PM wants S Asia parliaments to allocate budgets for SDGs
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the speakers and parliamentarians of South Asia for allocating budgets enabling the countries to fully implement the Sustainable Development Goals as it is a collective journey.
PM expects highest example of patriotism from Army
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said she expects the highest example of patriotism from Bangladesh Army as this organisation was born through the Liberation War. ‘I hope the Bangladesh Army will always remain ready for any sacrifice for the country and the nation,’ she said.
Country’s first Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis patient under treatment at DMCH
Abul Bajander, 25, suffering from a rare disease took admission at the Burn Unit of Dhaka Medical College Saturday.
REHMAN SOBHAN’S MEMOIR : ‘A testament of the national struggle for independence’
Speakers on Saturday termed the ‘Untranquil Recollections: the Years of Fulfillment’ a memoir by professor Rehman Sobhan, as a testament of the national struggle for independence and national identity within the historical events of Bangladesh.
All set for Ekushey Book Fair
Organisers have made all preparations for the month-long Ekushey Book Fair 2016, the biggest get-together of readers, writers and publishers, on the Bangla Academy and Suhrawardy Udyan premises.
Efforts to save Buriganga go in vain
Buriganga, once the main channel of communication between Dhaka city and the rest of the country, has virtually been reduced to a narrow channel of polluted slime with continued encroachment, flouting high court and government directives.
Muhith admits TIB statements
The finance minister, AMA Muhith, on Wednesday admitted the statement of Transparency International Bangladesh that the country could not make any improvement in the global
PM admits gas crisis
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday admitted that there is gas crisis in the country and said that it happened as gas gets concentrated in winter, slowing down its flow. ‘I am admitting that there are some problems but we are trying hard to mitigate the crisis,’ she said in Parliament.
Univs to face action for failing criteria: Nahid
Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Wednesday warned that the government would take actions against the private universities those would not be able to fulfil all the criteria within a year.
RAB proposal to engage in VAT collection creates panic among businesses: FBCCI
Leaders of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday said that the proposal of Rapid Action Battalion for conducting mobile courts to prevent evasion of value-added tax has created a fresh wave of fear among the businesses.
