Democracy loses charm in absence of fair polls: Mahbub Talukdar
Democracy loses its charm, if elections are not held in free and fair manner, observed election commissioner Mahbub Talukdar on Wednesday.
Bangladesh mourns damage of Notre-Dame Cathedral
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen expressed his heartfelt condolences over the massive damage caused to the Notre-Dame Cathedral from a devastating fire on April 15.
62pc WASA service seekers face corruption
Around 62 per cent service seekers of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority are facing different forms of corruption and irregularities, a Transparency International Bangladesh study said.
PM pays homage to Sheikh Mujib on Mujibnagar Day
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday paid tributes to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh, on the occasion of historic Mujibnagar Day.
Diarrhoea cases surge in capital
There has been an unusual surge in the number of diarrhoea patients in and around Bangladesh capital Dhaka at the very outset of this summer.
River route workers agree to join work after daylong strike
Bangladesh Noujan Sramik Federation on early Wednesday postponed for 45 days work abstention of waterway workers that caused sufferings to hundreds of passengers and business people and hampered export and import through sea ports on Tuesday.
Eminent citizens ask govt to bring ex-OC Moazzem to book
Eminent citizens of the country have demanded immediate government actions against former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi police station Moazzem Hossain of Feni for his alleged breach of job rules and committing criminal offences over the case on sexual assault and fire attack on the deceased madrassah girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi.
BNP trashes reports on Khaleda’s release on parole
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday termed ‘baseless’ different media reports on their chairperson Khaleda Zia’s release on parole saying that there had been no decision yet in this regard.
Actor Ferdous to return to Bangladesh as India revokes visa
Bangladeshi film actor Ferdous Ahmed’s visa has been revoked by the Indian authorities allegedly for campaigning for the Trinamool Congress for the upcoming Loko Shabha election, scheduled on April 18.
ACC begins probe into forged release of imports
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday initiated an inquiry into the release of some 30 containers under 22 import consignments from the Chattogram Customs House, which was
