Youths should take leadership
Young people should come forward to bring about a change in the country’s political leadership and politics as a whole, Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus said yesterday. He said this while talking to...
View ArticleCG must
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has urged the government to resolve the impasse over the holding of the next general election and ensure smooth transition of power through “peaceful dialogue.” “We do not...
View ArticleRenovation almost done
Reconstruction and renovation works of 16 out of 19 Buddhist temples either torched or vandalised in Cox’s Bazar last year have been completed. Project Director Lt Col Siddique Md Zulfiker Rahman said...
View ArticleDownpour to continue
The country may experience heavy to very heavy rainfall today as strong monsoon wind has become active in the northern Bay, the Met office said yesterday. The Met office warned that heavy rainfall...
View ArticleComplaint filed at ICC against PM, 24 others
Two Washington-based organisations have lodged a complaint against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 24 others with International Criminal Court at the Hague in connection with violating human rights,...
View ArticleVoters want their problems solved
The upcoming Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) polls have triggered lots of expectation among the voters about solving their local problems, especially the waterlogging. For years, it has been a common...
View ArticleCG never
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday rejected the BNP’s demand for holding of the next general under a neutral, non-partisan government, calling upon the opposition to have faith in people. “We need...
View ArticleMoney whitening scope widens
The government has given scope for legalising undisclosed money through investment in productive sectors, but withdrawn its proposal for allowing money whitening by purchasing land. It has also lowered...
View ArticleDhaka wants Ticfa before GSP appeal
Bangladesh prefers to sign the Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement (Ticfa) with the US before appealing for the reinstatement of GSP, Commerce Minister GM Quader said yesterday. Usually,...
View ArticleWorkshop on restructuring GB stalled
A government commission on Grameen Bank yesterday postponed its much-talked-about workshop slated for tomorrow after questions were raised about the justification for the event. An official of the...
View ArticleEU seeks to read new labour law
The European Union yesterday said it wants to look into Bangladesh’s amended labour law as EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht is set to host a meeting in Geneva next week to discuss trade privileges....
View ArticleCloning to create UK’s ‘super trees’
Some of Britain’s best-loved trees could be cloned in an effort to reproduce a range of our most successful and sturdy oaks, yews and firs. The £2m scheme to reproduce and grow again all of Britain’s...
View ArticleEU asks for US clarification
The president of the European parliament has called for full clarification from the US over claims it bugged EU offices in America and accessed computer networks. Martin Schulz said there would be a...
View ArticleNo looting
No one looted money from the share market; it only changed hands, Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said. The minister’s remarks came as a response in parliament to the opposition’s criticism over...
View Article1.33 lakh girl students get govt stipend
Around 1.33 lakh female students of degree or equivalent level in the country will receive stipends from the newly introduced Education Trust Fund. While distributing stipends from the fund yesterday,...
View ArticleIsrael PM’s party hardens against him
Hardliners within Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud are poised to seize key positions in the party’s governing institutions on Sunday in a move likely to curb any concessions vis-a-vis...
View ArticleWitness Jalal denies assault of counsel for Mojaheed
Prosecution witness Jahir Uddin Jalal yesterday denied his alleged assault on a counsel of war crimes accused Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed. Jalal told International Crimes Tribunal-2 that the allegation...
View ArticleUganda tanker fire kills 29 people
At least 29 people have been killed in the Ugandan capital after a car crashed into a fuel tanker, police said yesterday. Many of those who died had rushed to the scene on a main road in Kampala to...
View ArticleJP still divided over backing AL
With only six days left for the Gazipur City Corporation election, local leaders and activists of the Jatiya Party (JP), a component of the ruling grand alliance, are still divided over extending...
View ArticleCyclone shelters in shabby state
May 15. The sea was rough and there was tension in the air. The district Met office had warned that cyclone Mahasen was about to hit the coast. The local administration asked the people in the coastal...
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