A strong army helps establish democracy

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said a disciplined and strong army always played a very helpful role in establishing and integrating democracy in any
22 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Mahmudur attacked in Kushtia

Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman suffered injuries yesterday as BCL men allegedly attacked him on the court premises in Kushtia after he was granted bail in a defamation case.
22 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Civil Service Reform Plans: Doomed all along

All the successive governments made moves to reform the civil service but none of them brought about the much-needed changes due to lack of political will and resistance from a section of bureaucrats.
22 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Pakistan General Election 2018: Civil society, parties slam 'interference'

Amid the charged political environment, representatives of different civil society organisations and main political parties in Pakistan, barring Imran Khan-led PTI, yesterday condemned the alleged electoral irregularities and 'interference' ahead of the July 25 polls.
21 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Tigers look to bounce back

The Bangladesh national cricket team will look to turn the tide after their humiliating two-match Test series defeat against West Indies when they take on the spirited hosts in the first of a three-match ODI series in Guyana today. The game will get underway at 7:30 pm Bangladesh standard time.
21 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Arrest fear grips BNP ranks

With the city polls in Sylhet, Rajshahi and Barisal only a week away, arrests of BNP leaders and activists remains a major concern for its mayoral candidates.
21 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Govt hospitals run short of free saline

Government hospitals across the country are facing a serious shortage of some key medical supplies -- saline, infusion and transfusion sets, and blood bags -- as their production at the state-run IPH remained suspended for about a year.
21 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Vote for AL, ensure prosperity

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged people to vote for “boat” for a poverty- and hunger-free Bangladesh by 2021. She urged them to vote like they had done to liberate the country.
21 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Anti-Drug Drive: 3 more killed in 'gunfights'

Three more suspected drug peddlers were killed in “gunfights” with law enforcers in Chittagong and Comilla yesterday.
20 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Anomalies aplenty

Mayoral candidates and their supporters have been conducting campaigns in three cities flouting the electoral code of conduct, but the Election Commission is hardly taking any action to stop this.
20 July 2018, 18:00 PM

A mother's appeal to another

A distressed Saleha Begum struggled to hold back tears as she begged for the release of her only son Muhammad Rashed Khan, a quota movement leader under arrest since July 1.
20 July 2018, 18:00 PM

No election in two decades

The lack of government will over holding elections to the regional council and the three district councils in Chittagong Hill Tracts has long been depriving indigenous people of their right to have elected representatives in those local bodies.
20 July 2018, 18:00 PM

UN reports more violence, persecution in Myanmar

Muslim Rohingya refugees reaching Bangladesh say violence, including torture, persists against them in Myanmar and the overall environment remains "menacing" for ethnic and religious minorities, UN human rights investigators said yesterday.
19 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Gold in BB Vault: Discrepancies raise question

Bangladesh Bank recorded some of the gold in its vault as low-grade ones although an investigation by the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) found that they were of superior quality.
19 July 2018, 18:00 PM

PM hopes next JS polls will be inclusive

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed hope that the Election Commission will be able to hold an inclusive, fair and neutral national election by the year-end with support from all political parties, the administration and other stakeholders.
19 July 2018, 18:00 PM

BCL actions outrageous

When a group of teachers was staging a rally at Dhaka University yesterday against repression on students and teachers, Chhatra League men assaulted some quota reformists on the campus of Chittagong University.
19 July 2018, 18:00 PM

11-year low

This year's HSC exams success rate is the lowest in 11 years and it dropped 2.29 percentage points from last year's 66.84 percent owing to students' poorer performance in English, physics and ICT.
19 July 2018, 18:00 PM

CPB, 7 other parties form new alliance

Left Democratic Alliance (LDA), a newly formed platform of eight left-leaning parties, yesterday demanded that the present parliament be dissolved before the schedule for the next general election is announced.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

All gold kept in BB vault secure

State Minister for Finance and Planning MA Mannan yesterday claimed that all gold kept in the Bangladesh Bank's vault is secure.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Committee for quota review may seek 90 more days

The committee formed on July 2 to “review, reform or cancel” the quota system for civil service may seek 90 more working days as it has not finished collecting information and reviewing reports about the system, sources said.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM