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13th JS goes into maiden session amid walkout

Bangladesh's post-uprising parliament went into its maiden session Thursday amid mixed feelings as opposition lawmakers from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party staged walkout during presidential address, after a buoyant start.The inaugural session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) started at 11am with the election of a new Speaker...

President urges parties to make joint efforts to build a secure Bangladesh

President Mohammed Shahabuddin called upon all political parties on Thursday to work with a common purpose to build a secure Bangladesh for future generations."The members of parliament (MPs) from both the treasury bench and opposition are accountable to the nation for national progress and development . . . If we...

Parliament to be centre for resolving all national issues

As the newly formed parliament went into session Thursday, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said the Jatiya Sangsad would become central forum for debate and resolution of all national issues.Addressing lawmakers at the outset of the maiden sitting of the post-uprising new legislature, the Leader of the House said the parliament...

Industrialist Manzur Elahi remembered

Officials and employees of Apex Footwear Ltd on Thursday remembered their late founding chairman Syed Manzur Elahi by paying rich tributes to his memory, recalling his honesty, visionary leadership, and deep sense of social responsibility at a memorial event held at the company's corporate office in the capital's Gulshan.Speakers at...

Eleven of a family among 13 killed in Rampal accident

At least 13 people were killed, eleven of a family, as a bus collided head-on with a bridal-party microbus in Rampal upazila of Bagerhat district on Thursday afternoon, sources said.A newlywed couple met with their tragic end in the violent collision that occurred while the bridal party was on way...

Family card to reduce poverty rate to 11.3pc: RAPID study

Family card can have significant anti-poverty impact as the programme if properly targeted would reduce Bangladesh's overall poverty rate by 7.4 percentage points, according to a RAPID study.The newly-elected government recently introduced the piloted family card programme that offers Tk 2,500 monthly to more than 6500 vulnerable households in 14...

SC upholds HC verdict allowing NCT contract to foreign company

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a High Court verdict that allowed a government move to award the container handling contract of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) at Chittagong Port to a foreign company. The apex court dismissed a leave-to-appeal petition filed challenging the High...

Current account deficit narrows on remittances

Bangladesh's current account deficit narrowed sharply in the first seven months of the fiscal year through January, helped by robust remittance inflows that temporarily eased pressure on the country's external sector.However, economists caution that the improvement may not last, as escalating tensions in the Middle East following a US-Israel attack...

Iran vows to keep Strait of Hormuz closed in new leader's first statement

DUBAI, March 12 (Reuters): Iran will fight on and keep the Strait of Hormuz shut, new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday in a statement read out on state television, the first remarks attributed to him since he succeeded his slain father.In a defiant address, Khamenei said Iran's neighbours...