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Docs' reluctance to stay in rural area   

Docs' reluctance to stay in rural area  

-- 2018-10-15 21:49:56

News says that the government plans to appoint a fresh batch of doctors to hospitals and clinics before the coming election. The Health and Family Welfare Minister disclosed the information at a view-...

People now suffer from ‘digital phobia’: Rizvi

People now suffer from ‘digital phobia’: Rizvi

-- 2018-10-15 18:26:54

People are now suffering from 'digital phobia' as the government enacted various 'black laws' like Digital Security Act to 'restrict' the freedom of expression. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruh...

20-Party leaders to meet this evening

20-Party leaders to meet this evening

-- 2018-10-15 17:27:13

Amid concern about its fate after the formation of Jatiya Oikya Front, top leaders of the BNP-led 20-party alliance is going to sit in a meeting this (Monday) evening to discuss its next course of act...

Giving children what they deserve      

Giving children what they deserve    

-- 2018-10-14 22:06:23

The argument put forward by the ambassador and permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations that 'rights of the children are best protected by ensuring their education and healthcare,...

LDA announces two-day programme demanding ‘fair’ polls

LDA announces two-day programme demanding ‘fair’ polls

-- 2018-10-14 18:06:35

Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) on Sunday announced a two-day programme to press for holding the next polls under a non-party neutral administration. As part of the programmes, the LDA will hold a 'ma...

BNP raps govt for filing ‘fictitious’ cases against its leaders

BNP raps govt for filing ‘fictitious’ cases against its leaders

-- 2018-10-14 17:15:09

BNP on Sunday presented a list of its dead, sick, and hajj-performing leaders reportedly implicated in various 'fictitious' cases filed over the last one and a half months. BNP senior joint secretary...

JP to hold grand rally in city on Oct 20

JP to hold grand rally in city on Oct 20

-- 2018-10-14 16:50:21

Jatiya Party (JP) will hold a grand rally at the Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka city on October 20 ahead of the next general election. JP Chairman and former president Hussain Muhammad Ershad urged the pa...

Graft trial can continue in Khaleda's absence: HC

Graft trial can continue in Khaleda's absence: HC

-- 2018-10-14 13:32:12

The High Court (HC) has cleared the way to continue the trial proceedings of Zia Charitable Trust graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in her absence. A bench of Justice Obaidul Hasan and J...

Unregulated LPG pricing

Unregulated LPG pricing

-- 2018-10-13 21:46:46

It is difficult to appreciate the government's attitude towards consumers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Domestic LPG market has expanded in recent years with the number of LPG users rising at a fa...

B Chy wants broader alliance against domination of single party

B Chy wants broader alliance against domination of single party

-- 2018-10-13 20:30:04

Bikalpadhara chief Prof AQM Badruddozza Chowdhury has said he wants to see a broader alliance against the domination of a single party. The former president made the remarks while addressing a press...

BNP leader held in Sylhet

BNP leader held in Sylhet

-- 2018-10-13 19:19:42

Police arrested a local leader of Bangladesh National Party (BNP) in an explosive case from Natunbazar area at Biswanath upazila in in Sylhet on Saturday noon. The arrestee was identified as Abdul Ha...

Dr Kamal forms alliance with BNP

Dr Kamal forms alliance with BNP

-- 2018-10-13 18:49:54

Jatiya Oikya Prokriya chief Dr Kamal Hossain has formed a new anti-government alliance with the BNP, leaving out Jukto Front Convener AQM Badruddozza Chowdhury in growing signs of political rifts amon...

Dr Kamal, B Chy to hold separate press conferences

Dr Kamal, B Chy to hold separate press conferences

-- 2018-10-13 17:34:59

Just before the announcement of the framework of greater national unity, a rift has developed between Dr Kamal Hossain and Dr Badruddoza Chowdhury as they called for separate press conferences on Satu...

Quader terms BNP terrorist party

Quader terms BNP terrorist party

-- 2018-10-13 17:31:47

Awami League General Secretary and Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said it has been proved through the verdict of the August 21 grenade attack case that BNP is a terror...

BNP’s black-flag procession now on Oct 21

BNP’s black-flag procession now on Oct 21

-- 2018-10-13 16:37:05

BNP has rescheduled its Tuesday's countrywide black-flag procession for October 21 due to Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community. Besides, the party's women wing Jatiyataba...

