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Quader rules out possibility of snap poll

Quader rules out possibility of snap poll

-- 2017-12-06 12:00:00

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said the next parliamentary election will be held in the scheduled time. He also ruled out the possibility of snap poll. Quader came up wit...

Benchmark age for senior citizens

Benchmark age for senior citizens

-- 2017-12-06 12:00:00

Finance Minister AMA Muhith's proposal to raise the age limit from 60 to 65 for senior citizens does otherwise look innocuous. But its import may not be so innocent. Its impacts on millions are expect...

Ershad regime wasn't even so bad: Fakhrul

Ershad regime wasn't even so bad: Fakhrul

-- 2017-12-06 10:26:49

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said, considering the current government, 'autocrat Ershad' was not even so bad. The BNP leader also alleged that the 'repression and cruelty' of...

HC asks ex-home Minister Altaf to surrender

HC asks ex-home Minister Altaf to surrender

-- 2017-12-06 03:23:49

The High Court (HC) on Wednesaday directed former BNP home minister Altaf Hossain Choudhury to surrender before the trial court in Barapukuria coal mine corruption case. The HC bench of Justice M Ena...

Khaleda gets bail in graft cases

Khaleda gets bail in graft cases

-- 2017-12-05 12:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has got bail after surrendering to court over the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Welfare Trust graft cases. The BNP chief has also been allowed to continue her defence statem...

Police arrest BNP leader Aminul, 14 others

Police arrest BNP leader Aminul, 14 others

-- 2017-12-05 12:00:00

Police arrested BNP's Sports Affairs Secretary, former national footballer, Aminul Islam and 14 others after a clash at Secretariat area on Tuesday afternoon. BNP leaders and activists engaged in a c...

Looming HIV/AIDS scourge

Looming HIV/AIDS scourge

-- 2017-12-05 08:39:28

The total population infected with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) in Bangladesh currently, according to a disclosure by UNAIDS on the World AIDS Day on December 01, stands at 12,000. The informati...

'AL to nominate efficient DNCC mayor candidate'

'AL to nominate efficient DNCC mayor candidate'

-- 2017-12-05 07:15:34

Ruling Awami League will nominate a suitable and efficient candidate in upcoming by-election to the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral post. AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader came up with...

Law enforcers should raid in Rohingya camps regularly: Inu

Law enforcers should raid in Rohingya camps regularly: Inu

-- 2017-12-05 04:00:31

Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu on Tuesday said the law enforcers should l conduct  raid in Rohingya camps of Cox's Bazar regularly   to solve the country's internal drug addicti...

RAB detains two drug pedlars

RAB detains two drug pedlars

-- 2017-12-05 02:05:37

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two alleged drug pedlars along with 1,400 bottles of Phensedyl from Boro Darogarhat area in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong on Monday night. The arres...

EC distributes mayoral symbols for Rangpur polls

EC distributes mayoral symbols for Rangpur polls

-- 2017-12-04 12:00:00

Seven candidates, three from the major political parties, will vie for mayoral post in Rangpur City Corporation polls to take place in December 1. The three political affiliated candidates are Awami...

Govt devising ‘law’ for own benefit: BNP

Govt devising ‘law’ for own benefit: BNP

-- 2017-12-04 09:44:00

Bangladesh is now being run by whatever the ruling party formulates as law for their personal gain, regardless of what the actual law is, said BNP’s Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury. "Now, there's...

The falling entrepreneurial rank

The falling entrepreneurial rank

-- 2017-12-04 07:49:59

Bangladesh's slide one step below in the Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEI) as measured by the Washington-based Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute (GEDI) comes on the heel of the World...

Tarique is working for people: Khaleda

Tarique is working for people: Khaleda

-- 2017-12-03 12:30:40

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said Tarique Rahman is working to give something useful to the country, not to get anything.She came up with the remarks while speaking at a programme to uncover three...

DB nabs Comilla city Juba Dal president

DB nabs Comilla city Juba Dal president

-- 2017-12-03 11:11:14

Two people, including the president of Comilla city unit Juba Dal and a leader of city unit Chhatra Dal were arrested in Comilla on charges of planning to commit acts of sabotage. AKM Manjur Alam, Of...

