PM slams environmentalists' silence on Ghoshiakhali channel

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina comes down heavily on the country's environmentalists for their silence about the crucial Mongla-Ghoshiakhali River Channel that was inoperative for long 21 years.
27 October 2016, 12:30 PM

PM opens nationwide ‘Child Helpline - 1098’

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launches nationwide coverage of Bangladesh’s first toll-free Child Helpline to provide a free telephone service to children facing violence, abuse and exploitation.
27 October 2016, 08:52 AM

PM seeks doctors' help to implement SDG

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeks doctors' sincere support to implement the 15-year Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to make the country's healthcare system befitting to time.
26 October 2016, 07:51 AM

Bangladesh leads South Asia in gender equity

Bangladesh leads South Asia in the gender equity, successful compared to its neighbouring countries in closing the gender gap, a report says. Progress has been reported in political empowerment, but the gap on women’s labour force participation and estimated earned income widened.
26 October 2016, 07:04 AM

Bangladesh Navy to get 2 submarines by 2016

Two submarines would be added to the fleet of Bangladesh Navy this year. The submarines will reach Bangladesh soon and building of frigates for the navy is also under process, says Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed.
25 October 2016, 13:27 PM

10 projects get Ecnec nod with outlay of Tk 9443 cr

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approves the 3rd revision of the ‘One House One Farm’ project raising its cost by Tk 6,813.27 crore, aiming to reduce the country's poverty rate to 10 percent by the year 2020.
25 October 2016, 13:08 PM

Maj Gen Kabir new Bangladesh envoy to Indonesia

The government has decided to appoint Major General Azmal Kabir as the next ambassador of Bangladesh to Indonesia., according to a Foreign Ministry press release.
24 October 2016, 11:59 AM

28 SPs transferred across the country

The government transfers 28 superintendents of police (SP) officers across the country. A home ministry notification issued says that the order will be effective from December 12.
24 October 2016, 10:36 AM

Memo to PM to cancel Rampal Power Plant

Local leaders and activists of National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port in Phulbari upazila submitted a
23 October 2016, 18:00 PM

DFID, UNFPA sign deal to produce competent midwives

The Department For International Development (DFID) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) sign a grant agreement to produce competent midwives in Bangladesh.
23 October 2016, 15:20 PM

Dhaka, Ottawa to discuss ways to extradite Noor Chy

Bangladesh and Canada will further discuss ways for the extradition of Noor Chowdhury, a convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, in Ottawa this week.
23 October 2016, 13:32 PM

BTRC suspends CityCell’s spectrum

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission suspends spectrum of Citycell as the mobile phone operator failed to pay dues.
20 October 2016, 11:54 AM

Bangladesh should scrap new NGO law: HRW

The Bangladesh parliament should repeal a new law regulating civil society organisations accepting foreign funds, New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) says.
20 October 2016, 08:49 AM

WB confident in PM's development agenda

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim expresses his "full confidence" in the development agenda of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government in Bangladesh.
18 October 2016, 12:21 PM

Dot bangla domain to open from Dec 16

Dot bangla domain would be opened for mass users from December 16.
18 October 2016, 12:14 PM

Wage social movement against militancy: President

President Abdul Hamid underscores the need for waging a social movement against militancy and drug abuse saying drug addiction is misleading the youth and creating a social instability while militancy has become a global problem.
18 October 2016, 12:02 PM

Beware of fraud calls: BTRC

The telecom regulator asks mobile phone users not to share any information like passwords if anyone requests referring regulators’ name through call or SMS.
17 October 2016, 12:02 PM

PM expects WB’s stronger role in Bangladesh’s development

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she expects the World Bank to play a stronger role in Bangladesh’s development endeavours as the leading development partner.
17 October 2016, 11:55 AM

PM returns home from Goa

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returns home after attending the BRICS-BIMSTEC Leaders' Outreach Summit at Goa in India.
17 October 2016, 04:31 AM

11 senior police officials transferred

In a reshuffle to the police administration, the government has transferred 11 senior officers to new postings. The home ministry issues a circular in this regard.
16 October 2016, 14:17 PM