India hints at change in Tipaimukh project: Anisul
Water resources minister Anisul Islam Mahmud told the Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday that India had informed Bangladesh that they might change the shape of Tipaimukh hydroelectric project on an international river.
Writ seeking ban on airing 3 Indian TV channels rejected
The High Court on Sunday rejected a writ petition that sought ban on airing of three Indian television channels in Bangladesh on the ground that the channels’ programmes were against the country’s culture and tradition.
Trump's immigration ban sends shockwaves
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's seismic move to ban more than 130 million people from the United States and to deny entry to all refugees reverberated worldwide Saturday, as chaos and confusion rippled through US law enforcement agencies, airports and foreign capitals trying to grasp the US's new policy.
Trump and Putin discuss stabilizing ties, Kremlin says
US President Donald Trump may be having his biggest day of diplomacy yet, speaking by phone Saturday with five world leaders -- most significantly Russia's Vladimir Putin and Germany's Angela Merkel.
Here's what Europe would think if Trump goes easy on Putin
President Donald Trump's hints about easing sanctions on Russia have been met with a clear European response -- please don't.
Bureaucracy reforms Govt move on the backburner
The government seems to have forgotten its election pledge that it would reform the bureaucracy to free it from the clutches of influence of the party in power and make it more service oriented. An objective of the pledged reform was to make merit rather than patronage as the bedrock for the nation’s civil service.
PM blasts anti-Rampal Power Plant campaigners again
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina once again came down heavily on the campaigners against the Rampal Power Plant, saying that they never visited the power plant site to ascertain its impact on the Sunderbans.
Search committee seeks five names from 31 parties each
The six-member search committee on Election Commission reconstitution on Saturday sought five names as potential election commissioners from each of the 31 political parties that held discussion with president Abdul Hamid on the much talked-about issue.
Dhaka won’t bow to outside pressures, says Menon
Workers Party of Bangladesh on Saturday said the country is not in a position that it would bow to the illicit interference by others into its domestic affairs.
Torture not to deter us from anti-Rampal movement: Anu
Member secretary of National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas, Mineral Resources and Power-Port Anu Muhammad on Saturday said the government would not be able to stop their movement against the Rampal power project through resorting to torture.
