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Rapid antigen test --- better late than never

-- 2020-12-17 22:43:30

Among the many criticisms levelled against indifferent moves to contain the spread of coronavirus, one that appears rather enigmatic is the delayed permission for rapid antigen tests. Experts hold tha...

BNP wants to create confusion over development, Hasan Mahmud says

-- 2020-12-17 21:28:18

Sharply criticising the comments of BNP leaders, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said BNP leaders always confused and try to create confusion among the people about ongoing developmen...

Govt hiding information on coronavirus cases, deaths, Rizvi alleges

-- 2020-12-17 21:16:46

BNP's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has accused the government of hiding accurate information about coronavirus cases and fatalities in the country. “Coronavirus infections h...

Making the victory of the day meaningful  

-- 2020-12-15 22:21:07

Forty-nine years ago the people in this land decided to break free from the subjugation of their unlawful rulers from across 1,200 miles. Conceited beyond all proportions to consider themselves master...

Fog-covered roads, rivers  

-- 2020-12-14 21:40:11

Although winter is traditionally a jovial time in this summer-dominant land, it has its many woeful aspects. A few of them veritably blight the otherwise pleasant season. They appear in the form of ri...

Anti-liberation forces hatching conspiracy against sculptures: Tofail

-- 2020-12-14 20:26:25

Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed on Monday said anti-liberation forces are hatching a conspiracy against sculptures. “Today the people of the country have become united against those who are ha...

Relocation may create new obstacles to resolving Rohingya crisis, BNP says

-- 2020-12-14 20:18:56

BNP on Monday strongly opposed the relocation of Rohingyas to Bhashan Char, saying it has manifested the government’s ‘limitless diplomatic and political failures’ to resolve the pro...

Commemorating Martyred Intellectual Day

-- 2020-12-13 22:07:45

Nothing can be sweeter and more savouring for a nation than achieving a victory against a marauding army that is not only brutal but also bereft of any moral values. But on the eve of such a victory t...

Padma bridge: An awe-inspiring sight  

-- 2020-12-12 22:46:24

Pending the final celebration, which is expected to take place by the end of next year, the nation has reasons to be elated when the last span was placed on the country's longest Padma bridge last Thu...

Rethinking economic growth criteria  

-- 2020-12-11 22:22:38

Bangladesh's economic performance in terms of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been able to maintain a steady growth even in the face of odds over the past few years. This has baffled its internat...

Undesirable competition over Covid vaccines  

-- 2020-12-10 21:39:40

It is all but clear that a competition is currently going on over the Covid-19 vaccines. Some have dubbed it --- sarcastically though --- Covid nationalism in that the thrust is on who gets the author...

Modernising juvenile correction centres

-- 2020-12-09 22:07:55

This is no jailbreak but in essence a similar act by juveniles confined to a correction centre. As many as eight boys of the now infamous JashoreShishuUnnayan Kendra ran out first by breaking the wi...

BNP leader Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf dies

-- 2020-12-09 18:03:25

BNP vice chairman and former minister Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf died of coronavirus at a city hospital on Wednesday. He was 80. Chowdhury breathed his last around 1:15 pm at Evercare Hospital, said...

Khaleda, Tarique named in complaint filed over vandalism of Bangabandhu sculpture

-- 2020-12-09 16:52:01

BNP leaders Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rahman and Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir are named in a complaint filed with a Dhaka court over the vandalism of Bangabandhu's sculpture and inciting the anti-sculpture...

Giving ADR an institutional shape  

-- 2020-12-08 22:30:38

In the absence of adequate judicial manpower to adjudicate, cases are piling up in the courts. This is adding to the usual delays made in completing the prosecution of a lawsuit, thanks to the complex...

Communal forces won’t get scope to strengthen footings: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-12-08 20:12:33

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the communal forces will not be given any scope to strengthen footings in the country that attained independence through the nine-month bl...

Fakhrul expresses unwillingness to talk about sculpture controversy

-- 2020-12-08 20:04:36

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday expressed unwillingness to talk about the current sculpture controversy as he thinks it is not an issue for their party. “I don&rsqu...

BNP describes sugar mill closure as inhumane, shortsighted

-- 2020-12-07 22:14:58

BNP has described the government’s decision to shut down production in six state-owned sugar mills as inhumane and shortsighted The party also urged the government to resume threshing sugarcane...

Bangladesh, Bhutan sign historic PTA

-- 2020-12-07 22:09:05

It is quite befitting that Bangladesh signs its first ever preferential trade agreement (PTA) with the country that recognised it as an independent and sovereign nation before any other state did. Rem...

Toxic toys: Parents' trauma  

-- 2020-12-06 21:59:41

There are few children who do not feel delighted on being given toys as gift. Affluent parents buy their kids the latest versions of toys. The children of not-so-rich parents are destined to derive jo...

Bangabandhu sculpture vandalism an insult to constitution, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2020-12-06 21:13:00

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said defamation of sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who is the architect of independent Bangladesh, is a severe blow to the root of cou...

Fakhrul urges BNP leaders not to take any reckless decision

-- 2020-12-06 20:44:25

Accusing the government of ‘conspiring’ to destabilise the country to cling to power, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday cautioned his party colleagues not to take...

BCL activists demonstrate against vandalism of Bangabandhu sculpture

-- 2020-12-06 14:50:42

A group of leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League on Sunday demonstrated on the Dhaka University campus protesting against the vandalism of an under-construction sculpture of Bangabandhu S...

Closure of six state-owned sugar mills  

-- 2020-12-05 23:05:01

Though belated and partial, the decision to close down six state-owned sugar mills is justified. The closure of all the sugar mills under the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) h...

Let small enterprises take centre stage  

-- 2020-12-04 22:50:38

Given its sheer number and capacity for absorbing the largest chunk of the ever-increasing work force, the cottage, micro, small, and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) sector's claim for special considerati...

Grain stock needs immediate attention  

-- 2020-12-03 22:26:42

Despite the Covid-induced adversities affecting the economy in many ways, there was a sense of respite for the government in respect of food security. Such a sense was prompted mainly by the bumper...

AL’s Quader says BNP trying usurpation  

FE ONLINE DESK   2020-12-03 19:51:40

Ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday alleged that the opposition BNP is searching for backdoor to grasp state power leaning on others after failing in movement. “The...

Political violence: 26 killed, 1,344 injured in 10 months

FE Online Report 2020-12-03 16:47:05

Some 26 people were killed and 1,344 others injured in 118 incidents of political violence across the country in the first ten months of the current calendar year, according to a local independent rig...

Restrictions on public gatherings an ominous sign: Fakhrul

-- 2020-12-02 22:00:15

Strongly protesting the restriction on holding rallies and public meetings in Dhaka metropolitan areas without prior police permission, BNP Wednesday said this ‘anti-people’ move is an &ls...

Highway robbery

-- 2020-12-02 21:50:56

That a team of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested six members of a gang of highway robbers following a robbery the gang committed on a running bus on Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway on Frida...