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Case filed against 47 Chhatra Dal leaders, activists over Sunday’s clashes

Case filed against 47 Chhatra Dal leaders, activists over Sunday’s clashes

-- 2021-03-01 13:14:47

The police have started a case against 47 leaders and activists of Chhatra Dal following the clashes that erupted over the “unnatural” death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail. The case was...

Mass vaccination drive   

Mass vaccination drive  

-- 2021-02-28 22:32:45

Bangladesh can now take pride in its ability to start in full swing a two-dose Covid-19 vaccination drive. With the first shots given to registered candidates on February 07, the 1060 vaccination cent...

Probe underway to unearth reasons of Mushtaq’s death, Quader says

Probe underway to unearth reasons of Mushtaq’s death, Quader says

-- 2021-02-28 19:51:07

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the government has formed a probe body to unearth the reasons behind the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail. "A probe body has already...

BNP to boycott upcoming union council elections

BNP to boycott upcoming union council elections

-- 2021-02-28 19:30:52

After contesting in the ongoing municipal polls, the BNP has decided not to nominate candidates in the upcoming union council elections. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced th...

Activists of Chhatra Dal clash with police at Press Club

Activists of Chhatra Dal clash with police at Press Club

-- 2021-02-28 14:18:02

Some activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal locked into a clash with police in front the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka on Sunday morning as police ‘obstructed them from holding a rally’. Witn...

Impact of lower than targeted tax revenue

Impact of lower than targeted tax revenue

-- 2021-02-27 22:19:21

That tax revenue collection would suffer during the current financial year was a foregone conclusion. Though the economic activities during the final four months of the last fiscal year (FY) took the...

Hasan questions Khaleda why she left cantonment on the day of BDR munity

Hasan questions Khaleda why she left cantonment on the day of BDR munity

-- 2021-02-26 22:17:21

Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary and Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Thursday raised a question asking why BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, who does not wake up before noon, left th...

Bringing development to people's doorsteps

Bringing development to people's doorsteps

-- 2021-02-26 21:12:47

Planning Minister M.A. Mannan called upon the planners to go to people at the grass-root level to know their requirements before inking planning documents. The minister, who has a penchant for straigh...

Awami League asks its units to send resolutions for UP polls

Awami League asks its units to send resolutions for UP polls

-- 2021-02-26 20:35:08

Awami League has asked its all district and city units to send resolutions of grassroots to center in phases for upcoming union parishad (UP) elections. The election commission has decided to hold el...

Fakhrul describes Mushtaq as latest victim of repression

Fakhrul describes Mushtaq as latest victim of repression

-- 2021-02-26 20:29:14

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that writer Mushtaq Ahmed was tortured to death in prison. In a statement, he demanded formation of a judicial probe body to transp...

Fair procurement deals for apparels   

Fair procurement deals for apparels  

-- 2021-02-25 22:30:51

Apparel business model has been in need of a reset for quite some time. This is mainly prompted by, among others, the need for a shared responsibility among buyers and sellers, especially when it come...

Opening universities

Opening universities

-- 2021-02-24 22:02:02

With students of a number of public universities growing fidgety, Education Minister Dipu Moni made known at a virtual press conference the government decision on opening university dormitories and cl...

Completing the Padma bridge project   

Completing the Padma bridge project  

-- 2021-02-23 22:10:02

Despite the government's desire and repeated announcement that trains and motorised vehicles would start using the Mawa-Jajira Padma Bridge the same day, reports that railway work is lagging come as...

Govt making list of 'fake' freedom fighters, Rizvi alleges

Govt making list of 'fake' freedom fighters, Rizvi alleges

-- 2021-02-23 18:37:49

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday accused the government of making a list of 'fake' freedom fighters comprising Awami League supporters and their relatives who did not jo...

Staving off urban teen gangs   

Staving off urban teen gangs  

-- 2021-02-22 22:32:58

The incident of killing an adolescent boy in the city by 8-10 members of a group can be passed off by many as an instance of mindless brutality. But it smacks of a menace, the root of which goes dee...

