Stay alert to face internal, external threats, PM asks army
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday directed members of Bangladesh Army to keep a constant vigil to face any ‘internal and external threats’ for safeguarding the country’s constitution and sovereignty.
Gowher Rizvi criticised for doubting disappearance
Families of the victims of enforced disappearance and rights activists criticised prime minister’s international affairs adviser Gowher Rizvi for doubting reported cases of disappearance in Bangladesh.
Quader falls sick, admitted to BSMMU
Road, transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University as he fell sick on Sunday morning.
Seven more killed in Indo-Pak shelling
Tensions between India and Pakistan raged Saturday as heavy firing by their armies killed at least seven people on either side of their fiercely disputed Kashmir border.
SAARC suffers for members’ indolence
Sluggishness creeps into the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation with no political impetus from top leaders of all eight member countries as they collectively failed to meet in the last five years in violation of a commitment the countries jointly made in 2014 to hold summit ‘every two years or earlier’.
Sultan, Mokkabir inform Speaker about oath-taking
Gono Forum lawmakers-elect Sultan Muhammad Mansur Ahmed and Mokabbir Khan on Saturday sent separate letters to speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury to be sworn as members of the 11th parliament defying party decision.
Slow progress in projects irks JICA
Japan International Cooperation Agency has threatened to impose conditions on future loans as slow progress of the implementation of projects funded by it has irked the agency.
No new bus route in Dhaka city: DSCC mayor
Dhaka south city mayor Sayeed Khokon on Saturday said that no permission for new bus routes would be given in the capital from now on.
MPs, politicians, businesses major grabbers
Lawmakers, leaders of political parties and organisations and businesspersons, including realtors, are major encroachers of the rivers and flood flow zones surrounding Dhaka city.
Bangladesh tells UN it will no longer take in Myanmar Rohingyas
Bangladesh told the UN Security Council on Thursday that it will no longer be able to take in Rohingyas from Myanmar.
