‘Eliminating corruption fully is not possible’: Iqbal Mahmud
Anti-Corruption Commission chairman Iqbal Mahmud on Tuesday said it is not possible to eliminate corruption fully in Bangladesh.
BNP leader, six others indicted
A lower court in Dhaka on Tuesday indicted Dhaka city unit Bangladesh Nationalist Party joint convener MA Quayum and six others in the case filed over the killing of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella in September last year.
Get ready for polls
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked Awami League leaders and activists to get ready for the next general election and make the best use of the remaining time of the AL government’s tenure.
Quader stresses AL preparation for next polls
A day after being elected general secretary of the ruling Awami League, Obaidul Quader on Monday said preparations will be taken from now on targeting the next general election as prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s call.
Appeal against HC order on 16th amendment in one month
Attorney general Mahbubey Alam on Monday said the state will file an appeal within a month challenging the High Court order declaring the 16th amendment to the constitution establishing parliament's power to remove the Supreme Court judges illegal.
Poachers get ready as bird hunting season begins
Bird poachers’ network across the country became active with the advent of hunting season, said worried ornithologists and wildlife crime controllers.
Hasina AL president, Obaidul gen secy
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been re-elected president of the Awami League unopposed for the eighth time in a row as the ruling party concluded its 20th national council sessions on Sunday.
AL councillors for narrowing gap between leaders, activists
Many councillors in the second-day council session of the ruling Awami League on Sunday demanded evaluating activists properly, narrowing the gap between leaders and activists and stopping lawmakers’ influence over rutine party activities to further strengthen the party.
Overlap among police units, agencies: Rivalry, infighting cause tension
Duties of different units of the police are overlapping other units and government agencies, causing professional rivalry, infighting and tensions between the units and agencies.
BNP greets Hasina, Quader
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir congratulated Sheikh Hasina and Obaidul Quader as they were elected as the ruling Awami League’s president and general secretary, respectively, Sunday afternoon.
