Food Minister Advocate Quamrul Islam on Saturday said the defeated forces of 1971 are hatching conspiracy against the country and its democracy. ‘The BNP-Jamaat has been hatching conspiracy with an evil design to turn Bangladesh into a safe place for...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday instructed the concerned authorities to stop digging of the roads to ease the traffic congestion and to facilitate homebound passengers ahead of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr. He also ordered to take immediate measures to flash...
A Taliban bomb attack on the outskirts of Kabul set fire to some 200 fuel trucks that the militants claimed were supplying foreign troops in Afghanistan, officials said on Saturday. The tankers were set ablaze as they sat in a...
The convoy of the International CHT Commission was allegedly attacked by activists of six Bangalee organisations in Rangamati on Saturday. It left two people, including an officer-in-charge of a police station, injured. An eight-member representative team led by Commission co-chair...
A woman and her daughter were electrocuted at Charbashi village at Kalihati upazila in Tangail district on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Sumela Begum, 80, and her daughter Vasani Begum, 45, of the village. Officer-in-charge of Kalihati thana...
Transport workers in Sunamganj have called an indefinite strike in the district. They are protesting the punishment meted out to one of their workers by a mobile court. Vehicles were off road on all routes within the district since on...
The Cabinet Economic Affairs Committee is set to consider in its Sunday’s meeting an offer of the Malaysian government to construct 8,400 residential flats for Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (Rajuk), the capital’s development authority. The Malaysian government has offered to construct...
The government would soon reshuffle the board of directors of state-owned commercial and specialised banks, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said on Saturday. Of the eight state-owned banks, Sonali Bank, Agrani Bank, Janata Bank and Rupali Bank are commercial banks and...
Bangladeshi nationals living in Iraq are so far safe and no Bangladeshi nurse has been held hostage in Tikrit, a strategically important city of Iraq, said the Bangladesh Ambassador in Baghdad on Saturday. A number of local media quoting Indian...
Ending their 66 years of illegal occupancy over 75-bigha Bangladeshi land along Benipur border in Jibannagar upazial of Chuadanga, Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has handed it over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). BGB took over charge of the land...
A fire broke out at a sweater factory on Sataish Road of the city’s Tongi area on Saturday afternoon. Fire service officials said the fire originated on the third floor of ‘SA Sweater Factory’ around 5:30pm and it soon raged...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said upholding the chain of command is essential in conducting a disciplined force and an effective command channel in the Army can help accomplish any task. The Prime Minister was addressing a function at...
SATKHIRA: A man was killed and six people were injured as a bus caught fire following the explosion of its gas cylinder on Satkhira-Jessore road in Sadar upazila Saturday. The identities of the victims could not be known yet, according...
The Netherlands-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is likely to deliver its judgment on the maritime boundary dispute between Bangladesh and India on Tuesday. A Bangladeshi diplomatic source confirmed the date. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he is...
Still struggling to reorganise her party in the wake of its January 5 election boycott, BNP chairperson Khaleda has caused widespread displeasure among her alliance partners, especially the Islamist ones, by including a faction of Samyabadi Dal into their platform...
Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu Saturday said no dialogue could be held with BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and the anti-liberation elements as they are involved in militancy and hatching conspiracy to foil the ongoing trial of war criminals. "There...
Election Commission (EC) has backed away from a decision to use markers for voting in ballot papers. The proposal to use the pens instead of seals in local and municipal elections had been scrapped, EC Secretariat Deputy-Secretary Abdul Wadud told...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday hosted an Iftar party for the foreign diplomats working in Bangladesh. Khaleda, also a former Prime Minister, exchanged pleasantries with the invited guests at the Iftar party at a city hotel. It was followed...
Oxfam, the leading worldwide development organisation, has been selected as the winner of best film produced in Bangladesh on Disaster Risk Reduction at the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) held in Bangkok recently. Recognising the value...
Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) earned a profit of Taka 1.95 billion in the immediate past fiscal 2013-14. The amount is Taka 50.78 million more than the previous year's profit of Taka 1.89 billion, according to a provisional report...
Socialist Party of Bangladesh (SPB) general secretary Kholiquzzaman on Saturday held corrupt politics responsible for public sufferings. He said this referring to the government’s alleged failure to stop the use of toxic chemicals in perishable food items and ease traffic...
Observing that there are many ways to peacefully clear up differences of opinion and misunderstanding in a democratic system, co-chair of International Commission on Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Advocate Sultana Kamal on Saturday said no one can resist the...
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamist militant group Isis, has called on Muslims to obey him, in his first video sermon. Baghdadi has been appointed caliph by the jihadist group, which has seized large swathes of Iraq and Syria,...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
The matches of the World Cup football have lately been scheduled for 10 pm and 2.0 am. There is no problem of the first match's timing but it is not so with the ones held at the small hours. Earlier...
Shariful Islam | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
Although the term 'governance' has become a household word, it is one of the haziest terms in the discourse of development studies or international relations. Simply put, governance means 'the act of governing'. And accountability, transparency, participation… are the basic...
Tamim Choudhury | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan Mozena was chief guest at a reception on June 17 at Potomac, Maryland, where he presented the keynote speech on America's expanding ties with Bangladesh. Hosted by US Bangladesh Advisory Council (USBAC) at a community...
Prof. Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
Riverbank erosion is a major problem caused by the large rivers in Bangladesh. The hazard has severe consequences for the livelihood of those living on nearby floodplains. While normal floods are considered beneficial to agriculture and fisheries, erosion and continuous...
Cyclone Arthur pelted parts of far eastern Maine and southeastern Canada with heavy rain and strong winds Saturday, as the storm that had been a hurricane swept away from southern New England. Arthur, which weakened to a tropical storm, had...
M.S. Siddiqui | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
Jamdani is a designed fabric developed and produced in the Narayanganj region, adjacent to Dhaka, with a craftsmanship in which local artisans excel in an environment of specific moisture content grown out of the Shitalakkya river water. It is the...
Dr. Shah Md. Ahsan Habib | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
Changes in the monetary policy approach and framework after a crisis were discussed in a session in the Seventeenth World Congress held in Dead Sea, Jordan during June 06-11, organised by the International Economic Association and the United Nations. The...
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