Tk 2.21cr extorted daily from city transport
Finds govt probe; transport sector now controlled mostly by BNP-linked influentials
8 March 2025, 18:00 PM
A walk through relics of power and paranoia
Inside Gono Bhaban, a fallen dictator's palace
20 February 2025, 18:00 PM
How our red and green came to be
The fluttering red and green never fails to inspire pride and joy.
15 December 2024, 18:00 PM
41st BCS police cadre: 100 candidates facing fresh verification
The interim government is re-verifying the background of 100 individuals who passed the 41st Bangladesh Civil Service examinations and were recommended for police cadre jobs.
25 October 2024, 22:00 PM
Sheikh clan’s lust for duty-free cars
With an almost decimated opposition and farcical elections, a party nomination from the ruling Awami League was as good as a seat in the parliament.
25 October 2024, 01:00 AM
Interim govt struggling on many fronts
The government on around a dozen occasions has backtracked on its decisions during its two months in office, casting doubts about its resolve.
8 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Mahalaya to Vijaya Dashami: What this year’s Durga Puja predicts
Durga Puja, an annual Hindu festival, celebrates the divine force “Shakti” embodied in Goddess Durga. This year, Mahalaya falls on 2 October, marking the start of Devi Paksha. Durga arrives on 3 October by palanquin, considered inauspicious, and departs on 12 October by horse.
2 October 2024, 10:19 AM
Cops still afraid to come out of cocoon
An overarching sense of frustration, apprehension, and opportunism prevails over the police force, rendering it virtually dysfunctional.
1 October 2024, 18:32 PM
Bangladesh govt orders ensuring security of foreigners
The home ministry and the police headquarters have directed deputy commissioners and superintendents of police in all districts to beef up security for foreign nationals in their areas and maintain regular contact with them.
4 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh to observe Eid without most key leaders
In an unprecedented instance, almost all the key leaders -- including the prime minister, the opposition leader and the BNP chief -- will not be in the country during Eid-ul-Azha.
20 September 2015, 18:00 PM
What prompted govt to review VAT decision
The fear that student protests could take a turn for the worse was one of the reasons why the government yesterday withdrew 7.5 percent value added tax (VAT) on private universities and medical and engineering colleges, according to sources in the ruling Awami League.
14 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Leftist allies of Bangladesh Awami League against VAT on education
The ruling Awami League's partners in the 14-party combine yesterday said they are against imposing VAT on education, as it would encourage commercialisation of education.
13 September 2015, 18:00 PM
No council for years in AL top brass' districts
The last council of Kishoreganj district Awami League was held in 1997. Eighteen years have passed since then.
12 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Latif won't contest by-polls
Abdul Latif Siddique, who resigned from parliament on Tuesday, would not contest the by-polls of Tangail-4 constituency, from where he has been elected five times so far.
2 September 2015, 18:00 PM
'PM annoyed over needless remarks'
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed annoyance over some of her party and cabinet colleagues making “unnecessary”
29 August 2015, 18:00 PM
AL spent only a third of its income last year
The ruling Awami League had spent around a third of its total income in 2014.
29 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Unease among allies of Bangladesh Awami League over JSD role
While Awami League's allies see the spat over Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal's role in creating the grounds for Bangabandhu killing as a plot to
27 August 2015, 18:00 PM
In tears, in prayers
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana stood in solemn silence in front of the Tungipara tomb of the Father of the Nation on the day their family was massacred 40 years ago.
15 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh Awami League warns associated bodies against extortion
The ruling Awami League yesterday warned its different units and front organisations not to indulge in “extortion” for hosting any programme marking the National Mourning Day.
6 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Alliance partners unhappy with ruling Awami League of Bangladesh
Components of the 14-party alliance yesterday expressed resentment at BNP-Jamaat men joining the ruling Awami League and
4 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Extortion again?
Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya yesterday opposed a proposal to stop extortion by party men in the name of observing the National Mourning Day programmes, sources said.
21 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Reasons behind Ashraf's removal
Prime minister's annoyance, inactiveness in party and ministerial activities and internal political feud were behind Awami League General Secretary Syed
10 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Inactiveness, internal feud behind Ashraf’s removal from LGRD ministry
Prime minister's annoyance, internal political feud and his inactiveness in party and ministerial activities were behind Awami League
10 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Same Old Feni
Think of Feni of the late 1990s. One name will spring to mind: Joynal Hazari. Back then, the name would strike terror into anyone.
28 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Face law alone
The government and the ruling Awami League high-ups are in an uncomfortable situation, after the Supreme Court scrapped the High Court verdict that had acquitted
21 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
Selection, not election
Old faces rule the grassroots committees of the ruling Awami League, blocking way for the young minds to come to the fore.
26 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Opposition-backed local govt representatives face action; govt-blessed ones spared
“Equality before law” is recognised by the country's constitution as one of the fundamental rights of a citizen. But the Local Government Division under the LGRD ministry seems oblivious to it.
7 May 2015, 18:00 PM