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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said her government amended the Constitution of the country in order to restore people’s Constitutional and democratic rights. “Democracy is never established anywhere in the world without the Constitutional process,” she told a discussion meeting held in memory of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and

Terming the 10th parliamentary election as ‘hard time’ for election commission, chief election commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Saturday said that the polling officials have to work in an impartial and transparent way in discharging their duties to hold a free and fair election. “It’s a mammoth task for the national election. A hard ... Read more

US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena on Saturday said Bangladesh is a sovereign country and it should do what is good for it and it does not need to have any moderator in solving the ongoing political crisis. Mozena said the US-Bangladesh partnership is at its all-time high. “The relationship and partnership between America ... Read more

Women and Children Affairs ministry (MoWCA) on Saturday revealed the national action plan for ‘Women Development Policy 2011’ to ensure equal opportunity and rights as well as involvement of women in mainstream national development. The activities of the action plan will be implemented in three phases such as short term, mid-term and long term,

Speakers at a round table, on Saturday, urged the government to formulate a guideline for mobile phone companies of the country, to run their operations ensuring health and safety aspects. They also stressed on the need for introducing new technologies for the safe operation of mobile phones, using satellites instead of towers, for the transmission ... Read more

Stressing the importance of district-wise development, speakers at a seminar here on Saturday said the role of public representatives is very important in development of any district. Development plans should be people-oriented ones. So, balanced development depends on how public representatives play their role, the speakers said at a seminar. ‘Mukta Akash’, an engineering,

Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu today said the present government is pledged-bound to hold a peaceful election with the participation of all political parties. “Whatever the leader of the opposition says, the government is committed to hold a free, fair and peaceful election in the country,” he said. The minister was talking to journalists prior ... Read more

A Dhaka court on Saturday placed five members of militant group Ansar Ullah Bangla Team on a five-day fresh remand in a case filed under the anti-terrorism act. Detective Branch police inspector Munshi Sabbir Ahmed, also the investigation officer of the case, produced Saiful Islam, 21, Zahidul Islam, 27, Junnun Sikder, 27, Kazi Mohammad Rezwan, ... Read more

An early marriage was foiled by the upazila administration of Kaliganj at Babra village under Kaliganj upazila on August 30 evening. Kaliganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Eradul Haque said, that they were informed by a secret source that an early marriage was going to take place of a student of class seven Rima Khatun, 12, ... Read more

US President Barack Obama said Friday he had taken no “final decision” on striking Syria but that the world could not accept the gassing of women and children. Calling Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons a threat to US national security, Obama said the response would be “narrow” and “limited.” Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John ... Read more

Prime Minister and president of the ruling Awami League (AL) Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged the people of her country to vote the AL to power again “to continue the ongoing pace of development”. “I am grateful to you as you have voted us to power. Now I want your votes once again to complete ... Read more

A total of 443 officers on special duty (OSD) in the civil administration are virtually without work and the government has to spend Tk. 2.90 crore per month as part of their salaries and emoluments. Sources said over 7 per cent of bureaucrats out of a total of 5,739 have been approaching the public administration ... Read more

Smooth ferry communication on Daulatdia-Paturia is being hampered due to poor navigability in the river Padma causing serious problems for passengers and vehicles on this route. Vessels are getting stuck in hidden shoals frequently. Only two small ferries are sailing on Daulatdia-Paturia

BNP standing committee member, Moudud Ahmed, has said that the 15th amendment to the Constitution will be repealed if his party is voted to power in the next general election. “The Awami League has destroyed the Constitution’s purity and dignity, by bringing the 15th amendment. We will annul this amendment if voted to power,” he ... Read more

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is set to become a development partner of Bangladesh for the first time, providing financing in the power sector and for a water treatment plant, sources in the Economic Relations Division (ERD) said. The EIB will provide a loan of EUR 82 million, which will be equivalent to a Tk. ... Read more

The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP’s) acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the election deposits of candidates nominated by the Awami League (AL) in the upcoming general elections would be forfeited if they are held under the oversight of a non-party caretaker government (CG). “The Awami League

Police could not arrest anybody in connection with the murder of Fazlul Karim Khan, a retired additional superintendent of police who was also the investigation officer in the August 21, 2004 grenade attack case, till Friday evening. The victim’s family has not filed any case even 36 hours after the gruesome murder. Fazlul Karim, 65, ... Read more

Although the government is conducting the Social Safety Net Programmes (SSNPs) in the country aiming to reduce poverty, most of the ‘poorest of the poor’ are not receiving the benefit for lack of proper selection of beneficiaries, according to a recent study. On average, 14.2 percent of non-eligible households are receiving SSNP benefit

An Army man died on early Friday after being drugged by suspected members of a city gang known as ‘Oggyan Party’, who offer food or drink laced with drugs to victims before robbing their valuables. The deceased was identified as Tajul Islam, 35, a corporal, based in Comilla Cantonment. Police said Tajul was found lying ... Read more

Police arrested a local Awami League leader in Saltha upazila on Friday on charge of embazzling over Tk 30 lakh from people in the name trade and giving them various facilities. The arrested was identified as M Sirajul Islam alias Siraj, former general secretary of Ramkantapur union unit of the ruling party and son of ... Read more