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Bangladesh will hand over the general secretary of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), Anup Chetia to India any time. The authorities concerned have already completed the process to hand over the ULFA leader, sources in the home ministry said on Sunday. A high official of the home ministry told this correspondent on condition of ... Read more

More than 400 workers of a garments factory, located in Jamgorah area of the Ashulia Industrial belt in Savar, were hospitalised on Sunday, with stomach disorders, after they drank contaminated water from a tap inside the factory. Doctors suspect that the workers of Rose Dresses Limited had fallen sick,

A new trend of polarization has surfaced in Bangladesh’s politics with Ershad’s Jatiya Party leaving the grand alliance led by the ruling Awami League. The Independent learned from multiple sources on Sunday that the decision of former president HM Ershad to break away from its ruling coalition partners is final.

The high-powered 38-member Bangladesh business delegation –  presently on visit India for “shopping  investments and joint venture – offered open door invitation to Indian entrepreneurs to tap “huge” business opportunity for profits” in their land.  The delegation leader Dr Syed Abdus Samad – Executive Chairman, Board of Investment (BOI), Bangladesh –

Suranjit Sengupta, minister without portfolio, on Sunday called upon the opposition leader and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to apologize to the nation for writing an article in Washington Times that went against the country’s interest. “Khaleda Zia must say that she wrote the article against the country’s interests out of sheer vengeance, bewilderment

War crimes accused BNP MP Salauddin Quader Chowdhury on Sunday claimed himself an active supporter of the cause of Bangladesh Independence. In support of his claim, Salauddin Quader, a defence witness (DW), told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that he had participated in the 1971 March 7 rally

Never mind the warning on the signboard of the BIWTA to protect the river,certain unscrupulous people are dumping rubbish on the western bank of the Buriganga between Kamrangirchar and  Keraniganj. Hoping to link up with the fast growing char,  a shoal becoming part of the capital.So is the hurry  to develop plots for housing despite ... Read more

She slams Khaleda for urging the US to cancel GSP Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday highlighted the economic achievements of her government in the country during the last four years and said the nation must move forward on the path of democracy for continued progress and prosperity.  Winding up a three-week general discussion on ... Read more

She urges US to withdraw GSP suspension Leader of opposition and BNP chairperson, Begum Khaleda Zia, in a speech in Parliament on Saturday, made a clarion call for forging greater national unity, withering political conflict and clash, and urged the government to take steps to hold the next general election under a neutral and non-party ... Read more

Monsoon rains continued to play havoc with the people’s life, flooding south eastern parts of the country. In Dhaka, there had been 141 mm of rains during the past 30 hours ending at 6 pm on Saturday with 56mm showers on the day between 6am till 6pm, widely disrupting normal life. The overnight showers in ... Read more

The government is going to explain the draft labour law (amendment) 2013 at the Local Consultative Group (LCG) plenary meeting with its development partners on Sunday. Though the LGC plenary meeting is a routine matter for the government to inform the development partners about its overall policy on different issues, including the political situation, it ... Read more

Finance Bill-2013 passed in JS Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday announced the reduction of import duty on newsprint at 10 per cent from proposed 25 per cent in the budget for fiscal 2013-14. He also waived the proposed 5.0 per cent supplementary duty on newsprint import. The new import duty is, however, got a ... Read more

The United States will work with Bangladesh to take the steps needed to potentially restore its GSP privileges that were suspended on Thursday. Patrick Ventrell, Director of the Press office at the US State Department, made the remarks while replying to queries on GSP suspension at a regular press briefing

Candidates contesting for Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election are leaving no stones unturned, to woo the voters working in different industrial zones, especially in garment factories. They are also devising different strategies in their campaign, to get the support of this sector. Even bad weather has failed to dampen the spirit of the contestants in ... Read more

BNP will appeal to the US government, to lift the suspension of the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) facility for Bangladesh. BNP’s acting secretary-general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, said this to reporters, at the party’s Naya Paltan central office, here on Saturday. Alamgir also criticised information minister Hasanul Haq Inu, for holding opposition leader

Nobel Laureate Dr Mohammad Yunus, on Saturday, said the government must adhere to the US guidelines on improving work conditions, to get the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) back. “If the necessary US conditions are fulfilled, we would get the GSP facility back. The US has suspended the GSP, as Bangladesh could not fulfil their

At least 10 people, including a child, were injured during clashes between police and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) activists in Rajshahi, Chittagong and Dhaka, on Saturday. In Rajshahi, trouble erupted around noon, when the Jamaat-e-Islami’s student wing brought out a procession at GanakparaMore, to demand release

Experts from 89 countries across the globe, in St Petersburg, Russia, observed that the use of fast reactors and closed fuel cycles are the most viable options in enhancing the sustainability of future nuclear systems. They said that applications of the closed fuel cycles, including, by recycling uranium and using thorium, would further contribute to ... Read more

Extradition of ULFA general secretary Anup Chetia may run into rough waters yet again, with Bangladesh likely to “indulge in hard bargaining” with New Delhi following delay in signing of the Teesta Water Treaty and Land Boundary swap deal, reports The Assam Tribune on Friday. “Sources in Bangladesh High Commission said that while Dhaka is ... Read more

Paying tribute to his personal hero, President Barack Obama met privately Saturday with Nelson Mandela’s family as the world anxiously awaited news on the condition of the ailing 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader. Obama, who has spoken movingly about Mandela throughout his trip to Africa, praised the former South African president’s “moral courage” during remarks from