Papal visit

Papal visit

-- 2017-12-03 09:39:41

A papal visit to Bangladesh transcends far beyond the Catholic highest pontiff's physical presence on this land --both spiritually and symbolically. He represents one of the three Christian churches b...

BNP silent about Khaleda's offshore assets: Hasan

BNP silent about Khaleda's offshore assets: Hasan

-- 2017-12-03 08:14:00

Awami League central leader Dr Hasan Mahmud has claimed that BNP leaders remain tight-lipped about Zia family's offshore properties in Saudi Arabia. Criticising BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Is...

BNP bigwigs pay last respect to Annisul

BNP bigwigs pay last respect to Annisul

-- 2017-12-02 12:00:00

Senior leaders of BNP paid last respect to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq, who passed away at a London hospital on Thursday, by placing wreaths at his coffin. A BNP delegation,...

Annisul's dream won’t go in vein: Quader

Annisul's dream won’t go in vein: Quader

-- 2017-12-02 12:00:00

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that they would not let the dream of late Mayor Annisul Huq go in vein. "Annisul Huq dreamt of t...

Dissolving parliament a must before polls: Moudud

Dissolving parliament a must before polls: Moudud

-- 2017-12-02 08:15:30

Senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed has said that the current parliament must be dissolved no matter whether the next general election is held before or after the tenure of the current government. "It's n...

BNP doing bad politics on Rohingya issue: Inu

BNP doing bad politics on Rohingya issue: Inu

-- 2017-12-02 02:57:19

President of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JASAD) and Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu on Saturday said BNP is doing bad politics on Rohingya issue. BNP’s bad politics would be harmful for the...

Herbal research centre   

Herbal research centre  

-- 2017-12-01 10:02:22

The decision to establish an international research centre for herbal medicine in Dhaka is most welcome. People all over the globe are being increasingly drawn to medicinal plants and herbal drugs as...

Arrest warrant against Khaleda for graft cases

Arrest warrant against Khaleda for graft cases

-- 2017-11-30 12:00:00

A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrant against BNP cheif Khaleda Zia as she failed to appear before it by Thursday afternoon in two graft cases. Dhaka Special Court-5 Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman passed t...

Uncertain fate of new bus transportation model   

Uncertain fate of new bus transportation model  

-- 2017-11-30 10:28:55

That execution of many important decisions is individual-centric in this country has again come to the fore. The move to introduce new buses under 'company system' in Dhaka city has thus remained stal...

Cops detain 12 BNP men at Benapole

Cops detain 12 BNP men at Benapole

-- 2017-11-30 04:21:13

Police detained twelve leaders and activists of BNP allegedly for plotting sabotage early Thursday. The detainees include Benapole Municipality BNP president Nazim Uddin, Jessore Chhatra Dal finance...

Mixed fortunes for garments units

Mixed fortunes for garments units

-- 2017-11-29 08:58:48

The country's garments industry is still in transition. Following the Rana Plaza disaster, European Union (EU)-based retailer under the Accord and North American retailers under the Alliance inspected...

BNP supports hartal for power price hike

BNP supports hartal for power price hike

-- 2017-11-29 04:05:21

BNP has supported Thursday’s general strike called by the left parties protesting the latest power price hike. “We consider this hartal to be rational for the sake of the people. The BNP...

Untapped strength of the nation's youths

Untapped strength of the nation's youths

-- 2017-11-28 10:18:31

While a sizeable number of the country's youths are found to be engaged in unconscionable acts leading to exacerbation of moral values, a number of them stand out for their positivism in thoughts and...

Unearth main motive behind BDR mutiny: BNP

Unearth main motive behind BDR mutiny: BNP

-- 2017-11-28 10:07:33

BNP on Tuesday demanded a fair and neutral investigation into the BDR mutiny in 2009 to unearth the main motive behind the brutal incident. "I don't want to make any comment about the verdict, but I...

Quader urges partymen to get united ahead of elections

Quader urges partymen to get united ahead of elections

-- 2017-11-28 04:00:38

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday urged the party leaders and activists to get united ahead of the election and solve internal problems. The main focus of Awami League wil...