Poverty database

Poverty database

-- 2018-10-12 21:52:05

One of the major deficiencies of the government's social safety net programmes is obviously the lack of database to identify the regions and communities to be brought under safety net as well as the t...

Quader says verdict proves BNP a terrorist party

Quader says verdict proves BNP a terrorist party

-- 2018-10-12 18:46:46

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said it has now been proved in the country's court after Canada that BNP is a terrorist party. "It's been proved in the courts of Canada and Ba...

No question of Tarique’s resignation following ‘vengeance’ verdict: BNP

No question of Tarique’s resignation following ‘vengeance’ verdict: BNP

-- 2018-10-12 18:32:10

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said there is no question of Tarique Rahman's resignation from the party post following his conviction in the August 21 grenade attack cases...

People less concerned over BNP’s agitation: Anisul

People less concerned over BNP’s agitation: Anisul

-- 2018-10-12 17:07:39

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Friday said people now don’t bother about the agitation of BNP and are less concerned. “People don’t bother about the a...

Fakhrul files GD over fake FB profiles

Fakhrul files GD over fake FB profiles

-- 2018-10-12 11:57:28

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has filed a general diary (GD) with Paltan Police Station seeking action against those opened fake Facebook accounts in his name. Yunus Ali, personal...

Teething anti-narcotic law

Teething anti-narcotic law

-- 2018-10-11 21:17:04

The latest move by the government to set death penalty for certain drug offences is a clear demonstration of its zero tolerance policy on narcotics. With the inclusion of methamphetamine popularly kno...

Police arrest 19 Jamaat men in Joypurhat

Police arrest 19 Jamaat men in Joypurhat

-- 2018-10-11 17:45:36

19 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami were arrested while they were holding a secret meeting at Dhalahar village under Sadar upazila in Joypurhat on Thursday. Officer-in-charge of Joypurhat Sad...

PM donates Tk 200m more to journalists’ welfare trust

PM donates Tk 200m more to journalists’ welfare trust

-- 2018-10-11 17:30:27

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina donated Tk 200 million more to the fund of the Bangladesh Journalists’ Welfare Trust, which was constituted by the present government to provide financial support to...

‘State-sponsored verdicts’ in Aug-21 cases to ruin BNP: Rizvi

‘State-sponsored verdicts’ in Aug-21 cases to ruin BNP: Rizvi

-- 2018-10-11 16:37:18

BNP on Thursday alleged that 'state-sponsored' verdicts were announced in the August 21 grenade attack cases, aiming to destroy BNP in a planned way. "We came across various remarks and Awami League...

Book Building Method needs to be improved

Book Building Method needs to be improved

-- 2018-10-10 21:44:25

The head of the capital market regulatory body, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has given a strong hint at discarding the Book Building Method (BBM) that was introduced when t...

AL not fully satisfied with Aug 21 attack verdict: Quader

AL not fully satisfied with Aug 21 attack verdict: Quader

-- 2018-10-10 19:31:54

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said their party is not fully satisfied with the verdict of the August 21 grenade attack cases as the mastermind of the incident and BNP leader Tariqu...

Grenade attack victims demand capital punishment for Tarique

Grenade attack victims demand capital punishment for Tarique

-- 2018-10-10 19:25:49

Victims of August 21 grenade attack expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict of the case and demanded death sentence to Tarique Rahman, the mastermind of the gruesome attack. Members of Bangladesh...

BNP rejects verdict in Aug 21 grenade attack cases

BNP rejects verdict in Aug 21 grenade attack cases

-- 2018-10-10 14:15:06

BNP has turned down the verdict in the August 21 grenade attack cases, saying it has been given at the 'behest of the government' with a political motive. "BNP thinks that the verdict is a politicall...

Myanmar crosses the line

Myanmar crosses the line

-- 2018-10-09 21:51:11

After playing the cards of political bluffs, Myanmar has now resorted to intrigues and falsehoods in order to prolong the Rohingya crisis. In doing so, though, the country has exposed its political vi...

Menace of errant Motorcycles   

Menace of errant Motorcycles  

-- 2018-10-08 22:08:10

Just over a week has passed after the end of a moth-long programme to bring discipline to the Dhaka roads. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) launched the apparently all-out campaign with great hopes. Sc...