BTTC urges govt to permit onion imports
Staff Reporter : Amid a sharp spike in onion prices, the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) has advised the government to permit imports to help cool the market. Data from the Trading Corporation...
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Liberation War freed AL, not the nation: Rizvi
News Desk : BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said the 1971 Liberation War did not bring freedom to the Bengali nation but only to the Awami League. “The freedom we...
‘It was planned propaganda’: NCC denies Tk 83cr hospitality claim
Staff Reporter : The National Consensus Commission (NCC) has strongly denied allegations that it spent Tk 83 crore on hospitality, describing the claim as “entirely fabricated” and part of a “planned propaganda” campaign aimed...
Online travel fraud jolts BD’s $1b air-ticket mrkt
Staff Reporter : A wave of online ticketing scams has rattled Bangladesh’s $1-billion air travel market, shaking confidence among passengers and travel agents and exposing glaring weaknesses in regulatory oversight. In just two months,...
Polls to be held in Feb, says CA’s press secretary
Staff Reporter : Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Friday reaffirmed that the national parliamentary elections will take place in February next year, dismissing attempts by certain groups to create confusion about the...
India sets up army base along BD border
Staff Correspondent : The Indian Army has operationalised a new military base in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal and is in the process of raising another military station in Dhubri, Assam, to bolster...
EC fully ready for polls in February
Staff Reporter : The Election Commission (EC) has completed all necessary preparations to hold the 13th national parliamentary elections in the first half of February next year, Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud said in...
Govt trying high to expand manpower mrkt
Reza Mahmud : While remittance inflow recorded a year-on-year growth of 48.9 percent in the beginning of November, the overseas employment fell by 18.46pc in October compared to the previous month and by 25.6pc...
People won’t accept election beyond Feb
Staff Reporter : BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has warned the interim government against any move to postpone the upcoming national election, asserting that the people of Bangladesh “will not accept” if...
Nationalist forces have to unite in spirit of 7th Nov
Staff Reporter : BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday called upon all nationalist forces to unite in the spirit of November 7 to build a strong and democratic Bangladesh. “Safeguarding our national independence...