Reshuffle in cabinet likely today

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to reshuffle her cabinet inducting several new faces today in the concluding year of the government’s five-year tenure.

Explore new markets, improve quality of products: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday stressed the importance of exploring new markets, producing new products and maintaining their quality to grab export opportunities in the competitive world market.

35.42cr free textbooks being distributed

Some 35.42 crore (exact figure 35, 42, 90,162) textbooks are being distributed among the students of primary to intermediate-level across the country in 2018 academic year.

DPDC prepaid consumers to get recharge from GP

Power consumers with prepaid electricity meters in the areas that fall under the Dhaka Power Distribution Company’s jurisdiction will now be able to recharge their cards at the Grameenphone-authorised retail shops

Teachers seek PM’s intervention over MPO inclusion

Agitating teachers and employees of non-government schools, colleges and technical institutions on Sunday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to announce their inclusion in the government’s Monthly Pay Order for salaries and other benefits as they began their hunger strike on the day

Two new air bases to be built in country: PM

Expressing her firm optimism that Bangladesh Air Force would be turned into a most modern air force soon, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said two new air bases will be built in the country to further strengthen the force.

CJ resigned over his corruption, says Anisul

Law minister Anisul Huq on Sunday claimed that it was corruption that prompted chief justice Surenda Kumar Sinha to step down from his post. ‘The chief justice resigned as other judges refused to sit with him following 11 charges he is facing,

Looking back 2017 : Challenges galore for govt in New Year

The repatriation of the Rohingyas, general elections acceptable to all, stability in the overheated goods market, illicit capital flow and banking sector management remain major challenges for the government in the new year

Looking Back 2017: Education plagued by question leak

The government in the outgoing year failed to check question leak in public exams; it rather spread to the school-based terminal exams of elementary education, causing further slide in the already declining standards of education

PM visits Jessore today

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina is set to visit Jessore on Sunday to join the President Parade-2017 marking the commissioning of Bangladesh Air Force officers and inaugurate different development projects in the district.