BGB honours 57 gallant freedom fighters

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) accorded a reception to 57 gallantry award winning freedom fighters in Bir Uttam Fazlur Rahman Khandker auditorium in the
21 December 2015

Govt plan to reacquire Habiganj tea estate land slammed

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), Communist Party of Bangladesh and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal yesterday slammed government plans to take back land leased out to tea estates in Habiganj and establish a special economic zone.
21 December 2015

3 govt officials finally charged

A Dhaka court yesterday used its inherent power to include three labour ministry officials in the charge sheet of the murder case filed over the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar in April 2013. The investigating officer (IO) of the case found involvement of the three in the crimes. But the labour ministry refused to give its approval to bring charges against them. According to law, government's prior approval is required to give a charge sheet against a government official.
21 December 2015

Local govt should get authority to earn, spend

The financial capability and autonomy of local government should be increased if their accountability is to be ensured, speakers told an opinion sharing meeting yesterday.
21 December 2015

Online payment for pensioners mulled

The government has undertaken a plan to send pension money to bank accounts of pensioners directly through electric fund transfer.
20 December 2015

Freedom fighters' age now below 13

The liberation war affairs ministry has decided to further reduce the age limit for being recognised as freedom fighters to 12 years and four months.
20 December 2015

Shahed Reza new president of Dhaka Club

Former ambassador Syed Shahed Reza has been elected president of Dhaka Club Ltd for the year 2015-2016 on Saturday, said a press release yesterday.
20 December 2015

CCC honours 120 freedom fighters

The authority of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) yesterday honoured 120 freedom fighters fought in the district during the 1971 Liberation War.
20 December 2015

100 illegal structures evicted in Gulistan

Dhaka South City Corporation authorities evicts over 100 shops built illegally occupying footpaths in the city’s busy Gulistan intersection as part of a month-long drive.
20 December 2015

PM cautions against BDR mutiny like incident

Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina asks BGB personnel to remain alert so that incident like the 2009 BDR mutiny does not recur in the future.
20 December 2015

Adarsh Swaika to act as Indian envoy until Harsh Vardhan's arrival

Adarsh Swaika, deputy high commissioner of India in Dhaka, will act as the high commissioner until Harsh Vardhan, the new high
19 December 2015

Govt planning to increase MBBS internship tenure

Health Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday said the government is contemplating to increase internship tenure for
19 December 2015

Follow building code to avoid disasters

Bangladesh does not want to see any death due to man-made disasters, said Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday,
19 December 2015

Bangladesh's hydroponic agri-system global heritage

A hydroponics system in Bangladesh, based on floating gardens, has been recognised by the United Nations' Food and Agricultural
19 December 2015

Integrated check post opposite Benapole port to open soon

The construction of an integrated checkpost is at its final stage at Petrapole, India opposite Benapole Land Port in Bangladesh to facilitate
18 December 2015

Political freedom sought

Accusing Bangladesh's political parties of failing to nurture the Liberation War's spirit, speakers at a convention in the capital yesterday
18 December 2015

Every upazila to get technical education centre

LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain yesterday said technical education centres would be set up in all
18 December 2015

Chevron sponsors facial reconstructive surgeries

Chevron Bangladesh sponsored a mission of Rotaplast International, a nonprofit humanitarian organisation, under which 85 patients received reconstructive
17 December 2015

New list of freedom fighters by March 26

The government will publish a new list of freedom fighters by March 26 (Independence Day) next year.
17 December 2015

Poriborton Chai's cleanliness drive on February 6

Poriborton Chai, an NGO, announced that its volunteers will clean up different parts of the country simultaneously on February 6 next year to promote environmental awareness with dissemination of its core message, "Let's clean up the country."
17 December 2015