Ashraf calls for upholding AL’s good image
UNB, Dhaka :General Secretary of ruling Awami League Syed Ashraful Islam on Saturday asked members of the party to refrain from doing anything that may...
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Two held with Yaba in city
Two separate teams of Government Railway Police (GRP) and Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested two persons including a women drug peddler...
Low over Bay persists
UNB, Dhaka :Deep convection is taking place over the North Bay due to strong monsoon. Squally weather may affect North Bay, adjoining coastal area of...
Aug 15 massacre aimed at making BD a Pak province: PM
UNB, Dhaka :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the massacre on August 15 in 1975 was carried out in a bid to make independent...
Regulated use of gas resources to boost economy
Michael James Barton :Yet again, some obstinate U.S. senators have undermined America’s energy renaissance. The Senate just forfeited thousands of new American jobs by denying...
Americans’ optimism is dying
Dana Milbank :It has been slipping for some time, really, but a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll this month put an exclamation point on Americans’...
At 90, a former Foreign Service officer looks at Gaza
Eugene Bird :Almost 60 years ago, I was a young Foreign Service officer, standing on the Gaza border with my contact from the Israeli Foreign...
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Partisan referees spoil game The referees and the assistant referees have disallowed many legitimate goals on ground of offside in the 20th World Cup Football...
Diverting SME loan funds will only induce unemployment
BYPASSING Bangladesh Bank directives, many scheduled banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) disbursed a major portion of the loan amounts designated for Small and Medium...