Keep a close watch on voter update
The BNP has asked its grassroots leaders to keep a close watch on the upcoming process of updating voter list and also to inform the party high command if they find any problem with delimitation of constituencies.
12 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh leads in solar home systems
Bangladesh has topped a global list of countries that have installed the highest number of Solar Home Systems (SHS).
With four million of the systems set up so far, the country is also at the forefront of nations using clean stoves and biogas plants, and promoting the cause of renewable energy that constitutes a fifth of the world's final power consumption. This growth in renewable energy use also helped increase employment in Bangladesh.
11 June 2017, 18:00 PM
App-based Transport Service: Guideline soon
The government is soon going to make app-based transport hailing services like Uber officially permitted under the “Ride Sharing Service Guideline”.
3 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Stick to basics
Razin Rahman, a school teacher, returned home yesterday full of despair. He could not figure out how to cover his family expenditure.
1 June 2017, 18:00 PM
BNP terms 15pc VAT unjustified
The proposed 15 percent uniform VAT is the ruling party's tool for “political exploitation” before the next parliamentary election scheduled to be held late next year, according to BNP leaders.
29 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Job Opportunity: Higher degree, lesser scope
The more degrees you obtain, the more you run the risk of remaining unemployed.
It may sound odd, but it's true if we go by a latest government survey.
Conducted by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics between December 2013 and June 2015, the survey shows that unemployment rate was the highest among people having tertiary education.
28 May 2017, 18:00 PM
26 lakh jobless
Mazhar Hossain stopped counting the number of copies of his curriculum vitae submitted seeking jobs since he completed his
27 May 2017, 18:00 PM
About 60pc baby born without expert help
Nearly 60 percent of birth deliveries in Bangladesh are conducted without any skilled health personnel, according to a report by the
19 May 2017, 18:00 PM
BNP worried over recent infighting
Recent incidents of intra-party conflicts centring the BNP's initiative of revamping the grassroots leaders and activists have concerned
17 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Good news for heart patients
Cardiac patients now have much to cheer about as the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases is enhancing its healthcare
16 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Eye lenses get cheaper
Less than a month after fixing the prices of heart stents, the drug administration has set the prices of eye lenses which need to be surgically implanted in patients with poor vision.
15 May 2017, 18:00 PM
'Vision 2030': BNP for making House stronger
The BNP has drawn up a package of proposals to strengthen parliament. The proposals would be implemented if the party is voted to power in the next general election.
9 May 2017, 18:00 PM
BNP for clipping PM's wings
The BNP could curtail the power of the prime minister and strengthen the roles of lawmakers in parliament if voted to power in the next general election, party insiders claimed.
7 May 2017, 18:00 PM
'Man behind' the suicide of father, daughter still at large
Five days have gone by but police are yet to arrest the man who allegedly provoked a father to commit suicide along with his seven-year-old daughter in Gazipur.
3 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Lightning Casualties: Govt to focus on forecast
Even a few years ago, metal objects in the shapes of tridents, crescents, stars and roosters could be seen on the roofs of buildings. They are hardly seen anymore.
27 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Fatal negligence
The government inspection system for factory boilers is meant to fail by design, hence boiler explosions have been claiming lives all too frequently.
25 April 2017, 18:00 PM
24-year-old Defence Purchase Scam: Ershad, two other accused acquitted
A Dhaka court yesterday acquitted Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad and two others in a 24-year-old defence purchase scam case as it
19 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Halkhata goes digital
Baishakh has arrived at our doorstep.
13 April 2017, 18:00 PM
45,000 children die of diarrhoea every year
Over 45,000 under-five children die every year in Bangladesh from diarrhea caused by contaminated water, says a report of World
13 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Tourists sidestep Bangladesh
Bangladesh has remained an unattractive destination for tourists, with the country coming in at No. 125 in a ranking
9 April 2017, 18:00 PM