Category: Strategic

Speakers at a discussion here on Tuesday said the state should take total responsibilities of all older persons to pay due honour to them.

The 9th Parliament has set a new record in terms of its working days.

Election Commissioner Md Shah Nawaz on Thursday said inconsistency in the total number of the country’s voters is not a factual error; it might be due to clerical or technical mistakes.  

Dhaka – President Abdul Hamid today inaugurated the academic and administrative buildings of the Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) at the Mirpur Canonment and asked concerned authorities to put emphasis on extra curricular activities in the education system for students…

Vice-Chancellor of Rangpur’s Begum Rokeya University Prof AKM Nurun Nabi has decided to resign amid calls by teachers.

A parliamentary panel has recommended special birth control measures for Rohingya refugee families in Bangladesh who want bigger family members to secure more rations.

Munshiganj: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the construction work of approach road of Padma Bridge at Jajira pokint I October.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has christened the airport at Andal near Durgapur in Bardhman, some 100 km from Kolkata, as Kazi Nazrul Islam International Airport, after the Bengali poet, musician and revolutionary.

Indian Border Security Force picked up a Bangladeshi cattle trader from Burimari Mrinalbari border in Patgram upazila on Saturday morning.   The victim was identified as Bulbul, son of Syed Ali of the upazila.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday said the governing body as well as the curricula of the Civil Service College should undergo changes to become a centre of excellence for education on public policy and management.

he government has promoted 70 Deputy Secretaries to the rank of Joint Secretaries barely two months after a similar promotion of 326 others.

The visiting five-member European Union Election Exploratory Mission will sit with the main opposition BNP on Tuesday to discuss election issues to have an idea about pre-polls situation in the country.  

State Minister for Industries Omor Faruk Chowdhury has said rural electrification is very essential to lessen the sufferings of the grassroots people.

The Hajj flight has started on a sour note with 163 pilgrims facing lot of hardship on the first day of the flight as Biman’s Boeing 747 aircraft, leased from Nigerian airlines Cabo, did not get clearance from Saudi Arabia.

DHAKA – Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday expressed its apprehension about the future of the ACC case filed in connection with Padma bridge corruption conspiracy.

A new alliance – The Girls Not Brides Bangladesh Alliance – was formed with the hope to end child marriage in Bangladesh on Thursday.  

In the awake of allegation of massive graft in recruiting staff to the Food Directorate under the Food Ministry, the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has demanded immediate cancellation of recruitment process and taking stern action against those involved in the…

Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed on Tuesday said the government has taken steps to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) aiming at quick disposal of cases.  

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the government would go for district budget in near future for decentralisation of power and balanced development of the country.  

DHAKA – BNP standing committee member Lt Gen (Retd) Mahbubur Rahman on Sunday said national and international conspiracy is being hatched with the hill tracts and he called the political parties to face the conspiracy.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday joined a Milad Mahfil held at IVY Tower at Gulshan-2 on the occasion of the 9th death anniversary of former Mohila Awami League leader Ivy Rahman.  

The Election Commission has not yet taken any decision over the abolition of the clause 91 (E) of the Representation of the People Order (RPO) that empowers it to cancel the candidature of any contestant for severe violation of the…

The organogram committee, headed by the Chief Election Commissioner, will sit in a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the proposal for upgrading 301 Upazila election officials in terms of pay scale.  

Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Zabed Ali on Wednesday said the Election Commission (EC) will act over the legal dispute on the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami after the final disposal by the apex court.  

The government is working to bring changes in the existing Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) to ensure the quick disposal of cases, said Law Minister Shafique Ahmed on Tuesday.  

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has called President Barack Obama`s announcement of plans to limit sweeping US government surveillance programmes a “victory of sorts” for fugitive former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.

WASHINGTON—In a striking policy shift that ensured the rancorous spy-policy debate would extend into the fall, President Barack Obama announced plans to overhaul key parts the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs.

MADRID — Spain will review speed limits and security systems throughout its rail network to avoid a repeat of a train crash that killed 79 people last month, a government minister said Friday.