Free country from corruption, drug abuse, extremism: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked home ministry to pay attention to rooting out drug abuse, terrorism, militancy and corruption from the country as that was the necessity of the time.
Gulshan café attack accused extremist held
A team of Rapid Action Battalion has arrested a charge-sheeted accused of the case filed over Gulshan Holey Artisan Bakery attack in 20016.
PM pledges to establish political rights of citizens
Prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina on Saturday pledged to establish political rights of all citizens.
Govt, int’l community urged to put pressure on Mynamar
Academics and lawyers at a symposium in Dhaka on Saturday called on the international community to focus on the need for the compensation for state-sponsored violence forcing Rohingyas to flee their home in Rakhine in Myanmar to Bangladesh.
UNSG finds Bangladesh polls ‘not perfect’
The United Nations secretary general, Antonio Guterres, on Friday said the 11th parliamentary election in Bangladesh was ‘not perfect’ and called for meaningful dialogue among the political parties in Bangladesh.
1,433 seek AL nomination for 43 reserved JS seats for women
Ruling Awami League on Friday concluded the four-day sale of nomination forms for election to the reserved seats for women in the 11th parliament.
Fast track projects on slow lane
The implementation rates of most of the 10 fast track projects are poor despite special focus and monitoring by a special committee of the Prime Minister’s Office while economists think that delayed implementations cause cost overruns and lower expected benefits from them.
Dhaka seeks int’l community’s support on Rohingya crisis
The government on Thursday requested the international communities for their constructive role in extending cooperation for sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis by sending people of the community to Myanmar from Bangladesh.
FM Momen to brief diplomats at Padma Thursday afternoon
Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen will brief diplomats stationed in Dhaka at state guest house Padma at around 4:00pm on Thursday.
HC rejects writ petition challenging oath of new MPs
The High Court on Thursday rejected a writ petition that challenged the legality of administering oath of new lawmakers when the previous parliament still exist.
