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30m traditional cooking stoves to be replaced

Staff Reporter :The government will replace 30 million traditional cooking stoves by installing high-quality ones by the year 2030, which would require $100 million for updating five million cook stoves of the country by...

Gas price hike CPB, BSD demo today, tomorrow

UNB, Dhaka :Two left leaning parties-Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) — will jointly stage demonstrations in the capital on Saturday, protesting the move to raise gas prices from January...

B Chy wants govt to quit, early polls

UNB, Dhaka :President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Friday urged the government to quit forthwith and arrange a credible general election.“An unprecedented anarchy has been created in the country...

Adilur gets RF Kennedy Award

UNB, Dhaka :Adilur Rahman Khan, a leading human rights lawyer, received the 2014 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award in a ceremony in Capitol Hill in Washington DC on Thursday.Presented annually by the Robert...

Price of edible oil, onion upward

Anisul Islam Noor :Edible oil and onion price showed upward trend while rice and fish price remained stable in the city’s kitchen markets at the weekend on Friday. On the other hand, vegetable price...

Fakhrul for united oust govt movement

UNB, Bogra :Stating that people have been held hostage to the hands of the current regime, BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday urged all to wage a united street movement to pull...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina witnessing the Armed Forces Day reception at the Sena Kunja on Friday. The Chiefs of three services seen saluting on the occasion.

Armed Forces to be modernised: PM

UNB, Dhaka :Renewing her firm resolve to build Bangladesh imbued with the Liberation War spirit, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said her government has undertaken various steps to modernise the Armed Forces so...

MLAR sent to bring back laundered money

Staff Reporter :Mutual Legal Assistance Request (MLAR) has been sent to several countries by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in order to bring back the money laundered from the country in last few years.ACC Secretary...

Sunamganj youth picked up by BSF

UNB, Sunamganj :Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up a Bangladeshi young man from Baliaghat border point in Tahirpur upazila on Friday morning.The victim was identified as Hazrat Ali, 35, a coal...

SAARC summit An opportunity to resolve problems

UNB, Dhaka :Foreign affairs experts and representatives from diplomatic missions in Kathmandu have stressed the need fortaking the 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) Summit as an opportunity for resolving regional problems.At...