144 foils rival AL meet in Kishoreganj
UNB, Kishoreganj :Awami League and its front organization Sramik League could not hold their scheduled programmes in Karimganj upazila on Sunday due to the imposition...
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Plot allotment / Shajahan, Abbas give statement to ACC
Staff Reporter :The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday took statement of Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan and former Housing and Public Works Minister Mirza Abbas in...
Hearings on charge framing against 67 BNP leaders now Nov 5
Court Correspondent :The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday deferred the hearings on charge framing in two cases filed with Paltan and Shahbagh...
Japanese experts suggest / Retrofit quake risk buildings
UNB, Dhaka :Japanese experts on Sunday observed that the important buildings in Bangladesh which are vulnerable to earthquake should be retrofitted to make those tremor-resistant.Retrofitting...
‘Farmers to get free fertilisers, seeds’
UNB, Dhaka :The government will distribute free seeds and chemical fertilisers among over two lakh farmers in 26 districts,said Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury on Sunday.Of...
State-owned industries won’t be sold or leased out: PM orders
UNB, Dhaka :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said, no state-owned industry will be leased out or be sold, and ordered taking back those the...
Bail plea of IS suspect Hamdan rejected
bdnews24.com :A Dhaka court has refused bail to Samiun Rahman Ibn Hamdan arrested for his alleged ties to militant group Islamic State (IS).The 24-year old...
Helping girls worldwide requires a united stand
Malala Yousafzai :Birthdays are a time to move forward. We look back with gratitude on what has passed and decide that this year we will...
A question of leadership
Michael Gerson :Disloyal or not, former defense secretary Leon Panetta has delivered a root-and-branch critique of President Obama’s approach to the Middle East.In his new...