The decision to ban three-wheelers on the national highways across the country without alternatives in place would seriously impact the country’s…

The second Test match between Bangladesh and South Africa was abandoned yesterday after play was called off on the fifth and final day following heavy rains over the last few days that rendered the outfield wet at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. After the first day’s play, the rains…

With the land boundary agreement (LBA) now complete, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi is beginning work on the Teesta water sharing agreement with Bangladesh, reports BSS from New Delhi. On August 11-12, Modi and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will meet in New Delhi to take stock of…

The cabinet in principle yesterday approved a draft bill that would make presidents, who seized power illegally and unconstitutionally, ineligible for pension, gratuity and other benefits. The President’s Pension, Gratuity and Other Benefits Bill 2015 further stated that Presidents who have not…

DEEPAK ACHARJEE Public administration minister Syed Ashraful Islam urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to introduce retirement benefits for former Members of Parliament (MPs) at the weekly cabinet meeting held at the Secretariat yesterday. A cabinet minister, who attended the meeting, revealed this to…

Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya filed a petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday seeking a review of its earlier order that scrapped his acquittal in a corruption case. Maya filed the review petition following an apex court order…

The baby, who was injured by a bullet while in the mother’s womb, is improving slowly said doctors at the Intensive Care Unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Dr Ashraful Hoque, head of Pediatric Surgery Department of DMCH, said the baby drank her mother’s milk three times from…

Uncertainty prevails over the visit of the technical committee of the energy ministry of the Myanmar government, which is supposed to assess the feasibility of importing electricity from Bangladesh, due to dillydallying by officials of the ministry concerned. Sources in the ministry of power, energy…