Balanced dev govt's ultimate goal: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the ultimate goal of the government is to ensure the overall balanced development of the country to change the fate of its people.
Looking back 2017 : Pains outnumber gains in transport sector
Disappointments over the government failure to develop public-based transport system and lack of integration among agencies concerned overshadowed achievements in the sector in 2017
GRAFT CASE AGAINST KHALEDA Lawyer claims case docs fake
The investigation officer prepared fake documents to file the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, claimed Khaleda’s lawyer during placing the defence argument for the sixth day on Wednesday
Apex court accepts lower court judges’ conduct rules
The Appellate Division on Wednesday accepted the lower court judges’ conduct rules as notified by the government in the official gazette.
24 teachers hospitalised on 4th day of hunger strike for MPO
At least 87 non-government teachers fell sick until Wednesday,the fourth day of their hunger strike they undertook to press the demand of payment of salaries and benefits by the government under its Monthly Pay Order, commonly called MPO
12 NGOs barred from aiding Rohingyas
Bangladesh government has banned 12 local non-governmental organisations from carrying out humanitarian assistance operations for Rohingya people who have taken shelter in Cox’s Bazar fleeing violence in their homeland Myanmar
Khaleda says no election without BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday led an impromptu sit-in in the capital amid an alleged attempt to foil Chhatra Dal’s founding anniversary programme.
Rising living cost hits poor hard: CAB
The cost of living leaped by 8.44 per cent in the capital in 2017 as food and other essentials, utility charges as well as house rent became costlier, according to the annual report of the Consumers Association of Bangladesh released Tuesday
Bad roads push up train ticket demand
Bangladesh Railway is struggling to cope with the growing demand for train tickets, thanks much to the dilapidated condition of the country’s highways and roads due to the recent floods
NON-MPO TEACHER’S PROTEST Protesters reject education minister’s assurance
Teachers and employees of non-government schools, colleges and technical institutions, who are on hunger strike demanding their inclusion in the government’s Monthly Pay Order for salaries and other benefits, rejected education minister Nurul Islam Nahid’s call to end their protest on Tuesday.
