Damaged roads to be repaired in 3 days before Eid: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says all dilapidated roads across the country will be repaired within three days before Eid.
5 August 2019, 07:21 AM

None of Khaleda family applied for her release on parole: Khokon

None of the members of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s family and her relatives has applied to the government for her release from jail on parole, says Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon, a lawyer for Khaleda and a BNP leader.
4 August 2019, 16:15 PM

Country turns the land of Hirak Raja: Fakhrul

Coming down hard on the government over the dengue epidemic across the country, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that the country has been made worse than the land of Hirak Raja.
4 August 2019, 16:11 PM

Police instructed to rescue missing Mohona TV journalist: Home Minister

Home Minister Assaduzzaman Khan Kamal says that he has directed Gulshan police to take immediate steps to rescue missing Mohona TV journalist Moshiur Rahman.
4 August 2019, 08:39 AM

PM reaffirms to build Sonar Bangla

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reaffirms her determination to build a hunger-and-poverty-free Sonar Bangla as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
4 August 2019, 06:44 AM

Give subsidy to ensure free treatment of dengue patients: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir calls upon the government to provide subsidy to public and private hospitals to ensure free treatment of dengue infected patients.
3 August 2019, 15:48 PM

India sends back Maldives ex-vice president

Former vice president of Maldives Ahmed Adheeb Abdul Ghafoor, who had sought political asylum in India, has been sent back to his home country, police say.
3 August 2019, 10:11 AM

BNP is doing politics with dengue: Quader

​Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader alleges that BNP is doing politics with the ongoing dengue outbreak across the country.
3 August 2019, 08:55 AM

JP for permanent list of flood victims for relief distribution

Jatiya Party (JP) urges the government to make a permanent list of flood-affected people to distribute relief materials among them every year.
3 August 2019, 08:30 AM

US envoy visits Gopalganj, pays homage to Bangabandhu

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller visits Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s home district Gopalganj and pays tributes to the Father of the Nation.
2 August 2019, 14:21 PM

Nagorik Oikya blames govt for dengue outbreak

Nagorik Oikya, one of the partners of Jatiya Oikyafront, blames the government for its negligence in preventing dengue fever, rape incidents and reducing sufferings of flood affected people.
2 August 2019, 13:08 PM

SC ruling on UP rape case a ‘stamp on prevailing jungle raj’: Priyanka Gandhi

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra says the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Unnao rape case, in which a Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker is the main accused, is a “stamp on the prevailing jungle raj” in the saffron party-ruled Uttar Pradesh and the state government’s “failure”.
2 August 2019, 07:57 AM

Communal forces become active in August: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says the communal forces get active here in every August, the month of mourning when Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with most of his family members was killed in 1975.
1 August 2019, 13:55 PM

JSD urges govt for disaster management council to control dengue

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-Inu) has called upon the government to form disaster management council to curb the dengue menace.
1 August 2019, 11:42 AM

Provide treatment to dengue patients at token money: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader urges physicians to provide treatment to dengue patients at a token money on humanitarian ground.
31 July 2019, 13:12 PM

Khaleda’s bail plea rejected in Zia charitable graft case

The High Court rejects bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in connection with Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.
31 July 2019, 11:13 AM

Rohingya crisis: Japan eager to play mediator

Japan has expressed its eagerness to actively perform a role of mediator between Bangladesh and Myanmar to ensure immediate smooth repatriation of Rohingya people to their place of origin in Myanmar.
30 July 2019, 15:47 PM

HC begins Khaleda’s bail hearing in Zia Charitable Trust case

The High Court starts hearing on a petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking bail in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case in which she has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment.
30 July 2019, 13:29 PM

Germany to provide EUR 200m for dev projects

Bangladesh and Germany sign two bilateral agreements on development cooperation with German assistance worth 200 million euros or Tk 1,846.6 crore for various development projects.
30 July 2019, 13:14 PM

Govt failed to tackle flood, dengue: BNP

BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has said that the government has failed to tackle the flood situation and dengue outbreak in the country and is now “terming all disorders in the country as rumours” after failing to check these issues.
30 July 2019, 13:06 PM