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Plight of bridges in rural area  

-- 2018-09-28 21:46:57

Hardly a week passes by when the print media do not carry a picture of deplorable conditions of bridges or their collapse under the weight of heavy vehicles. These bridges and culverts cover the whole...

CEC trying to intimidate BNP: Rizvi

-- 2018-09-28 18:58:14

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda is trying to intimidate BNP by giving statement about the risk of its registration. The...

‘AL to remain vigilant against BNP-Jamaat’s violence’

-- 2018-09-28 18:09:25

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said his party will remain alert against any violence or anarchy to be unleashed by BNP-Jamaat across the country, including the capital. “Beca...

Still no respite for commuters in capital  

-- 2018-09-27 22:15:41

It is nearly two months since school children took to the streets in an unprecedented display of disciplining the chaotic traffic situation in the capital and elsewhere. The incident -- a glaring mock...

No AL programme to counter BNP rally

-- 2018-09-27 19:43:23

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said his party will not announce any programme to counter BNP’s rally in the city. “We wi...

Overcoming crony capitalism

-- 2018-09-26 21:56:40

Economists and financial experts have rightly detected the ills the country's economy is suffering from. They are categorical that a growing nexus between a 'certain political class and business class...

BNP to unveil action plan in Saturday’s rally

-- 2018-09-26 16:42:30

BNP will unveil its future course of action and strategy at its planned Suhrawardy Udyan public rally in Dhaka on Saturday. "We'll deliver our statements on our party's future policy at the rally. Ou...

AL, BNP to hold rallies Saturday

-- 2018-09-25 20:45:23

The Awami League-led 14-party coalition has announced a rally for Saturday in Dhaka as its main rival the BNP is preparing for a similar demonstration in the capital the same day. The announcement by...

HC defers hearing on Khaleda’s medical treatment plea to Oct 1

-- 2018-09-25 17:27:10

The High Court (HC) has deferred a hearing on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s writ petition for treatment at United Hospital to Oct 1. The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Ahmed...

Sylhet BNP leader lands in jailed

-- 2018-09-25 16:49:26

A Sylhet court on Tuesday sent a local BNP leader to jail after rejecting his bail plea in a case filed over creating hindrance to police. The leader is BNP city unit general secretary Ali Ahmed. J...

BNP shifts rally to Saturday from Thursday

-- 2018-09-25 14:32:39

The BNP has shifted its scheduled rally to September 29 from September 27 in Dhaka city. “I announced yesterday that the rally will be held on Thursday. It has been changed. Now the rally will...

Nation's poor health indicators  

-- 2018-09-24 22:17:24

The third ICDDR, B-initiated policy dialogue on 'Urban Health and Universal Health Coverage in Bangladesh' gives an indication of how challenging it is to get health-related information. If the inform...

BNP’s rally in city Thursday 

-- 2018-09-24 20:53:46

BNP will hold a public rally in the capital on Thursday to press their various demands, including the release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir...

Two accused in Zia Charitable case to file no-confidence motion

-- 2018-09-24 17:59:02

Two accused of Zia Charitable Trust Graft case on Monday in a written application expressed their no-confidence on the judge of the special makeshift court in the old central jail in the city. Two ac...

'Hotchpotch' unity is not sustainable: Quader

-- 2018-09-24 17:06:24

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the unity forged by Dr Kamal Hossain is not sustainable. "The unity forged by Dr Kamal is not a national unity. This is one type of 'hotchpotch'...

BNP's rally for Khaleda’s release Thursday

-- 2018-09-24 13:30:09

BNP has announced it will hold a public rally in the capital on Thursday to press home its demands for releasing of its jailed-chief Khaleda Zia and holding the next generation election under a non-pa...

Downward trend in budget execution

-- 2018-09-23 21:15:52

The government's penchant for making the national budget from bigger to even bigger every financial year is quite evident. Big budgets do have certain demonstrative effect, but failure to execute them...

14-party alliance meeting Monday

-- 2018-09-23 20:40:38

A meeting of 14-party alliance will be held at Priyanka Community Centre at Dhanmondi in the city on Monday. Spokesperson of the alliance and AL Presidium Member Mohammed Nasim requested all concerne...

People do not want political unrest before election: Qader

-- 2018-09-23 18:30:43

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the people of the country do not want any movement before the national election, according to UNB. "Ten years have passed by...in which ye...

Export of halal food: The compliance factor  

-- 2018-09-22 22:10:56

The potential of exporting halal food, particularly meat, from the country is yet to be tapped despite its high prospect -- not in the Muslim countries alone but elsewhere as well. Considering the hyg...

Oikya Prokriya to hold rallies from October 1

-- 2018-09-22 21:17:38

Jatiya Oikya Prokriya, led by Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain, has announced to hold rallies across the country from October 1. The announcement was made during a citizens' rally organised by th...

BNP leaders, B Chy join Dr Kamal's rally for ‘functional democracy’

-- 2018-09-22 17:45:16

BNP leaders on Saturday participated in the Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikya Prokriya rally at Mahanagar Natya Mancha in the city to create a greater national unity to ensure a 'functional democracy'...

Govt guiding grenade attack trial: BNP

-- 2018-09-22 15:07:58

The BNP claims that the trial over the Aug 21 grenade attack is proceeding according to the government’s ‘guidelines’. The party’s Joint Senior Secretary General Ruhul Kabir R...

AL leaders begin election campaign by road

-- 2018-09-22 12:41:12

Awami League leaders have begun an election campaign by road to reach the common people and describe to them the development work undertaken by the government. Previously AL leaders had flown to Sylh...

Holding trial inside jail ‘contrary to justice’: BNP

-- 2018-09-21 17:12:47

BNP on Friday described the order of Special Judge Court-5 to continue the trial in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case inside Old Dhaka Central Jail in absence of Khaleda Zia as ‘contrary to j...

Digital Security Act not to obstruct journalism: Quader

-- 2018-09-21 14:59:28

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said the ‘Digital Security Act’ will not create any obstacle to journalism, reports UNB. The minister said this while talking...

Casualty of environmental pollution

-- 2018-09-20 21:21:04

If environmental pollution alone accounts for 80,000 deaths in the country's urban areas in a year -2015 to be precise, it shows how grave the situation is. Here is a casualty figure 10 times higher t...

Expanding Ctg port capacity

-- 2018-09-19 21:17:55

It is quite natural that Chittagong port and its cargo handling capacity would dominate the proceedings of any event organised to discuss the logistical challenges the country's seaports are facing. A...

BNP preparing to launch street agitations

-- 2018-09-19 17:26:18

BNP is taking necessary preparations to come up with street programmes to push for Khaleda Zia's release from jail and holding a credible election. BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed made the comment on...

Health services need revamping

-- 2018-09-18 22:00:47

The basic goal of the country's rural health sector has remained largely unmet. Its much-vaunted purpose: bringing health services to the doorsteps of villagers still faces a daunting challenge. Quali...