No let-up in city traffic chaos
Successive costly but unrealistic initiatives failed to improve the capital’s chaotic traffic over the last 11 years.
No let-up in city traffic chaos
Successive costly but unrealistic initiatives failed to improve the capital’s chaotic traffic over the last 11 years.
HC orders freezing Tamapco owner’s bank account
The High Court on Monday ordered Bangladesh Bank to confiscate the bank account of factory owner of Tampaco Foils which was ravaged by a fire on Septemner 10, leading to the death of at least 38 people.
Defaulted loans fail banks to lower interest rate
Experts and economists on Sunday said the country’s banks were now unable to lower their interest rates as they (banks) have been under heavy burden of defaulted loans in recent years.
UPL holds book fair at Central Public Library
The University Press Limited is holding its annual grand sales on the premises of the Central Public Library at Shahbagh in the capital.
Enough political space in Bangladesh: Hasina
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, said that there was enough political space in Bangladesh and the opposition political parties were using it holding rallies and processions.
Fakhrul calls for immediate general election
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said they wanted an immediate general election under a neutral government, not a midterm election as it did not accept the election of January 5, 2014.
Poor food ‘risks health of half the world’
Poor diets are undermining the health of one in three of the world’s people, an independent panel of food and agriculture experts has warned.
BNP welcomes Khaleda home
Leaders and activists of BNP and its front organisations on Thursday accorded a reception for their chairperson Khaleda Zia, on her return to Dhaka after performing hajj in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
PM rules out mid-term polls
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday ruled out the possibility of mid-term polls, saying that what problem has been created that the mid-term elections will have to be given.
