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CJ should have quit: PM

CJ should have quit: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday blasted Bangladesh's comparison with Pakistan saying Chief Justice SK Sinha should have quit before making such comparison and defaming parliament, while issuing a strong note warning against illegal power capture, report agencies. “I will tell one word that everything could be tolerated, but comparing Bangladesh with Pakistan cannot be acceptable,” she told a function coinciding with the anniversary of the August 21, 2004 grenade attack. Sheikh Hasina urged people to judge the comparison with Pakistan, posing a question “Why Bangladesh would be compared with Pakistan and Pakistani premier.” “There would be no benefit in giving me such a threat,” she said. The premier…

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Adieu Nayak Raj
Adieu Nayak Raj
Legendary Bangla movie star Abdur Razzak popularly known as "Nayak Raj Razzak" died of cardiac…

Govt, AL to pay price for going against SC verdict, says Moudud

Govt, AL to pay price for going against SC verdict, says Moudud

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed yesterday warned that the government and Awami League will have to pay a heavy price someday for taking a conflicting stance against the Supreme Court verdict that revoked the 16th amendment, reports UNB. "The government has softened its tone (regarding the verdict)…
Cops to face action if allegation found authentic: Asaduzzaman

Cops to face action if allegation found authentic: Asaduzzaman

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Monday said the government will take action after verifying the authenticity of Transparency International Bangladesh's (TIB) report over alleged bribery in giving police clearance for the issuance of a new passport, reports UNB. “We're yet to examine…
Repairing of roads before Eid

Repairing of roads before Eid

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said that all damaged roads and highways will be repaired and readied before the holy Eid-ul-Azha for smooth and safe travelling of homebound passengers. The minister through his statement has taken on a challenge of epic proportions.  Unlike…
Prelude to the Right to Information Act

Prelude to the Right to Information Act

It is a political ballad zealous for liberty and dignity of the humanity, - it is the blazing “Speech”, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivered on 7 March, 1971. The discourse of  political civilization has recorded the “Voice of Freedom” ever virtuous with the values…
‘Gear up activities of JWG on conservation of Sundarbans’

‘Gear up activities of JWG on conservation of Sundarbans’

DHAKA: Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali yesterday underlined the need for gearing up the activities of Dhaka-New Delhi Joint Working Group (JWG) on conservation of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forests shared by the two neighbours, reports BSS. “It is…
Import of 8 lakh MT rice underway

Import of 8 lakh MT rice underway

The government has initiated the process of importing 8 lakh metric tonnes of rice out of planned 15 lakh, while 2.50 lakh metric tonnes have already reached the country, said a top official yesterday, reports BSS. “We have already lined up a process to import an estimated 8 lakh metric tonnes…
China urges halt to US-S Korea military drills

China urges halt to US-S Korea military drills

BEIJING: China on Monday renewed its call for the United States and South Korea to suspend joint military drills as the two nations began annual war games that have infuriated nuclear-armed Pyongyang, reports AFP "The current situation on the Korean peninsula is highly sensitive and fragile, which…
Nayak Raj will be remembered forever

Nayak Raj will be remembered forever

Legendary Bangladeshi film actor Razzak has died at the age of 75 on Monday evening. He had been suffering from pneumonia and old-age complications. Abdur Razzak was a Bangladeshi actor and film director. He is referred to as Nayak Raj Razzak, a title given by Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury, editor of Chitrali.…
Taskin wants to bowl a winning spell

Taskin wants to bowl a winning spell

Fast bowler Taskin Ahmed is a novice in Test arc as he played so far four Tests for Bangladesh but he is yet to bowl in fairy spell what he dreams to deliver against the top-flight Australia in the upcoming Test series. “Big thing is that I want to bowl a winning spell so that Bangladesh can win…
Banana market faces manifold problems

Banana market faces manifold problems

The largest banana market in Jhenidah has been facing manifold problems, as the authorities have not been able to renovate it in the past couple of years despite realizing revenue to the tune of about Tk30 lakh per year from sellers and buyers. People using the market say the sellers and buyers have…
Brace for a rough ride home this Eid

Brace for a rough ride home this Eid

Eid holidaymakers are in for a bumpy ride home this year, as the incessant rain and floods have left most roads in a shambles. Yet, the government has decided to not allow vehicles to run at a speed of less than 40 km per hour on highways during the Eid holidays. Passengers travelling on the Dhaka-Tangail-Bogra-Rangpur…
When is it OK to pull down statues?

When is it OK to pull down statues?

If you really want to understand a people, don’t study the statues they erect. Look at the ones they’ve pulled down. In 1357, local officials in the Tuscan town of Siena voted to remove a nude sculpture of Venus, the Roman goddess of beauty, sex and fertility, that was then frolicking saucily…
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