Mayor Khokon brings together 26 govt agencies

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday urged different government institutions to create public awareness about keeping the city clean.
27 December 2015

Biotech lab at BLRI

A biotechnology laboratory was launched at Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) Savar yesterday.
27 December 2015

Conduct campaigns for clean Dhaka: Khokon

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon urges different government institutions to carry out awareness campaigns to promote cleanliness in the city.
27 December 2015

CJ urges judges to cut annual vacation time

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday urged judges to reduce their annual vacation period and devote more
26 December 2015

7 police officials promoted as additional inspector general

Seven high rank police officials, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah, were
24 December 2015

PGCB moves to improve power supply in Ctg city

The Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) has undertaken two major projects aiming to address low voltage problem and improve power supply in Chittagong city within next two years.
24 December 2015

Hasina seeks entrepreneurs' support for health sector development

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the private sector entrepreneurs to supplement the government
24 December 2015

Govt officials protest pay scale, block Farmgate road

Government officials block a road in Dhaka’s Farmgate for nearly an hour protesting what they said discrimination in the eighth national pay scale.
24 December 2015

Gabtoli tailgate free by Dec 31

The road in front of the capital's Gabtoli bus terminal would be freed from traffic congestion by December 30, the
23 December 2015

Govt to open climate change fighting wing

The government is going to open a separate "climate change wing" under the ministry of environment and forests to coordinate and bring pace in the climate change related works, Secretary to the ministry Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed told a discussion yesterday.
23 December 2015

Pak diplomat 'withdrawn'

A Pakistani female diplomat was withdrawn from Bangladesh yesterday, weeks after allegations of her involvement in terror financing surfaced in the judicial statement of an Islamist militant.
23 December 2015

Independent commission must for protecting child rights

In a country where majority of the children, who account for over one-third of the population, are vulnerable to
23 December 2015

2016 year of cleanliness for Dhaka: Khokon

The year of 2016 will be the “year of cleanliness” for Dhaka city, the city’s South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokon says.
23 December 2015

Land rights lost in so many laws

Successive governments have made many land-related laws over the years but those have failed to establish people's land rights, speakers said at a seminar yesterday.
22 December 2015

JS caucus for inviting railway tenders online

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways Ministry yesterday recommended taking necessary steps to invite
22 December 2015

Rajuk starts giving approval for buildings online

The inhabitants of Dhanmondi and Mohammadpur in the capital from now on will be able to apply to Rajuk online
22 December 2015

Nahid regrets not being able to raise education standard

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said they were very successful in the education sector in terms of
22 December 2015

FM goes on Bahrain visit

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali yesterday left Dhaka for an official visit to Bahrain at the invitation of his counterpart Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa,
21 December 2015

Bangladesh still has to wait some more

Bangladesh will have to wait some more to send unskilled manpower on a large scale to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the two governments still to finalise deals on redesigning a recruitment process.
21 December 2015

Nat'l judicial conference Sunday

The national judicial conference will be held in the capital on Sunday aiming to reduce backlog of cases through digitisation, effective court administration and case management.
21 December 2015