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.
Parents forced to take to corrupt practices
To get their children enrolled in reputed schools parents often lower their age to qualify to sit for admission tests.
PM seeks doctors’ help to implement SDG
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday sought doctors’ sincere supports to implement the 15-year Sustainable Development Goal to make the country’s healthcare system time befitting.
40m in food insecurity
A quarter of the country’s population has been classified as food-insecure as most of the people do not get sufficiently nutritious diet, reveals a World Food Programme report.
Obaidul Quader terms Sajeeb future AL leader
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said that party president Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wajed Joy would be the future leader of the party and he would join the central committee according to his wish.
Dhaka seeks ‘effective mechanism for Nur Chy’ deportation
Bangladesh has proposed Canada to devise an ‘effective mechanism’ to move forward with the deportation of Nur Chowdhury, the self-confessed and convicted killer of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members in 1975.
