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BNP’s decision on joining DNCC by-polls tonight

BNP’s decision on joining DNCC by-polls tonight

-- 2019-01-24 15:19:45

BNP policymakers are going to hold a meeting tonight (Thursday night) to decide whether the party will join the upcoming by-elections to the vacant mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC)....

Yawning wealth gap

Yawning wealth gap

-- 2019-01-23 21:36:04

Rich-poor gaps have evoked catchphrases like haves and have-nots, the rich getting richer and the poor poorer, and triggered 1.0 per cent versus 99 per cent Wall Street movement with its short-lived b...

Fakhrul seeks greater unity to push for fresh polls

Fakhrul seeks greater unity to push for fresh polls

-- 2019-01-23 18:27:00

Accusing Awami League of destroying the country's election system, BNP on Wednesday urged opposition parties to forge a greater unity to force the government to hold a fresh election under a non-party...

AL to finalise candidates for DNCC, Kishoreganj-1 by-polls Saturday

AL to finalise candidates for DNCC, Kishoreganj-1 by-polls Saturday

-- 2019-01-23 18:23:40

The nomination board of Awami League is going to hold a meeting on Saturday to finalise the party's candidates for the by-elections to the vacant mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) an...

HC asks Cumilla court to dispose of Khaleda's bail plea by Feb 4

HC asks Cumilla court to dispose of Khaleda's bail plea by Feb 4

-- 2019-01-23 12:59:18

The High Court has asked the lower court concerned to dispose of the petition filed seeking bail to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia by February 4 in a case filed over the 2015 Cumilla arson attack that ki...

Rise of the rich   

Rise of the rich  

-- 2019-01-22 22:07:52

Following the highest rate of increase of the ultra-rich, Bangladesh is now poised to add yet another feather to its cap. Globally, it is all set to come only third in terms of the rate of increase of...

Fakhrul talking deliriously after ‘shameful’ election loss:  Obaidul

Fakhrul talking deliriously after ‘shameful’ election loss: Obaidul

-- 2019-01-22 20:47:32

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said his BNP counterpart Mirza Fakhrul has been talking deliriously since his party's shameful defeat in the December-30 national election. "B...

Accelerating implementation of mega projects   

Accelerating implementation of mega projects  

-- 2019-01-21 22:00:05

New finance minister AHM Mustafa  Kamal's  first  priority  appears to be  rolling back the deceleration in  the implementation of  the mega projects and initiate in...

Barrister Nazmul Huda secures bail

Barrister Nazmul Huda secures bail

-- 2019-01-21 12:09:19

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has granted bail to former minister Barrister Nazmul Huda in a graft case. A four member bench led by chief justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order on...

Confusion over power purchase deal   

Confusion over power purchase deal  

-- 2019-01-20 22:13:33

The power subscribers are a bit confused over the disclosure made by the state minister for power, energy and mineral resources that the government has no plan to renew the existing contracts of the p...

‘No election is perfect’

‘No election is perfect’

-- 2019-01-20 19:20:26

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has responded to the UN secretary general’s remarks on the 11th parliamentary election in Bangladesh, saying that there is no perfect election. At...

BNP accuses AL of being reckless after election win

BNP accuses AL of being reckless after election win

-- 2019-01-20 16:06:12

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi says the ruling Awami League’s activists have become ‘reckless and diabolically exhilarated’ after the election. He referred to...

Kamal Hossain off to Singapore for treatment

Kamal Hossain off to Singapore for treatment

-- 2019-01-20 10:17:24

Jatiya Oikya Front Convener Dr Kamal Hossain, also president of Gono Forum, flew to Singapore on Saturday night for medical purposes. Along with his wife Hameeda Hossain, he left the Hazrat Shahjalal...

Campaign focused on traffic discipline   

Campaign focused on traffic discipline  

-- 2019-01-19 22:05:24

Yet another traffic awareness campaign is underway in the capital. Starting on January 15, it will conclude on January 31. Like during such a campaign carried out by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP...

AL celebrates victory to hide moral defeat: Fakhrul

AL celebrates victory to hide moral defeat: Fakhrul

-- 2019-01-19 16:35:08

BNP on Saturday alleged that the ruling party is celebrating its victory to divert people's attention from 'vote rigging' in the December-30 election. "They (AL) are celebrating the victory to hide t...

