PM blasts environmentalists for silence over Ghoshiakhali channel

Taking a swipe at green activists for their silence about keeping the Mongla-Ghoshiakhali river channel inoperative for long 21 years harming the Sunderbans, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said now they are very much vocal against Rampal power plant.

DSCC evicts hawkers from Gulistan roads amid protests

Dhaka South City Corporation authorities evicted over one hundred hawkers and demolished illegal structures from different roads of Gulistan on Thursday amid protests.

Parents forced to take to corrupt practices

To get their children enrolled in reputed schools parents often lower their age to qualify to sit for admission tests.

PM seeks doctors’ help to implement SDG

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday sought doctors’ sincere supports to implement the 15-year Sustainable Development Goal to make the country’s healthcare system time befitting.

40m in food insecurity

A quarter of the country’s population has been classified as food-insecure as most of the people do not get sufficiently nutritious diet, reveals a World Food Programme report.

Obaidul Quader terms Sajeeb future AL leader

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said that party president Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wajed Joy would be the future leader of the party and he would join the central committee according to his wish.

Dhaka seeks ‘effective mechanism for Nur Chy’ deportation

Bangladesh has proposed Canada to devise an ‘effective mechanism’ to move forward with the deportation of Nur Chowdhury, the self-confessed and convicted killer of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members in 1975.

Hasina, other leaders pay homage to Sheikh Mujib

Awami League president Sheikh Hasina along with other newly-elected office-bearers of the party on Tuesday paid tributes to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Schoolgirl strangled, another stabbed by stalkers

A schoolgirl was strangled and another was stabbed by stalkers at their houses in Gazipur and Jhenaidah early Tuesday and Monday evening for their reported refusal to proposals for affairs.

ECNEC approves 10 projects including revised ‘One House One Farm’ project

The executive committee of the National Economic Council on Tuesday approved the 3rd revision of the ‘One House One Farm’ project raising its cost by Tk 6,813.27 crore,