BNP does not rule out possibility of election alliance with JP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said BNP did not rule out possibility of election alliance with Jatiya Party led by HM Ershad.
Many Rohingyas face acute water crisis
Many Rohingyas entering Bangladesh to flee ethnic cleansing in Myanmar continue facing acute scarcity of safe drinking water in the makeshift camps and shelters.
Hasina wants connectivity among Asian nations
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday put emphasis on increasing connectivity and cooperation among the Asian nations for the interest of the people of this region.
Gearless vessel number downsized at Ctg port
Chittagong Port Authority in an undeclared move forced the shipping companies to downsize the number of gearless (ships without cranes) vessels calling at this premier port of the country, port and shipping circles said
DNC MAYORAL BY-ELECTION EC fears legal complications
Election Commission officials said Tuesday that holding mayoral by-election in Dhaka North City faces legal complications over letting the voters of 18 new wards to cast their votes.
JAILING PHYSICIAN IN LAKSHMIPUR ADC made OSD, summoned by HC
Additional deputy commissioner of Lakshmipur Sheikh Murshidul Islam was made officer on special duty at public administration ministry on Tuesday, a day after a mobile court jailed a physician, Salauddin Sharif, for three months on the allegation of assaulting the ADC.
Khaleda gets bail in graft cases
A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted bail to Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Orphanage Trust and Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Charitable Trust graft cases.
Overcrowding increases risks of disease outbreak in Rohingya camps
Overcrowding has increased the risk of outbreak of diseases at camps of Rohingyas entering Bangladesh to flee ethnic cleansing in Rakhine State of Myanmar. Decongestion of Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar is a critical and immediate need to mitigate the health and safety risks
RESTORING CAPITAL’S CANALS HC asks govt to submit action plan in 6 months
The High Court Division on Monday directed the government to prepare and submit within six months ‘a time-bound action plan’ for the recovery and restoration of the capital’s 50 canals by demarcating their boundaries according to their original flows.
Govt allows activities detrimental to CHT Accord implementation: Santu
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti president and Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council chairman Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, better known as Santu Larma, on Monday complained that the government had been allowing activities detrimental to the implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord, 1997.
