Rahul to lead Congress poll campaign
BBC Online :India’s governing Congress Party has named Rahul Gandhi to lead its general election campaign this year.But it stopped short of saying he would be its candidate for prime minister, as many had...
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More outcomes stressed: Existing plans to be reviewed
UNB, Dhaka :With a focus on delivering much more development outcomes, newly inducted Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has hinted at revisiting the existing plans of the government to ensure that those could fulfill...
No clue yet in Gopibagh 6-murder case
UNB, Dhaka :Though nearly a month has elapsed since the gruesome incident, there has been no headway in the investigation into the city’s Gopibagh six-murder case.The investigators who are sure it was a planned...
BFUJ, DUJ protest raid on Inqilab office, journos’ arrest
UNB, Dhaka :Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) on Friday condemned Thursday’s police raid on the Daily Inqilab office and the arrest of its journalists.Expressing resentment at the...
BJP’s ideology biggest threat, says Sonia
PTI, New Delhi :Signalling that Congress is ready for the battle ahead in the Lok Sabha elections, party president Sonia Gandhi yesterday attacked the BJP saying its “divisive” ideology is the “biggest threat” while...
EU keen to know views of Modi
PTI, New Delhi :The European Union on Friday termed Narendra Modi as a “person of great prominence” on India’s political landscape and said it respects the judicial verdict that has given clean chit to...
Smuggled goods worth Tk 566.76 cr seized last yr
BSS, Dhaka :Boarder Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods worth about Taka 566.76 crore from January to December last year across the country. The recovered drugs included 5,32,141 bottles of phensidyl, 10,82,548 yaba tablets,...
PM pays homage to Armed Forces’ martyrs
UNB, Dhaka :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday morning paid homage to the members of the Armed Forces, who made the supreme sacrifices during the War of Liberation, by placing wreaths at the Shikha...
ACC sues 44 Destiny Group officials
Staff Reporter :The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved the charge sheet against 44 executives of Destiny Group on charge of plundering and laundering Tk 4,119.24 crore. The commission in its routine meeting in its...