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The government would not make any further proposal to the BNP to hold talks on the caretaker government issue to end the current political standoff, said Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif on Sunday. “No further offer will be given to the BNP to sit for talks on the issue of election-time government. If ... Read more

The outgoing chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Ghulam Rahman on Sunday said that the commission has failed to bring about any changes in society in terms of reducing corruption from the country. Addressing the farewell reception given in his honour by the ACC officials and employees at the conference hall, he however, said that the ... Read more

After a gap of four days rebel mayoral candidate of ruling Awami League in upcoming Gazipur city corporation election  Mohammed  Jahangir Alam made his first public appearence on Sunday at Gazipur and declared the withdrawal of his candidacy from the electroal race amid tears. He also announced his support to Awami League led 14 party ... Read more

After facing debacle in four city corporation elections, the ruling Awami League, on Sunday, staged what appeared to be an election campaign in the city on the occasion of its 64th founding anniversary, ensuring participation of several thousand leaders and workers of the party. Marking the founding anniversary, Bangladesh Awami League and its front organisations

Opposition BNP senior lawmaker Barrister Moudud Ahmed has expressed his concern over the delay of gazette notification on the election of four new city council mayors of Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Sylhet. Rising on a point of order at the Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday, the BNP legislator asked the Election Commission (EC) to issue the ... Read more

Election Commissioner Brig Gen (Retd) M Jabed Ali on Sunday underscored the importance of preventing the use of religion in election campaign for holding fair polls apart from curbing cyber crimes. “There’s no alternative to preventing cyber crimes and abuse of religion for the sake of fair election,” he said while speaking at a views-exchange ... Read more

BNP will support Nobel Peace Prize-winner Muhammad Yunus, who founded Grameen Bank, to strengthen overall activities of that financial institution in future, Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, an adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said. He was speaking to the media after conferring a citation on behalf of Khaleda on the Noble laureate in recognition of ... Read more

Speakers at a discussion on Sunday said 52 per cent of all returnee female migrant workers are unable to utilise  their skills and experiences for lack of opportunities. They also said if the government as well as non-government organisations fail to take up a comprehensive action plan within the next five years, the returnee female

The night sky has been illuminated by what appears to be a much bigger and brighter Moon. The so-called “supermoon” occurs when the Moon reaches its closest point to earth, known as a perigee full moon. The effect makes the Moon seem 14 per cent bigger and 30 per cent brighter than when it is ... Read more

Work for laying a 15.054-km railway track to connect Akhaura and Agartala is unlikely to start during the tenure of the present government, according to sources in the Economic Relations Division (ERD) and Bangladesh Railway. India and Bangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on May 21 and it was decided that acquisition of land ... Read more

Concentration on the abilities and potential of children with disabilities would create benefits for both society as a whole and those children, says a report released by Unicef Bangladesh on Sunday. “If the society focuses on what the children with disabilities can achieve rather than what they cannot do, both those children and their communities ... Read more

The Cabinet Committee On Purchase and the Cabinet Committee On Economic Affairs on Sunday approved the science and technology ministry’s proposal to award the pre-construction work for the Rooppur nuclear power plant (NPP) project to Russian company Atomstroyexport. The meeting was held at the cabinet division, with finance minister AMA Muhith in the chair.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday, called upon opposition leader and BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, to return to the path of democracy, instead of forging a movement in the streets, for the caretaker government provision. “Come back to the path of democracy, shunning the path of violence, and take part in the next polls. The ... Read more

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has said she will take strong steps to prevent the use of unparliamentary words and language in the Jatiya Sangsad. “We are concerned about the indecent words and unparliamentary language being used by the members of parliament during the session. So, we are about to take some strict measures to prevent ... Read more

Some 80 per cent of the cases relating to repression of women and children are false and fabricated, law minister Shafique Ahmed said on Saturday. “We want to make some changes in the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc), keeping provisions for mutual disposal of compoundable cases to reduce the number of false ones and the ... Read more

The American Chemical Society (ACS), one of the world’s largest scientific societies, has identified the presence of cadmium in rice, beyond permissible levels, a finding also supported by the country’s scientists. The cereal is the main staple of 160 million Bangladeshis. The ACS recently conducted research on rice samples from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Ghana,

State Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Advocate Quamrul Islam on Saturday stressed the need for cementing ties among the freedom fighters (FFs) to resist the anti-liberation forces, who want to cling state-power again through conspiracy. “The anti-liberation forces could not be resisted without cementing ties among the freedom fighters,”

The Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) has failed to put self-illuminating tapes on border pillars. These were meant to curb smuggling and contain tension across the border. As a result, the BGB is facing problems during patrolling at night, which, in turn, has resulted in unabated smuggling and stealing of border pillars, according to sources

Shushaner Jonnyo Nagorik (SUJON) has expressed concerned over the rising trend of business community representatives getting elected to the local government bodies instead of politicians. “Over presence of businessmen in the local government bodies, instead of politicians is alarming for democracy,” said SUJON  General Secretary Badiul Alam Majumder,

The adverse impact of climate change will induce about 35 million people of the coastal areas of the country to migrate to other places by 2050. Leading environmentalist Prof Dr Ainun Nishat disclosed this on Saturday. He was making a keynote presentation on research findings on migration trends