Child dies after being recovered unconscious along with mother, sister
An one-and-a -half-year-old girl child was declared dead at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Saturday after she, her sister and mother were rescued unconscious from their flat at Uttar Badda in the capital.
JSC, JDC exams to begin Nov 1
The minister for education, Nurul Islam Nahid, on Sunday said the Junior School Certificate and Junior Dakhil Certificate examinations of this year will begin on November 1.
AL council to design next course of development: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the coming council of Awami League would be held with an objective of organising the party to stay in power aimed at completing the unfinished tasks to build a hunger- and poverty-free country by 2021.
Govt takes U-turn
The government has taken a U- turn on its decision to shut down schools, private universities, hospitals, restaurants, hotels and various commercial establishments illegally opened at Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara.
BNP leader Rizvi freed on bail
Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi was released from jail on bail on Wednesday.
BRTA moves to scrap reg of vehicles this month
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority is going to cancel within this month the registration of the motor vehicles which did not have their fitness certificates renewed in the past 10 years or more.
ILLEGAL WEALTH : Verdict in AL MP Badi’s case Nov 2
The Dhaka Special Judge’s Court 3 on Wednesday posted for November 2 its verdict in a case against ruling Awami League lawmaker Abdur Rahman Badi for amassing illegal wealth and hiding information in his wealth report.
AL to finalised reports for conference Wednesday
Awami League president Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday revised the reports of subcommittees on the party’s upcoming national conference and asked the subcommittee conveners and member-secretaries to finalise the proposals to be placed in Central Working Committee meeting on Wednesday for approval.
Indian activists urge Modi to scrap Rampal project
A coalition of groups in India wrote to Indian prime minister Narendra Modi demanding that the proposed coal-fired power plant at Rampal in Bangladesh be scrapped due to its potential to cause ‘irreparable damage’ to the Sunderbans.
WB 'confident' in PM's development agenda
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim on Tuesday expressed his ‘full confidence’ in the development agenda of prime minister Sheikh Hasina's government in Bangladesh.