Bangladesh and India have finalised dozens of draft documents -- deals and MoUs -- to take into consideration for signing during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s expected bilateral visit to New Delhi to strengthen ties between the two countries in key areas, reports UNB. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina…

Denmark is keen to assist the development of the health sector of Bangladesh, according to Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim, reports UNB. The Minister came up with the information while talking to reporters after a meeting with Danish Ambassador Mikael Hemniti Winther at the Secretariat…

Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad M Fajle Rabbi Miah yesterday said the government has been playing an important role for attaining millennium development goal (MDG) in the health sector, reports BSS. He said this when two visiting US heart specialists —Dr Bark Elizabeth and Dr Gremits -called…

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday called upon the party advisers to work for strengthening the party at grassroots level to force the government to hold the next polls under a neutral government acceptable to all. An adviser, who was present at the meeting, quoted Khaleda as saying, "Strengthening…

Visiting British Labour Party MPs, including Dr Rupa Huq, met Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali at state guesthouse Padma yesterday, reports UNB. British High Commissioner in Dhaka Alison Blake was also present. The British MPs are visiting Dhaka as Labour Friends of Bangladesh to enhance people-to-people…

A writ petition was filed with the High Court yesterday seeking its order on the government to cancel the gazette of formation of the Election Commission (EC). The petition also sought an order staying the oath taking programme of the chief election commissioner and other EC members scheduled for February…

A journalist was injured as a private car dashed his motorcycle in the capital’s Karwanbazar area yesterday afternoon, reports UNB.  The victim is Mamunur Rashid, a senior crime reporter of the Daily Observer. Mamunur said a black private car hit his bike near Karwanbazar underpass around…

A former Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) member, who was sentenced to death along with others in the seven-murder cases, surrendered before a Narayanganj court yesterday, reports UNB. Sepoy Abdul Alim turned up before the court of District and Session’s Judge Syed Enayet Hossain in the morning. On…