Zia’s death anniv today
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party and different socio-political and cultural organisations will observe today the 34th death anniversary of late president Ziaur Rahman, who founded the party in 1978. BNP and its associate organisations have taken up two-week programmes to observe the death anniversary of Zia,
Part of Panthapath subsides twice, traffic suspended
The construction site for National Bank Limited Twin Towers adjacent to Panthapath subsided twice on Thursday night after caving in first on Wednesday morning.Traffic on Panthapath was closed immediately after the fresh cave-in, said Kalabagan police officer-in-charge Md Iqbal.
BNP asked to shrug off inertia
Speakers on Thursday called for uniting all political forces under the leadership of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to build up a movement to ‘restore’ democracy and to thwart the treat of ‘fascism’ and ‘militancy’.
Good governance key to job generation: Yunus
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Thursday said good governance was one of the key elements which could help create employment opportunities for generations to come.
Shillong court sends Salah Uddin to jail
A Shillong court on Wednesday ordered Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Salah Uddin Ahmed to jail custody for 14 days after the police produced him 16 days after his reappearance in the Indian state of Meghalaya.
Forbes lists Hasina as world’s 59th powerful woman
Bangladesh prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has been ranked 59th among the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women by reputed Forbes magazine that released the list on Tuesday.In 2014, the same US based business magazine
Modi to visit Dhaka June 6-7
The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, is scheduled for June 6 to arrive in Dhaka for the first-time on a two-day state visit at the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina.
Govt to shift Rohingya camp to Hatiya
Government moves are underway to free the resort city of Cox’s Bazaar for the tourists by shifting from there decades old two camps of the Rohingya refugees to an isolated area in offshore island of Hatiya in Noakhali,
116th birth anniv of Nazrul observed
The 116th birth anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was celebrated across the country in a befitting manner on Monday.The celebration of the day started with placing wreaths at the poet’s grave at Dhaka University in the morning.
Matlub elected president of FBCCI
Nitol Niloy Group chairman Abdul Matlub Ahmad on Monday was elected president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry for the period of 2015-17 as no other director submitted nomination for the post.
