Govt eyes hiking power price
Special Correspondent : The demand for electricity is increasing in line with population growth and housing in the country. Electricity prices have been increased more...
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Take stern action against graft, reform financial sector: President tells newly elected MPs
UNB, Dhaka : President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday urged all concerned to take stern actions against corruption alongside reforming the financial sector. “Uncertainty is increasing...
Pakistani court sentences former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 10 years for revealing state secrets
UNB, ISLAMABAD : A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and one of his party deputies to 10 years in prison...
US senators’ letter in support of Dr. Yunus shows lack of respect for the office of PM of an independent nation: Congress of Bangladeshi Americans
UNB, Dhaka : The Congress of Bangladeshi Americans have encouraged US senators not to take the side of Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus, and instead...
Fire at bank in Dhaka’s Gulistan extinguished
UNB, Dhaka : A fire that broke out in a private bank branch, housed in a four-storey building, on Nawabpur Road in Dhaka’s Gulistan early...
PM meets independent MPs: World must find end to Rohingya crisis: Hasina
UNB : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the international community to think about a solution of the Rohingya crisis so the forcibly displaced...
GM Quader made opposition leader in JS, Anisul Islam deputy
UNB, Dhaka : Ghulam Muhammad Quader, chairman of the Jatiya Party, has been made Leader of the Opposition in parliament while Anisul Islam Mahmud as...
Nobel laureate Dr Yunus granted bail
UNB, Dhaka : The Labour Appellate Tribunal in Dhaka today granted bail to Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus and three officials of Grameen Telecom. The...
Six shops gutted in Shariatpur fire
UNB : Six shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at Naria Bazar Bridge Road early morning Saturday. According to police and locals,...
AL, BNP take on collision course after Jan 7
Staff Reporter : In the aftermath of the 12th parliamentary election, the political landscape is once again heating up as the two major rivals, Awami...
Tetulia records lowest temperature in country at 7.2 degrees
UNB, Chuadanga : Country’s lowest temperature of 7.2 degrees Celsius was recorded in Tetulia of Panchagarh district for the second consecutive day on Saturday as...