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River erosion has taken serious turn at different points along Teesta river bank under Sundarganj upazila in the district recently with the rise of water level in the river creating immense sufferings to the erosion victims. Local sources said at least 300 families of the upazila became homeless in last few days and the erosion ... Read more

Reiterating that Dr Muhammad Yunus is really a politician, Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said Grameen Bank must come under a regulatory framework because there is no regulatory body for it at the moment. “There’s no regulatory body for Grameen Bank at the moment. The bank is neither under the control of Bangladesh Bank ... Read more

The World Bank (WB) on Wednesday approved a US$500 million concessional credit to Bangladesh to improve the equity, efficiency and transparency of Bangladesh’s major social safety net programs. The Safety Net Systems for the Poorest (SNSP) Project aims to benefit four million households, comprising 18 million poor people, by co-financing a portion of expenditures

BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Thursday called upon the ruling Awami League to hold the next general election under the supervision of a non-party government through a consensus. “Let us hold the election under a non-party and impartial government through consensus. It will be praise-worthy,” he said while taking part in the ... Read more

Awami League (AL) senior lawmaker Tofail Ahmed on Thursday outright rejected opposition BNP’s demand for the non-party caretaker government and said the next general election would be held under the “government of Sheikh Hasina.” “We want to make it absolutely clear that there will be no non-party caretaker government as demanded by BNP for conducting ... Read more

Jatiya Party leader Raushan Ershad has made a passionate plea to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to hold talks with leaders of different political parties for reaching a national consensus. “A national consensus must be reached following discussions among various parties for resolving the present political stalemate in the country,” she told the Jatiya Sangsad on ... Read more

Experts across the globe have observed that the potentially significant role of nuclear energy, in meeting the energy needs of the planet, is growing, as it is a cheaper source of energy and the supply of fossil fuel is getting exhausted day by day. Experts from 89 countries across the globe are now meeting at ... Read more

Freedom fighters of Gazipur are all set to campaign for Advocate Azmot Ullah Khan, mayoral candidate backed by the 14-party alliance, in the forthcoming Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) poll. They will set up eight election camps, including six Muktijoddha units, in different city corporation areas. They also will hoist the Liberation War flag in these ... Read more

The home ministry has directed all the chiefs of its departments and the law enforcement agencies to take special measures to protect human rights. The ministry had issued a directive to the heads of police, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Coast Guard, Ansar, passport and immigration, fire service,

It will fulfill aspiration of the people: Obaidul Quader The government on Wednesday invited an international tender worth Tk. 10,000 crore for construction of the mainframe of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge (PMB) project, which would connect 21 districts of the country’s southern region. Confirming the news, Md Shafiqul Islam, director

BNP will provide full independence to GB, if voted to power: Moudud  In response to the opposition’s allegation that the government is going to change the ownership structure of the Grameen Bank (GB), finance minister AMA Muhith, on Wednesday, said in Parliament that the government has no such plans. He also said that the GB, ... Read more

Voicing his high hope that the bidders will respond to the international tender for Padma Bridge Project floated on Wednesday, Finance Minister AMA Muhith expressed his doubt about issuing the work order by  December next due to the ‘tight schedule’. “I hope the bidders will respond, but the tight schedule

Deputy commissioners (DCs) want to introduce “risk allowance” and “ration” for field-level officials, including divisional commissioners, deputy commissioners, additional deputy commissioners and upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs), on the lines of law enforcement members. They will urge the government to implement their demand for strengthening the field administration

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has warned that a grand anti-government movement would be waged from Gazipur if any irregularity took place during the civic body poll scheduled for July 6. “The ruling Awami League has become desperate after its debacle in the recently held four city corporation elections. Now, it’s drawing ... Read more

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government has taken up a ten-year perspective plan (2010-2021), a five-year plan (2011-2015) and also a sustained development strategy to build Bangladesh as a happy, prosperous and poverty-free welfare state. During a question-answer session in the Jatiya Sangsad, the prime minister presented a detailed list

Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh-India friendly relations got a new dimension after assumption of office by the present government. “A new horizon has been opened up in mutual cooperation and development between the two countries, while contact at political, government and general people

Police, on Wednesday, arrested Helal Akber Chowdhury Babar, a Bangladesh Juba League (BJL) central committee member and a prime accused in the double murder incident in CRB area, over securing a tender of the Bangladesh Railway (BR) East Zone. Babar was arrested, along with his five cronies, from Gulshan area in the capital. A joint ... Read more

Awami League advisory council member and minister without portfolio Suranjit Sengupta on Wednesday suggested enacting a law with a provision of TK 30,000 fine to stop usage of abusive language in the Parliament. “A law with provision of Tk 30,000 fine should be formulated to deter indecent remarks in the Jatiya Sangsad,” Suranjit said while ... Read more

BNP lawmaker AM Mahbub Uddin Khokan on Wednesday told Parliament that people would teach the ruling party a “final lesson” through the ballot in the next national election. “You’re afraid of the caretaker government provision. That’s why you continue to evade the issue. Our movement will continue till the demand for restoration

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday granted bail for four weeks to eight officials including Ashiyan City Managing Director Saiful Islam Bhuiyan in a case filed against them for assaulting two Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) personnel. A vacation bench of the HC comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice ABM Altaf Hossain granted them ... Read more