Awami League’s victory rally today

Awami League’s victory rally today

-- 2019-01-19 12:56:53

Awami League is going to hold a grand rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital today (Saturday) to celebrate the massive victory of the party in the 11th parliamentary elections. AL President Sheikh...

Road Transport Act 2018

Road Transport Act 2018

-- 2019-01-18 22:08:52

The long awaited Road Transport Act that looked like a potential game changer in the country's transportation sector has apparently slipped into oblivion. There is no move at all to implement the Act...

BNP leaders propose leadership changes

BNP leaders propose leadership changes

-- 2019-01-18 21:41:42

Two senior leaders of BNP have called for a national council of the party to bring changes to its leadership after the general election debacle. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and Moudud Ahmed, members...

Quader foresees split in Oikyafront

Quader foresees split in Oikyafront

-- 2019-01-18 18:12:27

The Jatiya Oikyafront, the opposition alliance formed with the BNP, will not stay united, according to Awami League leader Obaidul Quader.  “Seeing them, we spotted break-up factors in th...

Ensuring proper use of ESF      

Ensuring proper use of ESF    

-- 2019-01-17 22:05:16

The launching of the Entrepreneurship Support Fund (ESF) for agro-based projects in July last year heralded a fresh journey for this funding initiative. Actually its legacy goes back to the Equity and...

TIB report causes heartburn to govt, EC: BNP

TIB report causes heartburn to govt, EC: BNP

-- 2019-01-17 16:22:57

BNP on Thursday alleged that the TIB report on "vote robbery" in the December-30 election has caused heartburn both to the government and the Election Commission. "The government and the EC cannot hi...

Realising plastic sector's full potential

Realising plastic sector's full potential

-- 2019-01-16 21:41:06

One may be happy but not content with the modest achievement in a field that has the potential for reaping at least a medium-sized export bonanza for the country. The case in point is the 21 per cent...

Power generation improves but more needs to be done   

Power generation improves but more needs to be done  

-- 2019-01-15 22:14:14

It is heartening to note that the incidence of power disruption in Dhaka and other major cities of the country has lately come down significantly. The residents of the capital in particular nowadays...

AL to contest UZ polls without alliance: Quader

AL to contest UZ polls without alliance: Quader

-- 2019-01-15 17:05:09

Awami League will contest the upcoming Upazila Parishad elections without any alliance, party General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Tuesday. "We won't go into the polls as part of any alliance," h...

AL starts selling nomination forms for reserved seats

AL starts selling nomination forms for reserved seats

-- 2019-01-15 12:19:40

The ruling Awami League has started selling its nomination forms for the parliamentary seats reserved for women. The sales of nomination forms began around 10:00am on Tuesday at the Awami League Pres...

Keeping antenna high on corporal punishment   

Keeping antenna high on corporal punishment  

-- 2019-01-14 22:11:39

There is an incipient and hidden side to corporal punishment which is larger than the exposed side to it. That way it is fed on a culture of silence and its true magnitude remains concealed before the...

Mirza Abbas, wife get HC bail in graft case

Mirza Abbas, wife get HC bail in graft case

-- 2019-01-14 17:12:08

The High Court on Monday granted an eight-week anticipatory bail to BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas and his wife Afroza Abbas in a corruption case. The couple has been accused of amassing i...

Preparing for 4IR   

Preparing for 4IR  

-- 2019-01-13 22:03:23

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is already on and it is all set to gain extraordinary momentum soon. Is Bangladesh prepared for the technological transformation? A seminar titled, 'Fourth Indus...

Hasan Mahmud thanks Dr Kamal for realising mistake

Hasan Mahmud thanks Dr Kamal for realising mistake

-- 2019-01-13 16:24:17

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday thanked Dr Kamal Hossain for realising the mistake that Jatiya Oikyafront had made by incorporating Jamaat-e-Islami in the recent 11th parliamentary elec...

Streamlining sale of savings tools   

Streamlining sale of savings tools  

-- 2019-01-12 22:13:17

If the government decision, albeit belated, to create a national database of buyers of government-sponsored savings instruments (sanchyapatras and bonds) and seek some basic information and documents...