Though the country’s premier sea port managed to get rid of years-long container and vessel congestion at the end of last year, following inclusion of a number of required equipment and some supervisory steps, such congestion has resurfaced at Chattogram port.

A hallmark of colonial-era architecture is struggling for survival in a corner of Dhaka, where a rich collection at a 137-year-old library is withering away into dust.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia yesterday said militancy and drug trade cannot be stopped by only enforcing law and “putting some people into crossfire”, or sending them to jail.

The chehlum of Rokeya Choudhury, wife of late Nazim Kois Choudhury, will be held tomorrow after Asr prayers at Gulshan Central Mosque (Azad Mosque) in Dhaka, said a press release.

Passengers commuting on the roof of Chattala Express were robbed at knifepoint on Wednesday.

Prof Shireen Akhter of Bengali language and literature department was appointed as acting vice chancellor (VC) of Chittagong University yesterday.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has formed a three-member committee to probe into allegation of bribery against Khandaker Enamul Basir, a director of the commission, and Mizanur Rahman, deputy inspector general (DIG) of police.

President Abdul Hamid left for Tajikistan on a seven-day official visit yesterday.

Bangladesh has shared the existing problems regarding the Rohingya issue with the UN and informed it about Myanmar’s non-cooperation in initiating the repatriation.

Ducsu vice-president Nurul Huq Nur yesterday alleged that Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) selected student representatives for the university senate without any formal meeting.

The eighth biennial conference of the South and Southeast Asian Association for the Study of Culture and Religion (SSEASR) was inaugurated yesterday on the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) campus in the capital’s Dhanmondi, said a press release.

The proposed budget is an ambitious one. We expect clear guidelines and plans from the government how this budget is going to be implemented, given the fact that weak implementation of budget has become a norm in recent years. It is important to highlight how the performance of different ministries will be improved to implement this proposed budget.

It has become a tradition for the budget to be increased every year by 17-18 percent so this year, there was no reason to expect this to change. Generally, Bangladesh’s budget has maintained a sectoral balance in its stance, giving priority to education, agriculture, infrastructure and social sector expenditures.

Find the pie charts for the national budget for fiscal year 2019-20 that Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has placed in the parliament.

In a major reshuffle in the police department, 21 SP-ranked police officials including superintendent of police in 12 districts and five deputy commissioners (DCs) of metropolitan cities have been transferred.

BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury says that the government has kept Tk 145,380 crore deficit in the proposed national budget for 2019-20 fiscal which will be realised from people anyhow.

Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has lodged 52 separate cases against the companies of the 52 substandard food products as per the High Court directives, says a counsel for the BFSA.

Two Rohingyas have been held at Dhaka airport with nearly 9,000 pieces of contraband yaba tablets stuffed inside their stomach.

Budget documents will be available on different websites of the government, as Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is set to announce the proposed national budget for FY20 this afternoon.

The “National Fisheries Week-2019” will be observed next month. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the week.