Govt to procure 11 lakh tonnes of boro at Tk 32 a kg.
The government on Tuesday decided to procure 10 lakh tonnes of husked boro rice and one lakh tonnes of un-husked rice from local market starting from May 1. The boro rice procurement will continue till August 31,
Foreign diplomats meet Khaleda.
A group of foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka on Tuesday evening met the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, at her Gulshan office and stressed need for de-escalation of political conflict in Bangladesh.
Khaleda asks people to form action committees.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Monday instructed the leaders and workers of BNP-led alliance to form action committees in all neighbourhoods across the country ‘to resist state terrorism.’
Farabi arrested over Avijit murder.
Rapid Action Battalion on Monday morning arrested Chittagong University student Shafiur Rahman Farabi on suspicion of his involvement in the killing of writer and blogger Avijit Roy.
Vehicles torched amid surge in violence.
In a fresh surge in violence, pickets in the capital torched and damaging buses and cars on the second day of the 72-hour hartal on Monday causing panic among the people. Traffic was thinner than usual on the city streets
Khaleda won’t appear in trial court on Mar 4, lawyer says.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s lawyer on Sunday said that she would not appear in the lower court on March 4 until the High Court disposes of the petition seeking transfer of two cases..
PM asks military to remain alert to protect democracy.
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Sunday asked the armed forces to always remain alert like other forces of the country to protect the sacred constitution and maintain the continuation of democracy
AVIJIT KILLING Dhaka agrees to engage FBI.
The government has responded positively to the US offer to engage Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to find out the killers of the writer and blogger Avijit Roy. The foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali
Police yet to identify Avijit’s killers UN condemns murder, US offers FBI assistance in investigation, Ajay Roy receives threat over phone .
The police have yet to find any clues to establish the identities of the killers of writer and blogger Avijit Roy,
Ershad asks party-men to prepare for election.
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Saturday directed his party leaders and workers to prepare for the next parliament election. He said Jatiya Party does not believe in going to power by killing people
