Blaming the government for its lack of political commitment to save the country’s rivers, green activists here yesterday said the highly polluted rivers surrounding Dhaka city could be revived within five years if proper steps are taken, reports UNB. “The government must show political commitment…

Awami League Advisory Council member Suranjit Sengupta yesterday called upon BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to submit paper-evidence in support of her recent remarks relating to the total number of martyrs in the country’s war of liberation. “If Begum Khaleda Zia fails to submit papers and…

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday said the government is fixing tariff protecting the interest of local industries. “The present government is working for the wellbeing of business. So, the government will not take any decision which could impede the growth of local industries,” he…

A fortnight-long programme of Islamic Foundation will begin at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque today on the occasion of Eid-e-Miladunnabi (SM), reports BSS. Minister for Religious Affairs Principal Matiur Rahman will formally inaugurate the programme as chief guest at a function at the east plaza of…

In separate public-facing programmes, all the seven mayoral candidates for the upcoming election in Keshorehat Pourasava under Mohanpur Upazila and Tanore Pourasava in the district have pledged that they will work for building corruption-free pourasava administration if they were elected, reports BSS…

The Election Commission (EC) suspended for six months the municipality polls at Ranisankail under Thakurgaon district yesterday over delimitation issues after getting directives from the High Court. The EC was set to hold polls to 234 municipalities across the country on December 30. However, after…

The executive magistrate of Dhanbari, Tangail, yesterday demolished four election camps of the AL and BNP-nominated local candidates for the upcoming civic polls, Monzurul Islam Tapan and SMA Sobhan, respectively, on charges of violating election rules. In another incident, Masumur Rahman, the returning…

A Christian priest in Sylhet received death threat through an SMS from an unknown mobile phone number on Tuesday night. ‘If you celebrate Christmas Day on 25 December, you will be killed,’ the SMS read. The priest, Bijoy D Kuroj, of Khadimpara Catholic Church, filed a general diary in connection,…