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Business lobby for selection of bidder with no experience, seeks scrapping of contract termination clause The Power Development Board is facing tremendous pressure from a quarter of influential local businessmen who want the bidder selection criteria for the upcoming three-year-long rental

Outages span 18-20 hours every day Power outage in most rural areas have grown more frequent and longer in duration since the beginning of Ramadan as power authorities have reportedly diverted electricity to urban areas, giving

BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has said his party is yet to take decision as to whether or not would join the next session of Parliament beginning on

The World Health Organisation will provide all necessary assistance to Bangladesh in preventing the spread of swine flu

The confessional statement of a hired killer that he was engaged by a group of local influential people to kill Abdul Majid Sarda, chairman of Durgapur upazila has created panic among the local

Finance Minister A M A Muhith yesterday said the apparel exporters’ demand to give the Tk 30 billion from the government’s incentive package to pay workers wages and allowances ahead

One group favours Khoka, another working for Abbas BNP high command will decide who will be next convener of Dhaka city unit of BNP, according to senior leaders

An earthquake measuring six on the Richter scale rocked areas in Dhaka, Sylhet and Chittagong Hill Tracts in the early hours of Friday, Met office

A new laboratory screening method is going to be introduced in the country for the detection of the H1N1 virus that causes swine

Police arrested 30 activists of Hizb ut-Tahrir near Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after Juma prayers yesterday. The Tahrir men were holding a rally to commemorate ‘Badar Day’, blocking the traffic on the road

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has assured Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of giving all necessary support to cope with the challenges of global climate

Banks disagree, say they give loans on ‘criteria’ Commercial banks are not showing interest to disburse loans among the small and medium entrepreneurs, it was learnt

Demands Nirmul Committee; places 9-point proposal Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee yesterday threatened to launch a tough movement unless the government announces a roadmap to trial of 1971 war criminals by

Demands RMG workers’ salaries, bonus before Eid Garment workers’ rights bodies on Friday held demonstrations in the capital, demanding payment of all dues and Eid bonus of the workers before

Sept 4: Two students of Jagannath University drowned at Kakra river at Chirirbandar upazila while they were taking bath Friday

Civic leaders and left politicians have strongly condemned the police attack on Professor Anu Muhammad and leaders and activists of a conservationists’ platform, saying that allowing the police to

Fatal accident narrowly averted at city crossing A speeding train rammed a private car yesterday morning, leaving one injured, as it attempted to cross the Karwan Bazar level crossing defying the signal in the

Only 25 swine flu cases admitted Public hospitals in district towns are swamped with people suffering from common flu and seeking test for swine flu, but most of the patients are being sent home with advice to take rest in isolation,

Opposition BNP on Thursday asked the government to immediately withdraw ‘conspiratorial’ charge-sheets and politically motivated cases against party chairperson Khaleda Zia, senior

As the drive to nab the activists of the outlawed extremist groups based in the southwestern region, particularly in Khulna and Kushtia districts is in progress, the appeal issued by state minister for