Obaidul may undergo bypass surgery
Ailing Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader was likely to undergo a bypass surgery at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore where he was now being treated, doctors concerned said on Tuesday.
BNP meets home minister for Khaleda’s treatment
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders on Tuesday met home minister Asaduzzaman Khan at his office in Dhaka and requested him to make better arrangement for the treatment of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Eminent citizens condemn withdrawal of permission
Eminent citizens and rights activists on Tuesday condemned the withdrawal of permission earlier granted to hold a talk noted author and activist Arundhati Roy at Krishibid Institution.
China's military is going from strength to strength under Xi Jinping
Under Chinese President Xi Jinping, a revolution has been taking place inside Beijing's armed forces.
Giving the bomb to Saudi Arabia’s Dr Strangelove
THE most dangerous foreign policy decision of the Trump administration — and I know this is saying a lot — is its decision to share sensitive nuclear technology with Saudi Arabia and authorize US companies to build nuclear reactors in that country. I spent seven years in the Middle East.
Only Patuakhali DC sent river grabbers’ list to NRCC
Patuakhali deputy commissioner alone sent river grabbers’ list to the National River Conservatio
Utility services to 29 buildings snapped
A task force on Monday snapped utility services to 29 buildings housing chemicals in the Old Town of Dhaka.
DU would be a sanctuary of freedom of thoughts
Students contesting for the cultural affairs secretary post in the March 11 Dhaka University Central Students’ Union elections observed that cultural atmosphere of the Dhaka University now stood diametrically opposed to the spirit of the Liberation War due to parochial political practices over the years.
Bureaucratic hurdles to be streamlined for foreign investors: FM
Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen said that the foreign affairs ministry would remain engaged to facilitate win-win proposals and help streamline bureaucratic hurdles for foreign companies which were keen to invest in Bangladesh.
Middle Eastern equation with many unknowns
IN THE middle of February 2019, one of the main Israeli newspapers Haaretz published an article, which reported that, according to official Israeli statistics, 6.7 million Jews and 6.7 million Arabs lived in Israeli territories (including the occupied Palestinians lands) at the beginning of 2019.
