Minister's initiative alleviates three students' woes
Thanks to steps taken by State Minister for Labour and Employment Md Mujibul Haque, three students from financially insolvent families are now free of worries plaguing them just a week ago over paying admission fees and expenses at public medical colleges.
31 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Minister’s generosity overcomes uncertainty of 3 students
An initiative taken by State Minister Md Mujibul Haque Chunnu helps to overcome financial difficulties of three students whose admission in government medical colleges were uncertain.
31 October 2016, 13:39 PM
AL’s 20th council: 67-yr walk to Suhrawardy Udyan
It has been a walk of 67 years for Awami League through ups and downs since its inception in 1949 when a faction broke out from then Muslim League and formed the idea of Awami Muslim League at Rose Garden.
22 October 2016, 01:56 AM
AL to promote leaders close to grassroots
The ruling Awami League plans to strengthen the party base through the council by giving prominent positions to leaders who
20 October 2016, 18:00 PM
AL Council: Leaders to ask Joy to be future leader
The ruling Awami League will focus on electing the party's future leadership and the next parliamentary elections in its national council next week.
18 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Underweight urea sacks sent to dealers
The Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) has started sending dealers fertiliser sacks weighing a lot less than the usual 50kg, instead of storing them in state-owned warehouses.
13 October 2016, 18:00 PM
5 more routes by 2018
As part of efforts to boost trade and improve rail communication, five rail routes will be launched between Bangladesh and India in
19 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Create awareness to resist terror
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked her cabinet colleagues to take measures to create social awareness for resisting terrorism in the country.
11 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Security beefed up around TV channels
In the wake of the latest militant attacks on a Gulshan restaurant and Sholakia Eidgah, security has been beefed up around different
9 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Security tightened
Law enforcers have stepped up security in all important places and establishments in the capital, especially in the diplomatic zone, following Friday's terror attack.
3 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Dream highway stirs new hope
The four-lane Dhaka-Chittagong highway formally opens today amid high hopes that it would boost trade and make smoother road...
1 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Focus on fast-track projects
The government has given top priority to eight fast-track mega projects in the upcoming budget, setting aside Tk 18,727 crore for them.
2 June 2016, 18:00 PM
More burden on Bangladesh's state coffer
The government will have to spend more money from the public exchequer on the salaries and perks of the 222 public servants who got promotion over the last three days, but who will continue to do their same old job.
15 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Promotion for prestige
The latest round of promotion in the civil administration will hardly bring any dynamism in bureaucracy as most of the promoted
13 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Padma Bridge project: River training to be dearer
The cost of the Padma Bridge River Training Works (RTW) is likely to increase further as additional areas have been brought under the RTW beyond the original plan due to excessive erosion of the river banks.
3 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh cabinet approves draft law to probe misconduct
The cabinet yesterday approved in principle a draft law specifying the procedures for investigation into allegations of misconduct or incapacity against a Supreme Court judge and the judge's removal by the Jatiya Sangsad.
25 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Do not let renovations alter historic sites' originality
Stating that the authorities concerned have been destroying the original state of historical sites during renovations, Prime Minister
18 April 2016, 18:00 PM
50pc cost hike for delayed start
The first-ever fast bus lane designed to run from Dhaka airport to Gazipur will be at least 50 percent costlier with the construction expected to begin in June, four years after the government took up the project.
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Game on '71 war out on March 26
A group of girls have been kidnapped by the Pakistani occupation forces and are held hostage at a torture camp, four kilometres off from Shanir-char in Barisal, a strategically important Pakistani outpost. Shamsu Bahini, a group of five desperados and commandoes guerrillas who reclaimed the Char from the Pakistani's grip move to rescue their sisters.
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Comments on CJ embarrassed govt
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government was “embarrassed” by the comments of two ministers about Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.
7 March 2016, 18:00 PM