Information Minister and chief of a faction of JSD, Hasanul Haq Inu, yesterday underscored the need for establishing rule of law in the country in a bid to instill the spirit of Liberation War and democracy, and a keenness for development in the people. “We will have to build a peaceful Bangladesh,…

Senior Secretary of Ministry of Public Administration Dr Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury has been elected chairman of UNESCO’s Committee on Conventions and Recommen-dations of the Executive Board. The election was made unanimously at the 199th meeting of the Executive Board held at the UNESCO headquarter…

Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim yesterday said the allocation for the health sector in the upcoming budget should be increased and he has already made a formal request to the finance minister in this context, reports BSS. “Health sector is running well with limited resources.…

The World Health Day-2016 was observed across the country with elaborate programmes yesterday, reports BSS. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages on the occasion. The theme of the day was “Make health choice every day, keep diabetes at bay”. Marking…

Police recovered the body of a girl at Bokshimul in Tarakanda upazila, near Mymensingh-Haluaghat road, yesterday. The victim aged about 15 could not be identified immediately. Local people found the body lying beside the road around 9.30am and informed the police. Police sent the body to Mymensingh…

CHITTAGONG: Water Resources Minister Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud said all rivers in the country should be dredged to save the country. He said the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has decided to dig all mainstream rivers in the country so that they do not meet the same…

Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad said Jatiya Party will return to power if a fair national election is held. He said this while speaking as chief guest at the biennial council of his party’s Bogra district unit at Shaheed Titu Poura Auditorium yesterday. Ershad said Jatiya Party has not yet…

The house of Tebhaga Andolan leader Ila Mitra at Bagutia village in Shailkupa upazila lies in ruins for lack of maintenance and illegal occupation. Locals said one Kiamuddin Hazi with his family is living there. Kumar Biswas, a resident of Bagutia village, said the house has been occupied by some villagers.…

The EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract for the proposed 1320MW coal-fired power plant in Rampal near the Sundarbans will be signed this month, reports UNB. Power secretary and chairman of the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Ltd (BIFPC) Monwar Islam revealed this while…

A total of 2,672 candidates will contest for the post of chairman in 620 union parishads (UP) across the country in the third phase of UP polls scheduled for April 23, Election Commission (EC) sources said yesterday. Of the chairman candidates, a total of 1487 aspirants will contest in the polls being…

Speakers at a views exchange meeting yesterday called upon the government to immediately take effective measures to implement the article 5.3 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) to prevent the tobacco companies to influence the anti-tobacco activities. They termed smoking and using…