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'Govt to take strict action against destructive acts'

'Govt to take strict action against destructive acts'

-- 2018-08-28 16:18:07

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has said the government will take strict action if anyone wants to destabilise the country in the name of hartal and blockade centring the upcoming national parliamentar...

BNP chalks out founding anniv programmes

BNP chalks out founding anniv programmes

-- 2018-08-28 15:01:53

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has chalked out various programmes to celebrate its 40th founding anniversary on September 1. The programmes include a public rally, discussion, hoisting party...

Increasing gas tariff, but how much?   

Increasing gas tariff, but how much?  

-- 2018-08-27 22:07:21

The urgency the government feels to raise gas tariff at the consumer level is understandable; it has opted for import of costlier liquefied natural gas (LNG). The raise is apparently unavoidable. If t...

Kazi Zafar’s 3rd death anniversary observed

Kazi Zafar’s 3rd death anniversary observed

-- 2018-08-27 20:57:29

The third death anniversary of Kazi Zafar Ahmed, a former prime minister and chairman of a faction of Jatiya Party, was observed on Monday. Leaders of Jatiya Party (Zafar) and other political parties...

‘Aug 21 attack state-sponsored’

‘Aug 21 attack state-sponsored’

-- 2018-08-27 18:11:24

Food Minister Qamrul Islam on Monday alleged that the August 21 grenade attack was unleashed on Sheikh Hasina in 2004 under the state patronage. He also accused Pakistan's intelligence agency, the In...

'BNP wants punishment of Aug 21 grenade attack'

'BNP wants punishment of Aug 21 grenade attack'

-- 2018-08-27 17:29:35

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said his party wants exemplary punishment of the real perpetrators of the August 21 grenade attack. But he alleged that the government is making...

Economy of raw hide   

Economy of raw hide  

-- 2018-08-26 22:07:35

It is about 4.0-5.0-billion Taka business every year around this time. But this year the raw hide business is in turmoil. Seasonal traders who actually collect hides from the original source are about...

Dhaka needs to improve on liveability   

Dhaka needs to improve on liveability  

-- 2018-08-25 22:13:05

Sadly, there has been no improvement in Dhaka's global ranking during the past seven years in terms of liveability. The Bangladeshi metropolis has consistently remained among the worst ten performers...

Please don't make any conspiracy over election: Nasim

Please don't make any conspiracy over election: Nasim

-- 2018-08-25 20:27:59

Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim has urged BNP leaders to refrain from hatching conspiracy over the next general election. The Awami League presidium member made the remarks while ad...

Khaleda physically sick but mentally very strong: Fakhrul

Khaleda physically sick but mentally very strong: Fakhrul

-- 2018-08-25 20:22:01

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is physically sick but she is mentally very strong. "Her condition is not better than what I saw her last time i...

BNP involved in grenade attack no matter who executed: Qader    

BNP involved in grenade attack no matter who executed: Qader    

-- 2018-08-25 18:44:56

Awami League Secretary General Obaidul Quader on Saturday claimed BNP is involved in the August 21 grenade attack and the verdict of the case will be neutral. "BNP is involved in the killings. No mat...

AL leaders making ‘reckless remarks’ over Aug 21 attack: BNP

AL leaders making ‘reckless remarks’ over Aug 21 attack: BNP

-- 2018-08-25 16:48:03

BNP on Saturday alleged that ruling party high-ups are making 'reckless remarks' involving Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman over the August-21 grenade attack case as part of its plot over the next gener...

Drive against illegal structures   

Drive against illegal structures  

-- 2018-08-24 22:16:19

It is bewildering to know that only 45,288 or 10.88 per cent out of a total 416,091 structures constructed in the city area under the jurisdiction of the Rajuk (Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakhya)  rec...

'EC to conduct next election keeping incumbent govt in office'

'EC to conduct next election keeping incumbent govt in office'

-- 2018-08-24 20:04:57

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has said the next general election will be conducted by Election Commission (EC) keeping the incumbent government in office and BNP has to join the election.  &ldq...

One year on - UNFPA's response to Rohingya crisis

One year on - UNFPA's response to Rohingya crisis

-- 2018-08-23 20:04:34

Saturday the 25th of August marks a year since the Rohingya people of Rakhine State in Myanmar began fleeing across the border into Bangladesh, creating the world’s fastest-growing refugee crisi...

