Fragile ecology worries Asian greens
Environmentalists from Asian countries have urged the government to refrain from any installation that will put in peril the fragile ecology of the Sunderbans, the world’s biggest mangrove forest and a World Heritage Site.
AL yet to fulfil pledge
Women got 20.27 per cent of the 74 positions so far announced in the new central working committee of the ruling Awami League.
AL to hold dialogue over next polls if necessary, says Quader
The Awami League general secretary, Obaidul Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, on Sunday said the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, would initiate a move for holding dialogue for a national cause if necessary, but not at this moment.
Hasnat denied bail again in Gulshan attack case
A Dhaka court on Sunday denied again the bail petition of former North South University teacher Abul Hasnat Rezaul Karim in connection with the Gulshan attack case.
Disappearance threatens city parks
Influential quarters have grabbed, fully or partially, all the parks of the Dhaka South City Corporation in the absence of any effective step to reclaim them.
Left parties urged to unite, emerge as alternative force
Communist Party of Bangladesh on Friday inaugurated its four-day-long 11th congress with a call to other left parties to get united and emerge as alternative force in the interest of taking them to the state power.
Old Dhaka jail to be an open place for city dwellers: IG prisons
The 228-year old Dhaka Central Jail on the capital’s Nazimuddin road will be turned into a jail museum and an open space for Dhaka city dwellers, said inspector general of prisons Brigadier General Syed Iftekhar Uddin on Friday, sharing the jail authorities’ plan.
Govt must hold dialogue: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan said on Friday that the ruling Awami League must hold dialogue with BNP if it wanted to rule the country.
PM blasts environmentalists for silence over Ghoshiakhali channel
Taking a swipe at green activists for their silence about keeping the Mongla-Ghoshiakhali river channel inoperative for long 21 years harming the Sunderbans, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said now they are very much vocal against Rampal power plant.
DSCC evicts hawkers from Gulistan roads amid protests
Dhaka South City Corporation authorities evicted over one hundred hawkers and demolished illegal structures from different roads of Gulistan on Thursday amid protests.
