Home economics students block intersection
People living in the areas surrounding Dhaka University and in old town in the capital experienced severe traffic congestion as students of Home Economics College blocked New Market intersection for six hours from Tuesday morning, demanding elevation of their college as a full-fledged institute under Dhaka University.
Kashmir conflict: Dhaka to stand by Delhi
The minister for home affairs, Asaduzzaman Khan, on Tuesday said that Bangladesh will stand by India if it comes under attack over the conflict between India and Pakistan over the control of Kashmir.
EC mismanages 1st day’s proceedings of NID distribution
The capital’s voters who queued up to receive their smart NID cards from the Election Commission’s camps at Uttara and Ramna on Monday were disappointed over mismanagement of the first day’s proceedings.
Pope Francis to visit Bangladesh in 2017
Pope Francis will visit Portugal next year and is ‘almost sure’ he will go to India and Bangladesh. Still to be determined is where in Africa he will visit and whether Colombia's peace accord is ‘certain, certain, certain’ enough to enable a papal visit.
PM urges rich to help build equal society for children
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Monday urged all, especially the rich, to supplement the government's efforts in building a society for children where there will be no discrimination.
BNP to mobilise public opinion against Rampal plant
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said they will mobilise public opinion against the installation of a coal-fired power plant at Rampal near the Sunderbans.
Khaleda, Tarique sued in Ctg for threatening PM
A court in the port city here today took into cognizance a complaint against Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and a member of its central executive committee over the issuance of a death threat to the prime minister Sheikh Hasina on social media.
Talks underway to get back Noor Chy: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Bangladesh’s diplomatic relations with Pakistan would continue alongside quarrel although Pakistan was making various adverse statements on the ongoing war crimes trial.
BGB-BSF meeting begins in Delhi on Monday
‘We have a set of priorities...The issue of border killing is also among them,’ said BGB director general Major General Aziz Ahmed, who is leading a 22-member Bangladesh delegation, before his departure for New Delhi.
ACC arrests CCC, PWD engineers
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday arrested Chittagong City Corporation executive engineer Md Saifur Rahman and Public Workers Department superintendent engineer ABM Jalal Uddin on charge of their alleged graft links.
