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Chairman of Jatiya Party (JP) HM Ershad on Saturday said his party does not want to remain with the Awami League-led 14-party alliance say it will alone take part in the next general election alone. “We don’t want to remain with the grand alliance. Party workers also prefer not to stay with them. We will ... Read more

Suspension of GSP facility for Bangladesh by US administration, citing poor working conditions, came as a blow to its image and many have a long-term damaging effect on the economy if the decision is not revoked soon. Announcing the suspension of the trade benefits,

Pledging to work with Bangladesh on the measures needed to restore its GSP privileges, the United States has described the suspension of GSP benefits for Bangladeshi products as a moment of opportunity for Dhaka to take action to improve labour and safety standards. “Let me note that the United States believes this moment presents an ... Read more

Dhaka has described the suspension of GSP facilities for Bangladeshi products by the United States authorities as a harsh measure, expressing deep concern that this move may bring in new impediments in the bilateral trade between the two countries. Bangladesh also expressed optimism that Washington would soon bring back the GSP benefits for Bangladesh.

Grameen Bank’s founder Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus on Friday vowed to resist the government’s plans regarding the future of Grameen Bank. “The government won’t be able to implement its plans. Rather, people’s wishes will be fulfilled,” he told journalists on the sidelines of the 4th Social Business Day programme in a city hotel.

The opposition BNP on Friday blamed the government’s “mismanagement” for the US decision to suspend the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) facility for Bangladesh. “The government is responsible for the prevailing fragility in the country’s readymade garment (RMG) sector. The Barack Obama administration has revoked the GSP facilities due to the government’s

Nobel laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus is a great dreamer, says US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena. “Indeed, Yunus is a great dreamer. He dreams that the poor people want better lives for themselves and their families, the poor people can invest money, the poor people can do battle, they can strive, the poor ... Read more

Heavy downpour on Friday disrupted normal life in Greater Chittagong. The torrential rain has inundated low-lying and coastal areas of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, the Kutubdia island, Mohesh Khali and Teknaf. The rain, which started on Wednesday morning,

In a vote hailed by US President Barack Obama, the Senate on Thursday passed comprehensive immigration reform that would put 11 million undocumented people on a path to earning citizenship. Chants of “Yes we did!” erupted from the public galleries after senators voted 68-32 to approve the landmark legislation, which pours unprecedented resources into border ... Read more

Young and new voters are expected to play a vital role in the July 6 Gazipur city corporation election as they constitute nearly half of the electorates. No wonder, the two major mayoral candidates – the 18-party Alliance-backed Prof MA Mannan and the 14-party Alliance-backed Advocate Ajmat Ullah Khan – are going all out to ... Read more

Awami League (AL) Advisory Council member and Minister without portfolio Suranjit Sengupta on Friday called upon the opposition to sit for a dialogue over the next election-time government to end the country’s prevailing political standoff. “The path of holding talks over an election time government will be ended in October, so the opposition should sit ... Read more

Musa Ibrahim, Niaz Morshed Patwari and Sifat Fahmida Nawshin reached the top of the 5,642-metre or 18,510-foot mountain, situated along Russia-Georgia border in West Caucasus, at around 8:40am local time on Wednesday. They hoisted the national flag there, Musa Ibrahim, the first Bangladeshi to conquer the world’s highest peak Mount Everest, said in an email.

US President Barack Obama arrived in South Africa on Friday to pay homage to his hero Nelson Mandela, who was said to be showing “great improvement” in hospital. Mandela’s strengthening health after several difficult days raised the possibility of a meeting between the two men, who shattered racial boundaries on either side of the Atlantic. ... Read more

Accusing Khaleda Zia of writing a letter to the US government seeking withdrawal of GSP facility to Bangladesh, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Friday said the opposition leader is conspiring to destroy the country’s export-oriented RMG sector, according to UNB. “Khaleda Zia had written a letter to the US government and this is how ... Read more

The plan for bringing 105 police stations of 16 districts from Dhaka to Cox’s Bazar under the intra-computer network is yet to be implemented completely. Police have claimed that most of the work on it is almost complete, though they could not maintain several deadlines to bring the police stations under the network. However, a ... Read more

A surging high tide has breached embankments in Noakhali’s Hatiya and Nijhum Dwip inundating at least 10 villages. Cracks were spotted in three places till Thursday noon. At least 10,000 people have been stranded in inundated areas of Hatiya, in Noakhali, following heavy downpour and unusually high tide. The rising in waters added to the ... Read more

Bangladesh has signed a contract with the Russian government, to use funds from the USD 500 million credit from Moscow, for the engineering survey, environment impact assessment, and environment impact management, for the planned Rooppur nuclear power plant, in accordance with the guidelines of International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA). Chairman of Bangladesh

The opposition BNP has said that the Padma Multipurpose Bridge (PMB) project would not be possible without the financial assistance from the World Bank. Talking to reporters at his party’s Naya Paltan central office, BNP spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Thursday, “The government,

The United States is expected to suspend trade privileges for Bangladesh because of concerns over labour rights and worker safety that intensified after hundreds died there in the global garment industry’s worst accident. Congressional aides said the Obama administration would make its announcement Thursday, the culmination of a years-long review of labour conditions in the

A Dhaka court on Thursday gave life sentences to nine people on charge of murdering journalist Gautam Das, eight years ago. Dhaka Speedy Trials Tribunal-1 Judge Shahed Nur Uddin pronounced the verdict. Daily Samakal’s Faridpur Bureau Chief Gautam was killed inside his office on Nov 17, 2005, for publishing a report on corruption.