No affront to Liberation War, FFs to be tolerated: PM
Issuing a strong warning against maligning the country’s Liberation War and freedom fighters, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday sought all-out support from people for turning
Improve service, PM asks Biman
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the government was working to improve security arrangement at the airports, announcing that more equipment would be purchased to this end.
FELLOW’S DEATH : Madrassah students go on rampage
The death of a local madrassah student Monday night triggered a day-long sporadic clashes on Tuesday between Madrassah students and law enforcers, suspending rail traffic communication through Brahmanbaria for hours and forcing the authorities to call para-military force to maintain law and order in the border district.
Univ teachers’ demand unjustified: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Monday said that university teachers’ demand for status of a secretary was not justified and she urged them to sit for BCS exams if they wanted to enjoy the status.
40pc private univ seats vacant
Government has approved the applications for opening six new private universities though some 40 per cent of the seats in the existing ones was vacant in last five years.
RMG export earnings from 11 EU countries fall in H1
Bangladesh’s earnings from the readymade garment exports to 11 European Union countries declined in the first half of the current financial year 2015-16 compared with that in the same period of last financial year due to a devaluation of the euro against the US dollar.
President for harnessing potentials of blue-economy
President Abdul Hamid on Monday said developing effective maritime policies at national, sub-regional and regional levels was important for better economic development of the Indian Ocean region.
PAY STRUCTURE DISPARITIES : Govt officers, univ teachers begin work abstention
Govern offices across the country saw no activities for two hours from the midday on Monday as over 4.30 lakh officers abstained from work demanding removal of disparities from the new pay structure.
Sheikh Mujib’s Homecoming Day observed
Homecoming Day of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh, was observed across the country in a befitting manner on Sunday.
Executive trying to wrest power from judiciary: CJ
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Sunday said the executive branch of the state was trying to wrest power from the judiciary.
