Help implement development programmes: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday made a clarion call to all to help her government to implement its development programmes to change the socio-economic status of the mass people.
Delayed listing to hamper Rohingya repatriation
Setting a process for starting repatriation of Rohingyas of Myanmar looks set for a disruption as the government is yet to prepare an appropriate list of people intending to return to Rakhine State
PM places list of ‘corrupt’ politicians, orgs in JS
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday placed a list of some ‘corrupt’ politicians in Jatiya Sangsad, which included names of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and her two sons, businessmen, organisations, financial institutions
DMP announces special measures to manage Ijtema traffic
Dhaka Metropolitan Police has fixed parking places and diversion points to manage traffic during Bishwa Ijtema on the bank of the River Turag at Tongi on the outskirts of Dhaka city.
Felling spree denudes CHT forests
Illegal firewood business has been going on unabated under the very nose of Chittagong Hill Tracts South Forest Division in Rangamati for the past couple of months, denuding evergreen hilly natural as well as government reserve forests
Tabligh demo at airport triggers traffic chaos
Demonstration of Tabligh Jamaat members against arrival of a controversial Indian leader of Tabligh headquarters in Delhi, Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, outside Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dahka triggered severe traffic chaos on Wednesday.
PM pays homage to Sheikh Mujib on Homecoming Day
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday paid rich tributes to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country’s founding president, on the occasion of his historic Homecoming Day
ALLEGATION OF HARASSING WOMAN DIG Mizan withdrawn
The police headquarters on Tuesday withdrew deputy inspector general of police Mizanur Rahman after a woman reportedly accused him of forcibly marrying her at gunpoint and torturing her
Gaining people’s trust very important: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday directed the police to gain the trust and confidence of people as this is very important for them. “There’s a proverb in Bengali, ‘Baghe dharle ek gha, police dharle 18 gha (Meaning police are more dangerous than tigers). This proverb needs to be proved wrong,” she said.
ROHINGYA CRISIS ‘Ambush’ aimed at harming repatriation talks: officials
Ambush allegedly by Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army operators was aimed at upsetting ongoing talks between Bangladesh and Myanmar over repatriation of the Rohingyas who continued to flee violence in Rakhine, Bangladesh officials believe.
