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The unforgiving water-logging

-- 2018-07-15 22:01:29

Dhaka's menace of water-logging continues to emerge with renewed vengeance every year. In the first of the 2-month monsoon, the city has already experienced punishing bouts of water-logging.  Thi...

BNP fears that govt planning to disqualify their leaders

-- 2018-07-15 16:21:25

BNP on Sunday feared that the government is trying to amend the Representation of the People Order (RPO) to remove Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman from their party's leadership and make them disqualifi...

Shahriar Alam hopes for fair, neutral election

-- 2018-07-15 11:55:11

State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam has hoped that the Election Commission, with the support of all political parties, administration and other stakeholders, will be able to hold an "in...

Relieving importers of hassles

-- 2018-07-14 22:41:26

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) deserves appreciation for its decision to introduce, from December next, a new system called Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) that would help expeditious delivery...

Relatives fail to meet Khaleda

-- 2018-07-14 21:04:46

Relatives of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia failed to meet her on Saturday due to her illness. After getting permission from the jail authorities five relatives of Khaleda entered the jail around 4pm....

Quader urges FFs to work for AL’s win in polls

-- 2018-07-14 18:37:57

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday urged all freedom fighters (FFs) to work in unison to ensure his party’s win against anti-libera...

More and more females involving in RCC electioneering

-- 2018-07-14 13:32:49

Working parallel with male workers, the presence of female workers in campaign for the upcoming Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) is significant this time. More than 20,000 women are taking part in the...

Preventing pollution of Halda river  

-- 2018-07-13 22:08:31

Proving many people's foreboding true, the Halda river's largely unspoiled existence is now under threat. The river in Chattogram is the only source of breeding carp and other fishes in sweet water. T...

RCC adds 31,221 new voters

-- 2018-07-13 12:53:32

Some 31,221 new voters are likely to exercise their right of franchise in the upcoming Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) election scheduled to be held on July 30. Talking to reporters, many of them sai...

Challenges before ship-breaking industry  

-- 2018-07-12 22:04:50

The ship-breaking industry surely has its contribution to the economy, notwithstanding its built-in hazards -- environmental or otherwise. But no in-depth study or research work has been done yet to w...

No more 2001-like election, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2018-07-12 17:49:14

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the dream for a ‘2001-like blueprint election’ will never be fulfilled. The Road Transport and Bridges Minister, came up with the re...

Oli Ahmed’s car comes under attack

-- 2018-07-12 16:53:34

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president Colonel (rtd) Oli Ahmed's car was vandalised on Wednesday at Chandina of Cumilla on Thursday. Unidentified people hurled brickbats at Oli Ahmed's car, breakin...

Khaleda’s bail in graft case extended until July 19

-- 2018-07-12 15:02:18

The High Court has extended the bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia until July 19 in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. The HC bench of Justice M. Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman passed...

Apex court asks HC to hear Khaleda’s review plea

-- 2018-07-12 12:47:33

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has asked the High Court to start the hearing on the review petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia against a lower court verdict sentencing five year...

Khaleda, Goyeshwar face arrest warrant

-- 2018-07-11 23:15:41

A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrant against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and her party’s standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy in a defamation case. The case was filed over m...

Industrial safety

-- 2018-07-11 21:55:14

That the government plans to bring all the industrial units in the country under monitoring and supervision by setting up a permanent authority augurs well for the industrial sector. The Department of...

No political motive behind Khaleda's imprisonment: PM

-- 2018-07-11 18:20:27

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is now in jail for her corruption and there is no political motive behind her imprisonment. "She is in jail after being convicted by...

Khaleda files two more bail pleas

-- 2018-07-11 14:20:03

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's lawyers have gone to a judge’s court after failing to secure bail from a magistrate’s court in two cases involving the appointment of anti-liberation men as m...

Candidates storm RCC electioneering through campaigns

-- 2018-07-11 11:29:29

Soon after getting their respective election symbols on Tuesday noon, the candidates for both mayoral and general councillor posts in the upcoming Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) polls have launched h...

Family planning is a human right  

-- 2018-07-10 22:07:50

Remarkably, the theme of the World Population Day, being observed today, is 'Family Planning is a Human Right'. Launched by the UNDP in 1989 with the goal of focusing on the urgent and important issue...

Candidates get symbols, campaign begins in SCC polls

-- 2018-07-10 16:50:43

The mayoral and councillor candidates in Sylhet City Corporation elections, scheduled for July 30 officially launched campaigns after being allocated symbols by the returning officer on Tuesday. Ele...

Five in race to win RCC mayoral post

-- 2018-07-10 12:01:27

A total of 217 candidates have remained in race of the upcoming election to Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) scheduled to be held on July 30. Of them, five for mayor, 160 for general councillors and 5...

Developing an efficient sewerage system  

-- 2018-07-09 21:53:45

From the South Asia's best utility provider to the best in Asia. This is the goal the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) has set itself the task, according to report, of accomplishing b...

'BNP hatching conspiracy over quota movement'

-- 2018-07-09 20:47:47

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that the BNP is hatching conspiracy centring the quota reform movement as they failed to wage any anti-government agitation. “BNP wants...

'No election keeping Khaleda in jail'

-- 2018-07-09 20:40:15

BNP leaders have said that their party will not join the next general election keeping BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail. They made the remarks while addressing a hunger strike programme at Mohanag...

BNP's 7-hour hunger strike underway

-- 2018-07-09 12:50:57

BNP has started a seven-hour token hunger strike at Mohanagar Natya Mancha in Dhaka city on Monday protesting the Supreme Court order upholding its stay on bail granted by the High Court to Khaleda Zi...

Solar home systems in trouble  

-- 2018-07-08 21:57:35

The growing use of solar home systems (SHSs) in the country is feared to be hard-hit by the recent move of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to impose new taxes and VAT on local production as well a...

Moving Dhaka eastward

-- 2018-07-07 22:08:37

That Dhaka does still have a future as a city would surely raise hope among millions living in and around it in a pitiable and inhospitable environment. Most people tend to believe that the future of...

Lord Carlile unlikely to get entry into India

-- 2018-07-07 20:08:51

BNP Chairperson's legal consultant Lord Alex Carlile is unlikely to get entry into India as the country 'does not want to see any harm' in its ongoing friendly relations with Bangladesh. Indian High...

PM tells AL leaders to resolve conflict ahead of polls

-- 2018-07-07 18:53:35

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday directed Awami League grassroots leaders and activists to resolve their internal conflicts as the next general election will be very tough for the party. "Still,...