Only balanced politics can build autocracy-free Bangladesh: B Chy

Only balanced politics can build autocracy-free Bangladesh: B Chy

-- 2018-08-23 18:36:35

Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Thursday said only ‘balanced politics’ can build an autocracy-free Bangladesh, reports UNB. BDB president came up with...

People to resist lopsided election, says BNP 

People to resist lopsided election, says BNP 

-- 2018-08-23 16:35:34

Accusing the government of preparing to hold another lopsided election, BNP on Thursday warn of putting up a strong resistance against the move, reports UNB. “We would like to clearly say peopl...

BNP trying to save Aug 21 killers: Inu

BNP trying to save Aug 21 killers: Inu

-- 2018-08-23 16:12:52

Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu on Wednesday claimed that BNP and its allies started talking about the verdict in the August 21 grenade attack in a bid to save the real killers, reports UNB. T...

Govt steps made Eid journey hazardless: PM

Govt steps made Eid journey hazardless: PM

-- 2018-08-22 20:03:32

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday said her government has taken all necessary measures so that people can travel to their village home to celebrate holy Eid-ul-Azha with their kith and kin.The pr...

Khaleda meets relatives, takes homemade food on Eid day

Khaleda meets relatives, takes homemade food on Eid day

-- 2018-08-22 18:46:56

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia passed around an hour with her relatives and took food they cooked for her on the Eid day on Wednesday, reports UNB. Though her party leaders were barred from meeting her,...

BNP leaders fail to meet Khaleda on Eid day

BNP leaders fail to meet Khaleda on Eid day

-- 2018-08-22 16:01:38

BNP senior leaders failed to meet their chairperson Khaleda Zia at the Old Dhaka Central Jail in the capital on the Eid day on Wednesday, reports UNB. Senior BNP leaders, including standing committee...

PM remarks to affect Aug-21 case verdict, says Fakhrul

PM remarks to affect Aug-21 case verdict, says Fakhrul

-- 2018-08-22 15:27:55

BNP on Wednesday feared that the PM’s comment involving its chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman with August 21 grenade attack may influence the verdict of the case, reports UNB....

BNP wants to visit Khaleda Zia in jail on Eid day

BNP wants to visit Khaleda Zia in jail on Eid day

-- 2018-08-21 17:41:13

The senior leaders of BNP have written to the prison authority seeking permission to visit party chief Khaleda Zia on Eid day on Wednesday. A similar request was turned down during the last Eid-ul-Fit...

Bangladesh turns into ‘repressive state’: Fakhrul

Bangladesh turns into ‘repressive state’: Fakhrul

-- 2018-08-21 10:45:16

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday night alleged that Bangladesh has now turned into a true 'repressive state' as the government has no accountability to people. "Bangladesh...

Celebration of Eid-ul-Azha

Celebration of Eid-ul-Azha

-- 2018-08-20 22:13:00

Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest Muslim festival after Eid-ul-Fitr, will be celebrated on Wednesday, August 22. Like in every year, Bangladesh is taking final preparations to join the Muslim world's Ei...

‘Mismanagement’ leaves holiday makers distressed: BNP

‘Mismanagement’ leaves holiday makers distressed: BNP

-- 2018-08-20 15:35:19

BNP on Monday alleged that homebound eid holidaymakers are going through immense sufferings due to the 'poor condition' of highways and 'mismanagement'. "People heading home for celebrating Eid-ul-Az...

Safety of coastal fishermen      

Safety of coastal fishermen    

-- 2018-08-19 22:19:45

Over five million people in the coastal areas of Bangladesh are directly involved with catching marine fish for a living. The scope for catching marine fish has widened in the country following the re...

EVMs can create scope for digital vote rigging: Rizvi

EVMs can create scope for digital vote rigging: Rizvi

-- 2018-08-19 20:43:38

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) can create a scope for 'digital vote rigging'. "BNP will not accept the use of EVMs in next par...

AL parliamentary nomination board meeting Monday

AL parliamentary nomination board meeting Monday

-- 2018-08-19 19:04:20

A meeting of the Awami League (AL) parliamentary nomination board will be held at Ganabhaban, the official residence of the Prime Minister, on Monday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, president of AL pa...

Fakhrul senses plot to keep BNP away from election

Fakhrul senses plot to keep BNP away from election

-- 2018-08-19 17:17:13

The ruling party is again 'plotting' to keep BNP away from the next general election 'creating a chaos' in the country. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the comment on Sunday wh...