Blood of martyrs will never go in vain, Hasina says

Blood of martyrs will never go in vain, Hasina says

-- 2021-02-22 21:40:01

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the struggle for freedom had started through the Language Movement while it completed its journey with the attainment of independence when the nation won it...

Govt ruins spirit of Amar Ekushey to stay in power, BNP leader Mosharraf says

Govt ruins spirit of Amar Ekushey to stay in power, BNP leader Mosharraf says

-- 2021-02-22 21:34:13

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Monday alleged that the government has ‘ruined’ the spirit of Amar Ekushey just ‘to stay in power by force’. “On the eve...

Paying homage to Language Martyrs

Paying homage to Language Martyrs

-- 2021-02-20 23:06:18

Eternal ekushey February today. Nation pays homage to those who had made supreme sacrifices for the cause of their mother tongue---Bangla--- on this day 69 years back. It will also recall with gratitu...

Covid-19 stimulus and governance   

Covid-19 stimulus and governance  

-- 2021-02-19 22:18:13

A recent study by the Centre for Policy and Dialogue (CPD), a report on which was carried by the Financial Express last Tuesday, revealed that the government's Covid-19 stimulus package is having a sk...

Rental power plants -- for how long?   

Rental power plants -- for how long?  

-- 2021-02-18 22:17:16

The reported move by the government to extend the tenure of rental power plants hardly appears to be reasonable. Most observers think that the move, if already firmed up, is most likely to trigger sev...

Fund for cinema halls

Fund for cinema halls

-- 2021-02-17 22:00:35

The creation of a refinancing fund worth Tk10 billion for cinema halls may prompt many to jump to the conclusion that better days are ahead for the film industry. Normally it should have been the case...

The second dose of vaccine   

The second dose of vaccine  

-- 2021-02-16 22:15:44

Of the issues facing the country now, those relating to the Covid-19 pandemic and its vaccination figure prominently at the top. It is not that there is a lack of public awareness about the disease, n...

Farm mechanisation   

Farm mechanisation  

-- 2021-02-15 21:46:24

The country's agriculture has undergone a radical change in form, range and scope. It has been a highly satisfactory journey for the country's farming from the mainly traditional paddy cultivation to...

Covid-19 vaccination campaign

Covid-19 vaccination campaign

-- 2021-02-14 22:02:50

As the countrywide mass vaccination campaign enters its 9th day today, the national mood in general is upbeat. Refuting the various misgivings and speculative prejudices, people in eight divisions of...

BNP hatching conspiracy after failure in movement elections, Quader says

BNP hatching conspiracy after failure in movement elections, Quader says

-- 2021-02-14 21:29:34

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that Awami League has been repeatedly subjected to different plots as the party never hatches any conspiracy. The road transport and bridges min...

BNP announces protest programme against move to revoke Zia's title

BNP announces protest programme against move to revoke Zia's title

-- 2021-02-14 21:26:30

A day after a clash with police in the capital over a rally, BNP Sunday announced countrywide demonstrations for Wednesday protesting what it said an ‘evil effort’ to repeal the party foun...

Voting underway in 4th phase municipality polls

Voting underway in 4th phase municipality polls

-- 2021-02-14 11:48:55

The fourth phase of voting has begun in 55 municipalities across the country where nearly 1.7 million voters are looking to elect new representatives to the posts of mayor, councillor and reserved cou...

The sad tale of embezzling allowances of the PWDs

The sad tale of embezzling allowances of the PWDs

-- 2021-02-13 22:00:34

Nothing can be more painful than the act of misappropriating a sizeable part of the state allowances meant for the persons with disabilities (PWDs). Unfortunately, as alleged by the Transparency Inter...

Govt to follow HC direction on Al Jazeera issue, Hasan says

Govt to follow HC direction on Al Jazeera issue, Hasan says

-- 2021-02-12 23:20:38

Information Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said that the government will take action against Al Jazeera if the High Court directs the government to this en...

Fixing prices of essentials

Fixing prices of essentials

-- 2021-02-12 22:10:20

Price volatility of essential commodities is a perennially vexing issue for the common consumers of Bangladesh. Especially, before major religious festivals the prices skyrocket. The government often...