No election without level playing field: BNP
Bangladesh nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday claimed that no general election would be held without ensuring a level playing field.
RIVERS AROUND CAPITAL Fish disappears as pollution deepens
Buriganga, Shitalakhhya, Balu and the Turag, the four rivers flowing by the capital became virtually fishless as their waters have been polluted by dumping industrial wastes and sewage. The four rivers ceased to be habitats for fish, other aquatic life and plants.
WASAs lack sewage treatment efficiency
Water Supply and Sewerage Authorities in the country’s major cities still lack sewage treatment efficiency, raising concerns as almost all untreated wastewater generated there pollutes adjacent rivers and water bodies every day.
Country will be ruined with BNP in power: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the country would be in a state of ruin if any evil force like BNP and Jamaat get the opportunity to grab power again like 2001 and urged the countrymen to remain careful about the threat.
Canadian HC discusses political issues with Khaleda
Canadian high commissioner in Dhaka Benoit-Pierre Laramee on Tuesday discussed Bangladesh’s current political issues with Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia. The Canadian diplomat called on the BNP chairperson at her Gulshan office.
MUFTI’S DEATH SENTENCE SC verdict reaches jail
The copy of the Appellate Division full verdict dismissing the petitions seeking review of the death sentences of Harkatul-Jihad Al Islami, Bangladesh chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and two other Huji leaders reached the Kashimpur High Security Central Jail on Tuesday night.
HASINA’S DELHI VISIT India now for basin-wise river management
India has brought basin-wise river management in the negotiations with Bangladesh amid uncertainty of the signing of an agreement on Teesta River water sharing and formal concurrence on Bangladesh’s proposal for joint constructions of the Padma-Ganges Barrage during prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to New Delhi scheduled for April 7-10.
37 Bangladeshi workers arrested in Malaysia
At least 37 undocumented Bangladeshi migrant workers were detained by Malaysian police at its Sarawak province, according to Bernama, a Malaysian news agency.
Clearance must for building houses even at villages
The cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft ‘Urban and Regional Planning Bill 2017’ proposing mandatory clearance from the authorities concerned to use land for building any house or any other development activity even in rural areas.
Joint forces raid two ‘extremist hideouts’ in Chittagong
Joint forces on Monday conducted drives at two houses, believed to be extremist hideouts, at Colonel Haat and Uttar Kattoli in Akbar Shah areas of the city on Monday evening.
