Bus driver confesses to expressway murder
A bus driver accused in the murder of a man whose body was recovered from the Dhaka Elevated Expressway has confessed to his involvement in...
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CEC vows credible local govt election
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A.M.M. Nasir Uddin on Wednesday said the Election Commission (EC) is fully committed to holding the upcoming local government elections in...
Govt okays 1,10,000MT fertiliser imports
The government has decided to import a total of 110,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser from Belarus, Morocco and Saudi Arabia to meet the country’s agricultural...
Irregularities found in SC project: ACC
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has found preliminary evidence of the embezzlement of Tk 6.32 crore through alleged package splitting, irregularities in e-GP tenders and payments...
Ganga treaty extension under ‘smokescreen’
The International Farakka Committee (IFC) has said that Indian leaders’ making centre-state negotiations on Ganges water a condition for extending the 30-year treaty with Bangladesh...
Oman plans to recruit 10,000 Bangladeshis
Oman has expressed interest in recruiting 10,000 workers from Bangladesh, including 5,000 farmers and 5,000 fishermen, as Dhaka continues diplomatic efforts to reopen the Omani...
2 army soldiers killed in Hathazari firing accident
Two Bangladesh Army soldiers were killed and an Army officer was seriously injured in an accident during a field firing exercise at the Hathazari Field...
53 Chinese nationals held over murder, fraud
At least 53 Chinese nationals have been arrested in Bangladesh over various criminal offences in the past year, including murder, fraud and online gambling, according...
Buses stop anywhere, park everywhere
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed authorities to swiftly relocate Dhaka’s four inter-city bus terminals outside the capital as part of efforts to ease the...
India’s rise, Pak’s dilemma
The United States is the lone superpower in the present world. However, it has been shocked tremendously by the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers...
Anu warns of risks in DP world port deal
Economist Professor Anu Muhammad has accused successive Bangladeshi governments of using a “lack of capacity” argument for 54 years to justify foreign takeovers of national...