Apparently frustrated over the Election Commission (EC) rules prohibiting the lawmakers from campaigning in the upcoming municipality election, the ruling…

Some 43 years after Independence, the Bangladesh government is formulating a national aid policy and is likely to finalise it in the first quarter of next year, said sources at the Economic Relations Division (ERD) of the finance ministry. The ERD is working to prepare a draft that will be finalised…

Miscreants, indentifying them as RAB members, picked up a Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) unit leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League early Thursday, reports UNB.   The victim was identified as M Saifuzzaman Shohagh, information and research secretary of the RUET BCL and a…

Indecisiveness on the part of the Ministry of Water Resources has proved costly for the government. It will now have to cough up an additional Tk. 70 crore to implement construction of retired embankment, including protection of right bank of the Jamuna River, at Sariakandi upazila in Bogra district.…

As part of ongoing reforms in Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), the government is planning to upgrade the status of post of Director General (DG) of the paramilitary force from Major General to Lieutenant General. There is one post of DG, working as Major General rank officer of the Bangladesh Army on…

A top BNP leader has accused the Election Commission (EC) of acting as a “disciple” of the government. “The EC is doing everything to…

After 30 intriguing matches, the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) enters the qualifier stage, with four teams vying for a place in the final. The top two teams on the points table, Comilla Victorians and Rangpur Riders, will lock horns at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium today (Saturday). The…

An armed man was held in Birganj upazila of Dinajpur yesterday in connection with the Thursday night’s bomb and gun attack on an Iskcon temple in…

A Dhaka court yesterday placed the admin of the popular Facebook page ‘Moja Losss?’ on a two-day remand in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. After a hearing, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Waskurni Khan granted the remand after police produced ‘Moja…