-- 2018-05-01 11:19:23
NEW DELHI: After a successful summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Wuhan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now set to meet leaders of two other neighbours critical to India's foreign policy, Nep...
-- 2018-05-01 09:29:56
Myanmar's government leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with United Nations Security Council envoys on Monday over the plight of nearly 700,000 mainly Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh amid a m...
-- 2018-04-30 22:32:57
The world has undergone a sea change since 1886 when the workers in the US city of Chicago launched the blood-stained agitation to establish eight-hour working day. That was the first organised worker...
-- 2018-04-30 16:46:55
Having failed to get permission for a workers' rally at Suhrawardy Udyan, BNP's labour wing Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal has decided to bring out a rally in the city on Tuesday, marking the May Day. Srami...
-- 2018-04-29 22:08:50
Of late different segments of tourists have reportedly shown interest in undertaking adventure tourism in the country. It would have been good news had the ground reality been favourable. It's not. To...
-- 2018-04-29 19:19:30
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the BNP is spreading lies with their claim that party chief Khaleda Zia’s medical file has been kept at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’...
-- 2018-04-28 22:07:48
Universal health coverage (UHC) proves to be a mirage not just in developing countries like Bangladesh but also in the developed countries in the West. On this count, the participation of 180 people c...
-- 2018-04-28 17:29:59
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has urged the government to ensure 'better treatment' of Khaleda Zia at United Hospital in the capital. The BNP leader made the demand after meeting...
-- 2018-04-27 22:23:32
The drug market in the country's vast rural area is perennially beset with scores of irregularities and disadvantages. Prominent among them is the pervasive presence of spurious drugs manufactured by...
-- 2018-04-27 21:22:37
Ruling Awami League (AL) has welcomed the informal meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be held on April 27-28 in China's Wuhan. "We welcome the mee...
-- 2018-04-27 20:36:27
BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman should return home to clear the smokescreen created over his Bangladeshi citizenship. Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya made t...
-- 2018-04-27 17:59:57
Claiming that the ruling party has no popularity, BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Friday said Awami League will face dire consequences if a fair election is held. "The government has...
-- 2018-04-26 22:09:36
The Chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), unlike some of his predecessors, has come up with a positive note on bonded warehousing facility for manufacturing export products. Of late, at a m...
-- 2018-04-26 17:21:01
BNP on Thursday alleged that a 19-member Awami League delegation went to India as part of the party's 'desperate move' to hold another 'lopsided' general election in the country with interference by o...
-- 2018-04-26 14:20:52
With only 18 days left, campaign for the upcoming election of Khulna City Corporation (KCC), scheduled to be held on May 15, has gained momentum. After getting election symbol, all the candidates fo...
-- 2018-04-26 01:05:07
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Wednesday presently his party's only goal is to free its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail, reports UNB. He made the comments while speaking...
-- 2018-04-25 21:57:59
The projection that Bangladesh leather goods and footwear can be the second most important sector after the readymade garments in earning foreign exchange has a solid foundation. During his visit to B...
-- 2018-04-25 12:24:52
As part of its seven-day political programme, BNP on Wednesday formed a human chain in Dhaka demanding its chairperson Khaleda Zia's release from jail. Leaders and activists of the party formed the h...
-- 2018-04-24 22:03:39
Titas gas consumers are set to be troubled by a double whammy. For the last few months, the problem of gas supply shortage worsened in Dhaka and its adjoining areas. All types of consumers - domestic,...
-- 2018-04-24 14:23:25
MPs cannot join the electoral campaigns of their party candidates in Gazipur and Khulna city corporation polls as the Election Commission has not amended the relevant electoral law. Gazipur Returning...
-- 2018-04-23 22:22:01
That the government is least disturbed by the sorry state of most public sector enterprises is evident from the latest allocation of taxpayers' money as lifeline to one of those. What is more frustrat...
-- 2018-04-23 21:00:24
Police foiled a rally brought out by Dhaka South City unit BNP in the capital on Monday demanding the release of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. A group of leaders and activists of the party...
-- 2018-04-23 17:27:38
An Awami League delegation has visited Mahatma Gandhi Memorial at Rajghat in New Delhi of India and paid tributes to India's Father of the Nation. Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem...
-- 2018-04-23 17:18:14
BNP’s acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has sent a legal notice to State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam. The BNP leader sought proof from the state minister about his recent claim th...
-- 2018-04-22 22:14:03
Curtain has now fallen on the 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London. The two-day summit, held on April 19-20, has concluded with the adoption of a 'communiqué' and a "...
-- 2018-04-22 21:40:14
Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday formally extended its support to BNP's mayoral candidate Hasanuddin Sarker in the Gazipur city polls billed for May 15. Islamist party's mayoral candidate and its Gazipur ci...
-- 2018-04-22 18:17:07
BNP has requested the government to ensure proper treatment of Chairperson Khaleda Zia at United Hospital. BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan and vice chairman Hafizuddin Ahmed made the...
-- 2018-04-22 12:55:27
A special court in Dhaka on Sunday again extended until May 10 the bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Judge Md Akhteruzzaman of Special Judge Court-5 passed the o...
-- 2018-04-22 11:54:05
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed her firm resolve to take back BNP acting chairperson Tarique Zia from London by any means and bring him under the ambit of law. "We'll bring him bac...
-- 2018-04-21 22:15:50
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), the country's apex trade body, has complained that extortion is largely responsible for price rise during Ramadan. It is a serio...
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