National,Back Page
Speakers at a view-exchange meeting in the city on Wednesday said student-led mass upsurge has flourished opportunity to establish democratic state and society with paving the way for building an anti-discriminatory and humanitarian system being imbued with accountability.They came up with the obser...
City
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday adjourned till November 6 the hearing on a rule it issued questioning the legality of the 15th amendment of the constitution.A High Court Division bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury passed the order as senior advocate Dr Sharif Bhuiyan t...
Shipping Adviser Brig Gen (Retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hussain on Wednesday said the government would formulate "National Maritime Port Strategy (NMPS)" for an effective and sustainable port management to attract more domestic and foreign investments."The government will formulate 'Nation...
Art& Culture,National
Newly-appointed Vice-chancellor (VC) of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) Prof SM Abdur Razzaque has called for building RUET as a centre of excellence after the best use of last July-August spirit of students-people revolution.He made the call while addressing a view-sharing ...
Art& Culture
Prof Dr Nazmul Ahsan from Department of Fisheries and Marine Resource Technology Discipline of Khulna University on Wednesday joined Khulna Agricultural University (KAU) as its new Vice-Chancellor (VC).President Mohammed Shahabuddin, also Chancellor of the Public University, appointed him as n...
Entertainment & Glomour
An unknown waltz by Chopin, written nearly 200 years ago, has been discovered in the vault of the Morgan Library and Museum in New York.The score, on a card bearing Frederic Chopin's hand-written name, was found by a curator in the spring, the New York Times reported Sunday."I thought, '...
Country, Districts
Speakers at a meeting in Khulna on Tuesday said collective initiative of various government institutions and mass people can help to build a healthy city."If all institutions linked with urban development coordinate their activities then a healthy, livable city can be ensured for the city dwell...
Business & Commerce
Dhaka and Colombo have put emphasis on accelerating negotiations over signing the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) at the earliest to unlock the untapped potential of bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The intention was observed when Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Bangladesh D...
The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will procure some 32.60 lakh liters of soybean oil, 10,000 Metric Tons (MTs) of chickpeas and 5,000 MTs of sugar to meet the growing demand of the country ahead of the Holy Month of Ramadan.The approval came from the 10th meeting of the Adviser&#...
Country's both the bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) on Wednesday also witnessed an upward trend like previous day following the government’s recent moves to restore investor confidence.As part of govt moves, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Comm...
National
The government has sent a letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) wishing to work directly with it as its Regional Director for South-East Asia Saima Wazed is “dysfunctional right now”.“Incumbent WHO Regional Director Saima Wazed Putul is dysfunctional right now. She has been...
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday said the independent UN Fact Finding Mission, which is investigating atrocities committed during the July-August mass uprising in Bangladesh, would hopefully finalise its report by the first week of December.He made the ...
Egypt has invited Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus to attend the D-8 Summit to be held in its capital Cairo in December next.Egypt Ambassador in Dhaka Omar Fahmy handed over the invitation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to the Chief Adviser at his office in Tejgaon here today...
Indian news outlet - The Wire - in its recent article highlights how a successful Bangladesh, under Chief Adviser Professor Muhmmad Yunus, is more likely to be a strong ally of India than a failing one.Vinod Khosla, a businessman and venture capitalist, wrote the opinion released in The Wire on Octo...
The much-awaited train service on Dhaka-Jashore section is expected to open by mid-November via Padma Bridge, official familiar with the process said.“We’re hopeful for formally starting the operation of passenger trains on Dhaka-Jashore section via Padma Bridge from mid November (15-20 ...
National,Front Page
The High Court on Tuesday allowed a plea of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to become party in a writ petition challenging the legality of the 15th amendment of the constitution with pleading to scrap it.A High Court Division bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury gr...
The petitioners, who filed two writ petitions, pleading for the High Court order to bar the political activities of a total of 11 political parties including Awami League (AL) and challenging the legitimacy of 10th, 11th and 12th national elections, have informed the court that they will not pursue ...
Lt. Gen. Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) on Tuesday said the human rights condition in Bangladesh is much better in comparison with many countries. "The condition of Bangladesh is much better on the human rights issue compared to many countries. Human rights are being violated in many ...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General and Central Executive Council Member Muhammad Shahjahan Chowdhury said his party wants trial of brutal killing with Logi-Baitha orchestrated by Awami League and Chhatra League.“Jamaat demands arrest and trial of the killers of Awami League...
Department of Agricultural Marketing under the Ministry of Agriculture is selling essential commodities, including agricultural products, at subsidized price through OMS programme at a total of 45 points in Dhaka, Khulna and Chittagong cities. The present interim government launched OMS program...
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