DSCC to rehabilitate hawkers without disrupting traffic
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Home minister orders middlemen-free police stations
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Govt plans to recruit 100,000 health workers, 80% women: Tarique Rahman
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Govt working to reopen closed factories gradually: PM Tarique
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Digital IDs, fixed zones: Dhaka launches new hawker management programme
30 April 2026, 20:26 PM
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Nine-member panel formed to review lapsed revenue ordinance
30 April 2026, 17:01 PM
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DSCC starts phased beautification work in Dhaka
30 April 2026, 16:57 PM
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Tarique rules out religion-based politics, pledges equal rights for all faiths
30 April 2026, 13:16 PM
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DC conference begins on May 3 with 498 proposals on agenda
29 April 2026, 20:21 PM
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Japanese minister seeks faster progress on key projects in meeting with PM Tarique
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PM opens 'Police Plaza'
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the 'Police Plaza', a newly-built commercial building of Bangladesh Police Welfare Trust, in the city’s Gulshan area.
11 June 2015, 09:48 AM
PM Hasina says there were no condition for $2b new Indian credit
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday told parliament that there were no terms and conditions in spending $2 billion Indian credit and the government would use the amount independently.
10 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Gen Belal new chief of Bangladesh Army
Lieutenant General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq has been named the new chief of Bangladesh Army.
10 June 2015, 18:00 PM
SAHR welcomes Indo-Bangla land deal
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a democratic regional network of human rights defenders, welcomes the Land Boundary
10 June 2015, 18:00 PM
20 districts get new DCs
In a major reshuffle in the administration, the government yesterday appointed new deputy commissioners (DCs), including two female
10 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Emajuddin doesn't like Indo-Bangla deals
Most of the 22 Indo-Bangla deals have been signed in “favour of India,” said Prof Emajuddin Ahmed, convener of a pro-BNP
10 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Govt to enact new law to fight cyber crimes
The government plans to enact a new law to prevent cyber crimes that take new dimensions frequently, Law Minister Anisul Huq said yesterday, terming the existing information and communication technology (ICT) act inadequate.
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh govt increases excise tax on flight tickets
Air travellers now will have to pay more as the government has hiked the excise tax on their tickets.
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Govt to build 2nd Bhairab, Titas railway bridges
The government has taken initiatives to construct the second Bhairab and Titas railway bridges over Meghna and Titas rivers with the Indian Line of Credit, Railways Minister
8 June 2015, 20:22 PM
Public university teachers cut class for own payscale
Teachers of different public universities in five districts observed two-hour work abstention protesting against the proposed 8th national payscale and demanded a separate one yesterday.
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM
UNHRC urged to intervene
Two rights organisations yesterday urged the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to play a leading role in initiating reform in criminal justice institutions of Bangladesh to
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh’s cabinet approves 4-nation motor vehicle agreement
The Cabinet Division yesterday approved the draft motor vehicle agreement between four South Asian countries that would allow trans-border movement of vehicles like in the European Union.
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Habiganj DC now okays temporary blocking of Khwai river
The Khwai river will temporarily be blocked off and a road constructed over it in Habiganj district's Sayestaganj to transport equipment
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Dhaka keeps Modi busy
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi started the concluding day of his two-day visit to Bangladesh by offering prayers at the 12th-century Dhakeshwari temple in Dhaka yesterday.
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Teesta reason behind West Bengal CM’s silence during Dhaka visit
Although West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee usually speaks to the media, whenever approached, on different issues, it was different during her latest Bangladesh tour.
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Hard to get info from ministries
It is a tale of two governments and the media. One was seen making all sorts of efforts to help the press and the other, not so much.
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Land deal is like fall of Berlin wall: Modi (video)
Terming ratification of land deal as “no less significant than the fall of the Berlin Wall”, Indian PM Modi says water issues need to be resolved from humanitarian perspective.
7 June 2015, 14:06 PM
Bangladesh-India joint declaration
Joint declaration between Bangladesh and India during PM Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh
7 June 2015, 13:23 PM
Dawn of a new era
Bangladesh and India yesterday opened a new chapter of hopes in their relations, fraught with dubious politics, myopic diplomacy and tardy bureaucracy over the decades.
6 June 2015, 18:00 PM
22 DEALS signed, renewed
Exchange of instruments of ratification of 1974 Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) and its 2011 protocol
6 June 2015, 18:00 PM