Nat鈥檒 Pay Commission officials meet finance adviser
Officials of the National Pay Commission appointed in the past month to set pay hikes for the public servants held a meeting with finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday...
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Tarique warns of plots against democracy
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chair Tarique Rahman on Monday alleged that conspiracies were under way to obstruct the people鈥檚 right to vote and undermine democratic progress in Bangladesh.
Youth lynched on mugging suspicion at Tongi
A youth was beaten to death on suspicion of mugging on Tongi station road in Gazipur on Monday.
Swing voters rise to 48.5pc in 8 months
A survey has found that 48.50 per cent of respondents are undecided about who they will vote for in the national election expected to be held next February...
Law to ban 鈥榗landestine politics鈥� at edn instts demanded
The Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Monday demanded a law to ban 鈥榗landestine politics鈥� in all educational institutions across the country...
Ocean Centres to be launched today
The Ocean Centres Bangladesh, a multi-stakeholder platform to advance safety culture to promote a sustainable blue economy and marine conservation, is scheduled to be launched in Dhaka today...
New German ambassador presents credentials to president
The newly appointed German ambassador to Bangladesh, R眉diger Lotz, has presented his credentials to President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban in Dhaka...
One more dies of dengue, 434 hospitalised in 24hrs
One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 102 this year...
Govt accused of failure to implement uprising spirit
Politicians, lawyers, youth leaders and professionals on Monday at a discussion criticised the interim government that it failed to properly implement the July uprising spirit in the past one year...
BGB seizes smuggled goods worth Tk 174.28cr in July
Border Guard Bangladesh has seized various types of smuggled goods worth of Tk 174.28 crore in July, including in border areas and other places...
Journalist comes under attack in Kushtia
A journalist of a Kushtia-based newspaper came under attack by a group of people at the BGB Sector area under Mirpur upazila in Kushtia Monday morning...
3 plaintiffs testify against Hasina, Sajeeb, Saima
The Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 on Monday recorded the depositions of the plaintiffs of three corruption cases against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul and several other...
Deaths in mob聽violence on rise
The incidents of deaths in mob violence are on the rise in the country. Legal experts and human rights activists described the situation as a disturbing trend and blamed the interim government for its failure to prevent mob violence.
Yet another extension for probe report submission deadline
The deadline for submission of the probe report in a case filed over the murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi in 2012 has been extended for the 120th time...
NCP leaders hold meeting with US envoy
Top leaders of the National Citizen Party on Monday held a meeting with United States charg茅 d鈥檃ffaires at its embassy in Dhaka Tracey Ann Jacobson at her Gulshan residence where they discussed the country鈥檚 political situation, reforms and the forthcoming national election.