Fresh drives ahead of local polls panic BNP leaders
BNP leaders and activists are in panic as the joint-force began fresh drives across the country ahead municipal elections likely to be held in December.
NOVEMBER 7 UPRISING : BNP vows to continue movement
Different political parties and organisations on Saturday observed November 7 in their own way. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party observed the day as ‘national revolution and solidarity day’ renewing vow to ‘continue movement for restoring democracy’.
IMPLEMENTATION OF SDGS LINKED TO BUSINESS : Pvt sector financing, energy key challenges: experts
Experts at a seminar on Saturday said private sector financing, supply of power and gas and skill development for the industrial sector were challenges for attaining the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations.
Banks’ rate cut continues as business remains dull
The scheduled banks cut rates of interest on lending again in September as the businesspeople continued to show reluctance in receiving loans from the banking sector due to sluggish business caused by longstanding political uncertainty, said officials of Bangladesh Bank.
Nothing can stop dev: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina arrived here on Friday afternoon completing her three-day successful tour to the Netherlands.
Nov 7 uprising anniv today
Today is the 40th anniversary of the November 7 uprising in which Bangladesh Army soldiers and the people overthrow the then government.
Govt urged to cancel Rampal Power Plant
Politicians, academics, cultural activists and journalists on Thursday called on the government to refrain from implementing coal-based Rampal Thermal Power Plant to save the Sunderbans, the biggest mangrove forest in the world.
2 Taiwan citizens hacked in city
Unidentified miscreants on Thursday night hacked two citizens of Taiwan at Uttara in the city, said the deputy commissioner of Dhaka metropolitan police (Media) Mumtasirul Islam on Friday.
DELTA PLAN-2100 : Netherlands, BD agree to work together
Bangladesh and the Netherlands have agreed to work more closely for the implementation of the ‘Bangladesh Delta Plan-2100’ to make the delta safe and productive for the people of those areas in Bangladesh.
Gayeshwar sent to jail
A Dhaka metropolitan sessions judge’s court on Wednesday sent Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy to jail in connection with a violence case filed with Rampura police station.
