Educationists cry for primary teachers’ social dignity
To ensure the quality of education it is imperative that the primary school teachers were able to lead a dignified life socially and professionally, educationists said.
HASINA-MODI TALKS India export ban a priority
Bangladesh would ask India to set up a mechanism to avert adverse impacts of hasty decisions made by Indian authorities to stop export and impose new conditions on export goods in general as well as export of food items from the country.
DRIVES AGAINST CASINOS, CORRUPTIONS JL chairman’s bank account info sought
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit on Thursday sought details of all bank accounts of ruling Awami League’s youth front Juba League chairman Omar Faruk Chowdhury.
Hundreds homeless as rivers swell
Flash floods caused by opening of floodgates of Farakka Barrage in India have rendered hundreds of families in Bangladesh homeless until Thursday.
2 Mahjong gambling tools seized
Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate officials on Thursday seized two automatic Mahjong tables used for gambling during a raid on a hostel operated by a Chinese national in Dhaka's Uttara area.
Government against Khaleda bail, BNP divided over ways
The government is totally reluctant to set former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia free on bail when the main opposition party is sharply divided regarding whether it should free her through movement or negotiations.
Flood woes intensify as Ganges flow keeps rising
Water in the river Padma and its tributaries on Wednesday continued to swell as upstream flow from India continued feeding the rivers in Bangladesh after India opened all the floodgates at Farakka Barrage on the Ganges on Sunday.
Water, trade, sea disputes, border killing, Rohingya to dominate Hasina-Modi talks
Cooperation in the water sector including sharing of waters of the common rivers, bilateral trade, disputes on rights in the deep sea and border killing by Indians would dominate the talks between
Hasina vows not to let ‘termites’ eat up development funds
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina pledged not to allow ‘termites’ to eat up development benefits by plundering money from the development projects.
BNP MPs seek PM’s help for Khaleda’s bail
Opposition BNP MPs have requested prime minister Sheikh Hasina to free former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on bail.
