AL in power for a long time helped accelerate development: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said it has been possible for the Awami League government to make Bangladesh a role model of development in the world as it is in state power for a long time.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Fighting Corruption: Media’s role very important

The High Court yesterday observed that media and journalists have a very important role in eradicating all kinds of corruption.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Level crossings to be ‘safer’

Amid growing concerns over the casualties at unauthorised and unmanned railway level crossings, the authorities yesterday decided to take several measures to ensure safety.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Onion Import: Govt slaps 10pc tariff to protect growers

The government has imposed 10 percent tariff on onion import to protect interests of local growers, read a notification issued by National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday.
7 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Dhaka Metro Rail: Rollout likely this year

Japan expects Bangladesh’s first metro rail service to be operational in the capital by this year despite setbacks caused by the pandemic.
7 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Homegrown Covid Vaccine: Globe Biotech gets nod for trial

Globe Biotech has got the licence to produce its homegrown coronavirus vaccine for human trial.
6 January 2021, 18:00 PM

AL completes 12 consecutive years in office

The ruling Awami League has greeted countrymen on the completion of an era of the AL government at a stretch under the leadership of Bangabandhu’s daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
6 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Get jobs abroad via legal channels

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment ministry and recruiting agencies to take care of Bangladeshi expatriates.
6 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Migrants need social, legal protection

Bangladesh wants social and legal protection of migrant workers in destination countries during emergency situations like the Covid-19 pandemic that has exposed their sheer vulnerability abroad.
5 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Focus on lakes, not just drainage

In order to solve the capital’s perennial waterlogging problem which Dhaka Wasa has failed to do, its managing director yesterday said the two city corporations should now focus on protecting natural reservoirs and not just rely on the artificial drainage systems.
4 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Those who maligned Bangabandhu asked to apologise

The prestigious weekly Time Magazine predicts that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will sweep the first general elections of Bangladesh scheduled for March 7, 1973. It writes,
4 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Give utmost priority to people’s rights

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked police personnel to stop cybercrimes alongside money laundering, human trafficking, terrorism, militancy, abuse of drugs, gangster culture and repression on women and children.
3 January 2021, 18:00 PM

KSA Flights Restart: Backlog of migrants to take a month to clear

It will take around a month to clear the backlog of some 10,500 Saudi Arabia-bound Bangladeshi expatriate workers who were stuck in the country due to the Gulf nation’s two-week suspension of all international flights.
3 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Go to polls and prove your worth: Bangabandhu

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today rejects the opposition’s suggestion of an all-party government before the polls to ensure free and fair elections. He refuses to grant the status of a “political party” to the opponents of the present government.
3 January 2021, 18:00 PM

UNOs are rulers of upazilas

Bangladesh Upazila Parishad Association has alleged that upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) are playing the role of rulers at the upazila level.
2 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Disorder, communalism must stop: Bangabandhu

Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today says that some elements are trying to create disorder and communalism. He adds that those
2 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Resist bid to foil election

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today says some have realised that people would not vote for them and they are trying to create disruption to foil the elections.
1 January 2021, 18:00 PM

PM greets nation on New Year's eve

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greets the countrymen on the eve of the New Year 2017 in English calendar.
31 December 2016, 15:43 PM

President hopeful about formation of a neutral, competent EC

President Abdul Hamid expresses the hope that formation of a competent, neutral and acceptable Election Commission (EC) would be possible through discussions with the political parties.
31 December 2016, 15:09 PM

First phase of Biswa Ijtema begins Jan 13

The first phase of the Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after the holy Hajj, will begin on January 13 at the bank of the Turag River of Tongi in Gazipur.
30 December 2016, 11:08 AM