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BNP trying hard to make Dec-30 election questionable: PM   

BNP trying hard to make Dec-30 election questionable: PM   

-- 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...

Drive against coaching centres   

Drive against coaching centres  

-- 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...

Inclusive growth with quality

Inclusive growth with quality

-- 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...

Chhatra Dal enters Madhur Canteen after nine years

Chhatra Dal enters Madhur Canteen after nine years

-- 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...

Imperfect dietary habit   

Imperfect dietary habit  

-- 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...

Carrot output delights Rangpur peasants

Carrot output delights Rangpur peasants

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...

Quader says BNP’s participation in upazila polls matters little

Quader says BNP’s participation in upazila polls matters little

-- 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...

Coping with strain of fresh projects on ADP                         

Coping with strain of fresh projects on ADP                       

-- 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...

Pro-BNP lawyer Badrul Anwar becomes CBA president

Pro-BNP lawyer Badrul Anwar becomes CBA president

-- 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...

New policy guideline on bank loan write-off

New policy guideline on bank loan write-off

-- 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...

AL reveals more UZ chairman candidate names

AL reveals more UZ chairman candidate names

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...

Bobby Hajjaj quits DNCC race

Bobby Hajjaj quits DNCC race

-- 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...

AL names two more candidates for women’s seats

AL names two more candidates for women’s seats

-- 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...

Dealing with e-waste   

Dealing with e-waste  

-- 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...

Posts of AL vice-chairman open to all

Posts of AL vice-chairman open to all

-- 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...

Quader says BNP gets weaker for negative politics

Quader says BNP gets weaker for negative politics

-- 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...

Awami League finalises 41 for women JS seats

Awami League finalises 41 for women JS seats

-- 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...

Pharma sector to rise up to challenges ahead   

Pharma sector to rise up to challenges ahead  

-- 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...

Corruption in education: ACC role   

Corruption in education: ACC role  

-- 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...

Rizvi urges Quader to join BNP

Rizvi urges Quader to join BNP

-- 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....

Clipping the wings of river encroachers

Clipping the wings of river encroachers

-- 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...

Light engineering   

Light engineering  

-- 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...

Khaleda’s bail in defamation cases extended by six months

Khaleda’s bail in defamation cases extended by six months

-- 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...

ADR potential and realisation   

ADR potential and realisation  

-- 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...

Cumilla court turns down Khaleda’s bail plea

Cumilla court turns down Khaleda’s bail plea

-- 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...

BNP postpones Feb 8 Surawardy Udyan rally for book fair

BNP postpones Feb 8 Surawardy Udyan rally for book fair

-- 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...

UZ polls: AL starts selling nomination forms

UZ polls: AL starts selling nomination forms

-- 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...

MPS recognises disruptive powers of classified loans   

MPS recognises disruptive powers of classified loans  

-- 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,...

Ensuring the proper highway operation   

Ensuring the proper highway operation  

-- 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,...

11th parliament lacks legitimacy: Fakhrul

11th parliament lacks legitimacy: Fakhrul

-- 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...