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Surging imports that defy reason

-- 2018-06-13 21:22:23

The surge in imports in the past few months in the absence of any justifiable reasons has caused reasons to worry. This scenario has become common -- at least once every year, if not more. In the curr...

Invigorating the education sector  

-- 2018-06-12 22:23:30

It may seem a distressing comparison. But given the present not-so-comfortable state of the education sector, the observation warrants focus. It puts two types of schools side by side --- one showing...

Khaleda Zia to be taken to CMH if BNP wants: Home Minister

-- 2018-06-12 17:22:41

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Tuesday said they will take BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Dhaka for conducting necessary wellness check if the party...

BNP senses ‘change in India’s view’

-- 2018-06-12 11:40:36

Two leaders of the BNP say they saw ‘a change in the outlook of the Indians’ about Bangladesh during a recent visit there. BNP National Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdh...

Women cricketers do it, finally  

-- 2018-06-11 22:22:44

The noise around women's cricket in Bangladesh has never been high-pitched until last Sunday when the Tigresses, as they are now fondly called, clinched the first-ever international cricket trophy f...

BNP seeks Khaleda’s release before Eid, to submit memo to DCs

-- 2018-06-11 20:32:39

BNP leaders and activists will submit memorandums to deputy commissioners (DCs) across the country on Thursday demanding its chairperson Khaleda Zia's proper medical treatment and her release from jai...

BNP against party chief's treatment at BSMMU

-- 2018-06-11 00:32:10

BNP on Sunday opposed the government's decision to send their chairperson Khaleda Zia to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) as it thinks her proper treatment is not possible there, re...

Strengthening the railway  

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

The reported move of the  Bangladesh Railway (BR) to set up commercial centres on its own lands makes a curious case for generating additional income in an attempt to make up for losses in its op...

Fakhrul in London to meet Tarique

-- 2018-06-10 21:45:39

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has gone to London to meet Tarique Rahman, the party’s acting chairperson. The development comes amid Khaleda Zia's imprisonment in a number of...

Khaleda’s physicians lying to gain court’s sympathy: Attorney General

-- 2018-06-10 20:19:52

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam today said BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s physicians are lying about the health of the client to gain court’s sympathy. “They claimed that she ha...

Khaleda to be taken to BSMMU today: Minister

-- 2018-06-10 13:57:38

Law Minister Anisul Huq says BNP chief Khaleda Zia will be taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University for medical tests on Sunday after her personal doctors claimed she had suffered a &lsquo...

Tests will check Khaleda’s condition: Kamal

-- 2018-06-10 11:21:34

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says medical tests will be conducted on BNP chief Khaleda Zia to determine the condition of her health after her personal doctors expressed their concern that she may ha...

'Election budget' or quality budget  

-- 2018-06-09 22:03:57

When a new national budget is unwrapped in a country like Bangladesh, criticisms and queries do, usually, come aplenty from various interest groups and experts. For obvious reasons, it is almost impos...

Police arrest AL leader for hitting sub-inspector in Mymensingh

-- 2018-06-09 20:19:03

An Awami League leader has been detained over allegations of hitting a police sub-inspector in Mymensingh’s Gauripur. The detainee, Rokunuzzaman Pallab, is the general secretary of the Gauripur...

Physicians fear Khaleda suffered mild stroke  

-- 2018-06-09 19:48:28

The four personal physicians who met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at the Old Central Jail on Saturday feared that she might have suffered a mild stroke. "BNP Chairperson Khalade Zia collapsed on the g...

Where openness and transparency are not synonymous  

-- 2018-06-08 22:09:07

The novelty is largely missing in the proposed budget for the incoming fiscal year (FY), 2018-19. Most bits of it -- whether its aggregate size or its resources mobilisation part by way of tinkering w...

'Govt proposes new budget considering public interest'

-- 2018-06-08 19:21:06

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the government has proposed the new budget for the 2018-19 fiscal considering the interest of the people and the development of the country....

BNP rejects budget, calls it polls-oriented

-- 2018-06-08 10:16:37

BNP has rejected the proposed national budget for the fiscal 2018-19, describing it as an anti-people one. Two BNP senior leaders -- Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain and Barrister Moudud Ahmed -- came up...

Dismal state of South Asian trade  

-- 2018-06-07 22:16:27

It is quite disappointing that South Asia is still considered as one of the least integrated regions in the world in terms of trade, infrastructure, water, and energy cooperation. This view has once a...

Frustrating pace of foreign-funded projects

-- 2018-06-06 21:36:55

Slow pace of project implementation, especially in case of foreign-funded ones, has almost become a norm in Bangladesh. This phenomenon has now become widespread in the absence of proper monitoring-cu...

Rampant pilferage and gas tariff hike  

-- 2018-06-05 22:12:51

When the gap between demand for, and supply of, particular goods and services is too large and an ever-widening one, propensity to indulge in irregularities and exploit the situation among some people...

Next budget not to be pro-people: Rizvi

-- 2018-06-05 21:15:05

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said the upcoming national budget will not be public welfare-oriented one. "No one can expect a public-oriented budget from an anti-people gov...

Topsoil grabbing by brick kilns  

-- 2018-06-04 21:52:44

The reckless purchase of topsoil from poor farmers by brick kiln owners in different parts of the country carries dreadful portents. The practice in the long run is feared to render swathes of fertile...

‘People won’t respond to BNP’s call for movement’

-- 2018-06-04 20:21:04

Claiming that the country's people are now living in peace, Health Minister Mohammed Nasim on Monday said they will not respond to BNP's call for any movement to get their chairperson Khaleda Zia free...

AL candidate wins Bagerhat by-election unopposed

-- 2018-06-04 17:20:40

Awami League candidate Habibun Nahar Bina, the wife of newly-elected Khulna Mayor Talukder Abdul Khalek, has been declared the new lawmaker from Bagerhat-3 constituency. She ran unopposed in the Bage...

Nazrul warns of strong movement to free Khaleda if legal battle fails

-- 2018-06-04 17:14:28

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Monday warned that their party will be forced to wage a strong street movement if it fails to have Khaleda Zia freed from jail through a legal battle. He issued...

Court extends Khaleda's bail in Zia Charitable case

-- 2018-06-04 13:20:47

A Dhaka court has extended the bail for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia until June 28 in Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Judge Md Akhteruzzaman of the Special Judge Court-5 passed the order and fixed th...

Freeing OMS from the crippling evils  

-- 2018-06-03 22:16:20

The Open Market Sale (OMS) programme that is purported to catering to the needs of low-income groups, is in a terrible shape. The items on sale at subsidised prices are making themselves to the black...

HC grants bail to Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury

-- 2018-06-03 16:09:56

The High Court (HC) has granted a three-month bail to BNP leader Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury, younger brother of executed war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, in two separate cases. A HC bench of...

Unmet expectations of bank clients  

-- 2018-06-02 22:12:15

The finding of a recent research study, conducted by the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM), is certainly an eye-opener for the current state of management of the country's banking system....