Rajuk, Chinese firm sign MoU for Dhaka elevated highway

Rajuk yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese construction company to build a 13km elevated highway
11 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Hasina for exploring untapped potentials

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday underscored the need for more institutional arrangements between Bangladesh and Slovenia
11 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Gonojagoron Mancha faction marches again for justice

A faction of Gonojagoron Mancha yesterday brought out a procession demanding arrest and trial of the killers of blogger Niladri
11 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Ctg Mayor Nasir feels urgency for city govt

Chittagong Mayor AZM Nasir Uddin yesterday stressed the need for introduction of city government, which will bring all public service
11 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Govt to buy twenty dredgers for BIWTA

The government has undertaken a project to procure 20 dredgers and necessary equipment at the cost of Tk 2,048 crore to enable
11 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh SC asks for recordings of report, talk show

The Supreme Court yesterday ordered private television channel Ekattor TV to submit by August 16 the recordings of a report and a talk show in which
11 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Constitutionally recognise Adivasis: Adivasi Parishad

Jatiya Adibashi Parishad yesterday demanded that their constitutional recognition as “indigenous” be ensured as they have their own
11 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh sets 80km maximum speed to reduce road accidents

In yet another impromptu move, the government yesterday decided that speed limiters would be installed in all modes of transports on highways to cap their speeds to 80kmph with an aim to check road accidents.
10 August 2015, 18:00 PM

IGP draws flak over remarks on blogging

Some eminent people yesterday criticised Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque for his request to bloggers that they should not "cross the limit".
10 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh, Vietnam eye extending ties in security

President Abdul Hamid today meets his Vietnam counterpart Truong Tan Sang and discusses security, connectivity, trade, investment, tourism and culture.
10 August 2015, 08:31 AM

Order on Zafrullah’s contempt Aug 30

A tribunal in Dhaka fixes August 30 to pass an order in a contempt of court proceeding initiated against Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury.
10 August 2015, 08:00 AM

DSCC mayor reprimands engineer for battered road

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday reprimanded the engineer concerned for not repairing the road in
9 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Fazilatunnesa helped Bangabandhu take political decisions

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangamata Fazilatunnesa Mujib sacrificed everything to encourage Father of the Nation
8 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Drivers want to ply 3-wheelers till 2pm

Owners and drivers of CNG-run auto-rickshaws in Chittagong yesterday requested that they be allowed to ply their vehicles from 6:00am
8 August 2015, 18:00 PM

President for expansion of Thai market

President Abdul Hamid yesterday asked the expatriate Bangladeshis in Thailand to continue to work together rising above all differences
8 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Govt initiative made to fail?

The government-to-government (G2G) labour recruitment system between Bangladesh and Malaysia was made to fail.
8 August 2015, 18:00 PM

DNCC moves to ease public sufferings

With the aim to spare people sufferings, particularly from traffic jams, ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC)
7 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Separate land commission, ministry sought

Rights activists yesterday demanded a separate land commission and a separate ministry for the plain land indigenous people.
7 August 2015, 18:00 PM

CU, RU teachers announce demos against proposed govt payscale

Teachers of different public universities have announced separate programmes in protest of the new proposed payscale.
6 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Dhaka, KL agree to check illegal migration

Amid a recent wave of risky illegal migration, Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur have agreed to closely work together for a permanent solution
6 August 2015, 18:00 PM