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Disrupted navigability of the Padma

-- 2018-08-18 22:14:22

With navigability of the Padma at Shimulia point severely restricted, limited ferry operation between Shmulia and Kathalabari has left the route far below capacity. This means the Dhaka-Mawa route has...

JP will remain with Awami League if BNP goes to polls: Ershad

-- 2018-08-18 20:40:02

Prime Minister’s Special Envoy and Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman Alhaj Hussein Muhammad Ershad has said his party will remain in the alliance with Awami League (AL) if BNP takes part in the next ge...

Rizvi blames Quader for barricade in front of Moudud's house

-- 2018-08-18 20:35:47

BNP's senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader gave the directives to put barricade in front of BNP leader Moudud Ahmed's an...

'Conspiracy going on for another movement'

-- 2018-08-18 20:20:26

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said a conspiracy is still going on to wage another movement like recent movement for safer roads. "A conspiracy is on to wage such a movement again....

Ershad starts five-day Rangpur tour

-- 2018-08-18 19:37:16

Jatiya Party Chairman has started a five-day tour to Rangpur to celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha and carry out organisational and social activities. Ershad reached Rangpur city around 11am on Saturday by a...

Fakhrul should be tried for treason: AL

-- 2018-08-18 12:49:55

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir should be tried for “treason”, Obaidul Quader has said in reaction to the BNP leader’s “call to liberate Bangladesh”. The BNP secretary gener...

Is LNG to the rescue from gas crisis?  

-- 2018-08-17 22:12:28

The miseries caused by the ongoing gas crisis in Dhaka city have reached an intolerable level. The prolonged supply disruptions hitting vast areas of the capital have upset domestic kitchen routine. W...

Solution to ‘political standoff’ impossible with Khaleda in jail: BNP  

-- 2018-08-17 21:04:27

BNP senior leader Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Friday said the government will not be able to overcome the country's political 'deadlock' without freeing their chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. "Whether...

Conspirators of 1/11 now active again: Quader

-- 2018-08-17 17:58:57

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the conspirators of 1/11 political changeover are now active again to topple the government. “I urge all of you to remain alert against th...

BNP hits back at PM for Khaleda remark

-- 2018-08-17 17:42:45

BNP on Friday termed 'absurd and imprudent' Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's comment involving its chairperson Khaleda Zia in the August 15 carnage conspiracy. "Our self-declared Prime Minister used t...

BNP charges PM over Khaleda remark

-- 2018-08-17 16:50:07

BNP on Friday termed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's comment 'absurd and imprudent' involving its chairperson Khaleda Zia in the August-15 carnage conspiracy. "Our self-declared Prime Minister used to...

Pulling up backward municipalities  

-- 2018-08-16 21:28:53

Of the 35 per cent population in the country currently living in urban areas, about 60 per cent resides in the 11 city corporations, while 40 per cent inhabits the 318 municipalities scattered all ove...

Mandatory EFD use for business

-- 2018-08-15 21:59:47

Mandatory installation of Electronic Fiscal Device (EFD) for certain varieties and categories of businesses is clear recognition of the large outlets -wholesale or retail -from the small ones. There i...

Govt snatches all basic rights: Fakhrul

-- 2018-08-15 18:43:29

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the current government snatched all the basic rights of common people alongside the rights of political parties. The BNP leader made...

Ridesharing policy  

-- 2018-08-14 22:07:24

The government has made the 'Ridesharing Service Policy, 2017' effective from March 8 this year through a gazette notification issued on 28 February. This has been a commendable move for making these...

If BNP comes to power, terrorism will emerge again: Minister

-- 2018-08-14 20:50:01

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shajahan Kamal on Tuesday observed that state terrorism would emerge in the country once again if the BNP comes to power, saying BNP is called ‘a party of...

BNP to demo to mark its 40th anniversary

-- 2018-08-14 15:48:38

BNP will hold a public rally in the capital on September 1, marking the party's 40th founding anniversary. Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programme at a press br...

Outcome of traffic week

-- 2018-08-13 22:12:29

Extension of the on-going traffic week by three more days is claimed to have been made following 'good response from the masses to discipline the chaotic public transport'. Commuters on the capital's...

Utilising multimedia classrooms in education  

-- 2018-08-12 22:09:54

If providing 35 thousand classrooms of different educational institutions all over the country with multimedia equipment is part of the government's digitisation effort, the programme has failed to li...

Quader rules out dialogue with BNP

-- 2018-08-12 21:28:23

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said his party has no scope to hold any dialogue with BNP as the latter observes fake birthday of its chief Begum Khaleda Zia on National Mourni...

Govt intensification of repressive acts will be reason for their fall: BNP

-- 2018-08-12 17:01:03

BNP senior leader Abdullah Al Noman on Sunday alleged that the government has intensified its repressive acts as its days are numbered. "This autocratic government has increased its repressive acts o...

Bleak future for slum children  

-- 2018-08-11 22:04:40

The outcome of a study on child feeding practices and nutrition carried out by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDRB) could be surprising if it had been otherwi...

Islamist party says Ershad is a true defender of Islam

-- 2018-08-11 21:37:18

Bangladesh Khilafat Majlish, an Islamist political party, has forged an election alliance with the Jatiya Party led by former military dictator HM Ershad. Both parties held a joint press conference a...

'Time is not good, be careful about making speeches'

Quader requests AL leaders 2018-08-11 18:29:48

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has requested the leaders of his party to be more attentive about fulfilling duties instead of making speeches. “Time is not good. My courteou...

Joy’s remarks on Shahidul inhumane: Rizvi

-- 2018-08-11 18:18:59

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi says ICT Advisor to the Prime Minister Sajeeb Wazed’s remarks regarding the detention of photographer Shahidul Alam are inhumane. The BNP le...

Reining in the Yaba havoc  

-- 2018-08-10 22:05:20

Detection of a suspected route of Yaba smuggling through the north-eastern Indian states is highly disconcerting. The new smuggling route brings to the fore the veritable unassailability of the scourg...

BNP wants changes in proposed Transport Bill

-- 2018-08-10 16:37:59

BNP on Friday demanded changes in the draft Road Transport Bill approved by the Cabinet in consultation with experts to ensure safe roads as per demands of the students. "All stakeholders, but the tr...

Insurance for migrant workers  

-- 2018-08-09 22:08:23

Most of those who travel overseas from Bangladesh for employment are ordinary workers. Unfortunately, they have to face innumerable hassles, both before leaving the country and after reaching their de...

Lack of coordination among BNP leaders, says Quader

-- 2018-08-09 16:58:09

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today (Thursday) said there is no coordination among BNP leaders as the party failed to set their goal. “BN...

BNP becomes ‘parasite party’, says Shajahan

-- 2018-08-09 15:42:07

Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan today (Thursday) claimed that BNP has now become a ‘parasitic political party’ as it intends to take advantage by capitalising on other’s movements....