Pahela Baishakh celebration preparations begin at DU
Preparations for welcoming Bengali New Year 1432 began with an art workshop at the fine art faculty of Dhaka University on Thursday...
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Govt should strictly regulate drug pricing decisions
PRICES of various brands of the same medicine vary. They vary depending on on the manufacturers. And, this suggests the absence of proper oversight on drug pricing. This remains a concern as the Directorate General of Drug Administration has only 117 essential drugs on its platter to set the maximum prices for. An earlier estimate shows that Bangladesh manufactures...
Cycling, Handball feds get ad-hoc committees
The National Sports Council approved the ad hoc committees of the Bangladesh Cycling Federation and the Bangladesh Handball Federation, abolishing the prior committees, according to a circular issued on Wednesday...
HC questions EC preconditions for party registration
The High Court on Tuesday issued a four-week rule asking the government and the Election Commission to explain why the commission鈥檚 recent notice 鈥� requiring new political parties to maintain offices in at least 22 districts and 100 upazilas for registration 鈥� should not be declared unlawful...
ROW OVER NID SERVICES: EC staff suspend 鈥榦perational halt鈥� programme on assurance
Officials and employees of the Election Commission have decided to postpone their previously announced 鈥榦perational halt鈥� programme, which was scheduled for Wednesday...
OECD lowers global growth forecasts
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on Monday lowered its projections for global growth in 2025 due to 鈥榯rade barriers鈥� and 鈥榰ncertainty鈥�...
Joint venture projects should adopt rational pay scale
INDIAN nationals occupying almost all top positions at the Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company that runs a 1,320MW coal-based power plant at Rampal, Bagerhat and drawing heftier salaries and benefits than their peers is surprising. According to a financial review by the Bangladesh Power Development Board, 32 of the top 40 positions are occupied by Indians...
Economists stress job creation, direct tax in budget
Economists in a pre-budget discussion on Sunday in the capital Dhaka suggested employment generation schemes, expansion of social spending and maintenance of a high food stock in the forthcoming financial year...
Drive against footpath encroachers to be conducted after Eid
Dhaka North City Corporation administrator Mohammad Azaz on Saturday said that drives would be conducted after Eid-ul-Fitr to free footpaths from illegal grabbers.
HC directs DIP DG to issue Michael Chakma鈥檚 passport
The High Court on Thursday asked the director general of the Department of Immigration and Passports to collect the fingerprint of national minority rights activist Michael Chakma and consider issuing his passport within seven days...
KOICA to provide $8.85m as grant
The government on Thursday signed the record of discussion and terms of reference for the project 鈥楥apacity development for smart maintenance technology of bridges鈥� with the Korea International Cooperation Agency...
Leader of Syria signs constitutional declaration
Syria鈥檚 interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa on Thursday signed the country鈥檚 constitutional declaration, which will be enforced throughout a five-year transitional period.
Birth, death registration stressed to be completed on time
Speakers at a workshop on Thursday stressed the importance of completing the mandatory birth and death registration by the specified time as the certificates are essential for accessing various services, including school admission...
鈥楯aiJai Din鈥� declaration revoked
The declaration of the daily 鈥楯aiJai Din鈥� has been revoked by the office of the Dhaka district magistrate and deputy commissioner following an application by its former editor Shafik Rehman, sparking protests from the newspaper鈥檚 current management and journalists...
Rate of internet penetration keeps going downward
The country鈥檚 internet penetration rate has continued to decline gradually in the past three months...
Lack of civic facilities in new DNCC wards decried
Residents of 18 newly included wards in the Dhaka North City Corporation at a public hearing on Tuesday complained of grappling with water stagnation, poor waste disposal, and dilapidated roads, among other issues...
Salim Ullah made new BIWTC chairman
Additional secretary Md Salim Ullah has recently joined as chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation...
SUST students issue 48hr ultimatum to abolish irrational quotas
Students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum demanding the abolition of all irrational quotas, including the ward quota...
EC invites applications for political party registration
The Election Commission has called for applications from political parties seeking registration ahead of the forthcoming general elections...
Shishu Park must open its door to children
THE Dhaka Shishu Park has been closed for children since 2019 for renovation and is unlikely to open its doors by 2026. The modernisation plan, initially taken by the liberation war affairs ministry at a cost of Tk 265.44 crore for the Liberation Monument project in Suhrawardy Udyan, was supposed to begin in January 2018...
Matuail fire calls for modern waste management strategy
A DEPLORABLE failure of urban waste governance has left large parts of southern Dhaka cloaked in toxic smoke for more than two weeks, as a fire at the Matuail landfill continues to spread palls of toxic smoke across densely populated neighbourhoods such as Jurain, Jatrabari, Sayedabad and Maniknagar. The...
Fire that breaks out at Liberation War Museum fully extinguished
A fire broke out at the generator room of the Liberation War Museum in the capital on Monday morning...
Bangladesh, Pakistan agree to strengthen bilateral ties
Bangladesh and Pakistan have agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in all areas of mutual interest as the foreign ministers of the two South Asian countries met on the sidelines of the OIC meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
EID JOURNEY: Advance train, bus tickets from March 14
Bangladesh Railway and the private bus operators are going to start selling advance train and bus tickets from March 14 ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr...
Govt has issues to address for women鈥檚 migration, job
A sharp decline in women鈥檚 migration in 2023 raises a few issues left unattended for long. Female migration from Bangladesh has declined by 42 per cent in two years, as Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training figures say. The number declined from 105,466 in 2022 to 76,108 in 2023 and 61,158 in 2024. A lack of safe migration practices, high migration cost...
RU students block rail tracks
A group of students from Rajshahi University staged a demonstration on Wednesday by blocking the Dhaka-Rajshahi rail tracks at the university鈥檚 railway station, protesting at the dominance of Dhaka and Dhaka University in government bodies and policymaking...
DNCC asks for rent from occupiers during eviction drive
Dhaka North City Corporation administrator Mohammad Azaz asked illegal land grabbers to pay rent during an eviction drive in the Beribandh area of Gabtoli in the capital on Wednesday...
Female labour migration from Bangladesh continues to drop
Female migration from Bangladesh to other countries continued to decrease significantly mainly due to the lack of workers鈥� language barriers, skills and safety issues...
Govt should put NID services transfer to discussions, debates
THE government and the Election Commission have been at variance with the national identity registration services, which involve the preparation, distribution and maintenance of identity cards and other related responsibilities. The government wants to set up an independent commission, the Civil Registration Commission, and put the national identity registration services...
Coal power generation up as temp rises
Bangladesh has substantially increased coal-fired power generation over the last several days as temperature starts rising with the arrival of warmest time of the year鈥攖hree-month-long pre-monsoon season.