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Saudi Arabia on Friday rebuffed Obama administration appeals for immediate Arab gestures toward normalising ties with Israel the kingdom urged the Jewish state to show it was serious about peace. Seated next to US Secretary of State

7,000MW within 4yrs, 3,000MW more to come The government has raised its power generation target to 10,000 megawatts (mw) to meet a growing demand stoked by the country’s economic

PM asks authorities Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the authorities concerned to ensure preservation of all types of water bodies in case of construction of buildings and setting up of industries for protecting natural breeding places of

The government has forced Dhaka District and Sessions Judge Abdul Gafur and Gazipur Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal judge Shahjahan, who led an agitation in secretariat earlier this week, into

Executive Magistrates Minister rules out demand for judicial powers Executive magistrates will not be given any judicial powers, said Law Minister Shafique Ahmed even though deputy commissioners, during the final day of their conference at Bangladesh Secretariat, asked the government for some

Political thinkers and academics have said the selection procedure of the Awami League’s new presidium with the party chief enjoying absolute authority reflects lack of democratic practice within the

The three-day annual conference of deputy commissioners concluded on Thursday with a call for ensuring smooth service to the public by working in a coordinated manner with local representatives. The government has rejected

Damages caused by Monday night’s torrential rains to goods stored in the city’s submerged warehouses could be a billion taka, affected businessmen estimate. Rice, leather footwear and paper were among the major items damaged by rainwater that submerged ground floor and basement shops

Criminals in broad daylight brutally murdered a teenager at Boubazar in the city’s Kadamtoli yesterday. The victim, Mohammad Rony, 18, son of Javed of Darogabari road at Jurain, was a hawker selling toys and handicrafts in front of schools in

President Sheikh Hasina Presidium Members Syeda Zohara Tajuddin, Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury MP, Ataur Rahman Khan Kaiser, Yusuf Hossain Humayun, Matia Chowdhury MP, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim MP, Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, Kazi Zafarullah, Razi Uddin Ahmed Razu,

A rural Indian witch doctor beheaded a five-year-old girl as part of a bizarre ritual to help a villager produce healthy male heirs, the police said

Suggest experts as water bodies being lost due to unplanned urbanisation Mindless destruction of natural water bodies in and around Dhaka coupled with flagrant disregard for urban planning of successive governments have brought the capital to its knees, said noted urban

Indian officials Wednesday held briefing discussion with the Bangladesh parliamentary delegation on the controversial Tipaimukh Dam project after the fact-finding mission arrived in New Delhi en route to the dam

Vulnerable countries urge developed ones The most vulnerable countries (MVCs) demanded the developed countries to reduce their emission by 45 percent in aggregate against 1990 levels by 2020 and make available fund of $150 billion a year to help protect the

A teenage boy drowned and another went missing when police chased a group of people who allegedly stormed into a house at Kamrangirchar on early Wednesday. Police arrested nine young men, allegedly for attacking the house’s

CNG pump owners have postponed their proposed countrywide strike till August 16 in response to the call from the government to resolve their grievances through discussion, reports

Projects around 10pc remittance growth despite recession Poverty reduction in Bangladesh will be accelerated significantly if the poor are provided with the opportunity to be employed abroad, said the World Bank, which projected around 10 per cent growth in remittances this fiscal

The education ministry on Wednesday ordered the National Curriculum and Textbook Board authorities that each chapter of the compulsory Bangla textbooks for class XI and XII should end with a set of ‘creative’

The WASA drainage system covers only 37 percent area in Dhaka City leaving the most of the metropolis vulnerable to severe waterlogging particularly during the monsoon. Concerned experts say ensuring free flow of water to all the existing 26 canals, freeing those from encroachers, extension of drainage

Finance Minister AMA Muhith Wednesday asked the state-owned banks specialized and dedicated to agriculture credit to expand their branch network to reach farmers of the areas that still remained out of the