The water resources ministry has decided to blacklist 11 construction firms that were awarded a total of 416 contracts of the Bangladesh Water Development Board (WDB) as they have failed to complete the projects in time. According to the decision taken by the ministry, from now on, these firms will…

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said some lawmakers’ demand for “crossfire” for the rapists in the Jatiya Sangsad, is their personal views. “They expressed their own opinions. That is not the stance of our party or the government. We can’t support…

Amidst an ongoing tussle with the telecom regulator over unpaid dues from an audit claim, Grameen­phone (GP), the largest mobile operator of the country,…

The drumbeat of the Akash-DTH Bangabandhu-Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the special edition of the domestic blockbuster Twenty20 cricket tournament-2019-20,…

A Dhaka court yesterday issued a warrant for arrest of Bangla daily Prothom Alo editor Matiur Rahman, deputy editor Anisul Hoque and eight others in a case filed over the death of Dhaka Residential Model College student Nayeemul Abrar Rahat from electrocution. The additional chief metropolitan magistrate…