Tarique Rahman calls for patience, assures govt will stick to its promises
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Tarique Rahman inaugurates ‘Family Card’ programme
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5 additional IGPs sent on forced retirement
9 March 2026, 20:00 PM
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DC conference to be held in Dhaka from May 3–6
9 March 2026, 15:10 PM
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Govt honorarium for imams, other religious leaders to be launched on March 14
8 March 2026, 17:46 PM
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Govt declares March 18 a public holiday
8 March 2026, 16:18 PM
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‘Let’s go to war’: PM’s remark briefly catches staff off guard
8 March 2026, 16:05 PM
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No Independence Day illuminations this year as part of austerity measures: Home minister
8 March 2026, 15:31 PM
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TIB accuses govt of removing interim-period information from websites
8 March 2026, 13:59 PM
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Family Card pilot to cover 40,000 households
8 March 2026, 03:04 AM
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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