BNP to rally countrywide against onion price hike

Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday decided to hold countrywide demonstrations on Monday protesting against the skyrocketing price of onion and other daily essential commodities.

Onion price leaps by the hour, hits Tk 250

The price of onion was increasing by the hour and it reached Tk 250 a kilogram in the city on Friday, further burdening the fixed-income group people.

BNP terms govt’s circular on media restrictive

Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday said the government’s circular issued on Friday about print and electronic media was restrictive measure to curb freedom of the press.

AL leader flees to Singapore amid graft probe

Dhaka Wanderers Club’s casino partner and Gendaria Awami League leader Enamul Haque Enu’s brother Rupon Bhuiyan reportedly left the country for Singapore past week amid ongoing

CCC to set up LED lampposts at high cost

The Chattogram City Corporation will install 20,600 LED-bulb fittings on its streets at a cost of Tk 90.40 crore under an Indian suppliers credit with each unit costing

Low IEDCR dengue death figure questions treatment

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research continues to show low figure of death toll from dengue putting the treatment of dengue patients and the competence of the doctors

25 named in Abrar murder charge sheet

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Wednesday submitted a charge sheet against 25 Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology students associated with ruling Awami League-backed

Protesters issue 7-day ultimatum for JU VC’s removal

Teachers and students of Jahangirnagar University who have been continuing their demonstrations pressing removal of their vice-chancellor Farzana Islam on Wednesday issued a seven-day

Anti-graft drives to continue: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the drives against all sorts of corruption including bribery would continue until all tiers of the state and society were freed of such crimes.

Khaleda’s fingers, toes deformed, needs treatment abroad: family

Family members of jailed Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia after meeting her at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Wednesday said her fingers and toes become