotic traffic situation in Dhaka and the other cities for the moment, it's time road monitors shifted their focus to the highways. Similar defiance, lawlessness and inefficiencies,...
-- 2019-02-02 18:30:05
BNP on Saturday alleged that the 11th parliament lacks legitimacy as its MPs were not elected with people's votes. "The current parliament doesn't have the moral legitimacy to go into session since t...
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