The United States has said Bangladesh offers opportunities for investment but corruption remains a serious impediment to its investment and economic growth. Bangladesh has made gradual progress in reducing some constraints on investment, but inadequate infrastructure, financial constraints, bureaucratic delays,…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have directed officials concerned for taking expeditious action to conclude the water sharing arrangements of several common rivers at the earliest. The two Prime Ministers noted that discussions on various…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday left Dhaka for home after wrapping up his two-day state visit to Bangladesh. The Indian Prime Minister paid his maiden visit to Bangladesh from June 6-7 after his swearing-in as the 15th prime…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday conveyed to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that “democracy is absent in Bangladesh” and put emphasis on the need for restoration of multi-party democracy for sustainable development in the country as well as in the…
During her meeting with visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled for Sunday, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will seek a fair solution to the outstanding issues including Teesta water sharing agreement, according to party leader. The former Bangladesh premier will…
The first day of historic visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ended with no specific time-bound commitment on Teesta water sharing deal but witnessed the signing of a slew of deals and MoUs between the two countries. Modi, however,…
“The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been prepared a work plan to achieve the revenue target,” he said while addressing in the post budget press conference at Osmani Smriti Auditorium in the city. Industries minister Amir Hossen Amu, agriculture minister…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to have a meeting with BNP chairperson and former Bangladesh premier Khaleda Zia in Dhaka on Sunday. Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar made the announcement while talking to reporters in New Delhi yesterday.…
BNP leaders have termed the proposed budget as big size based on borrowing and the the growth rate remained fixed at 6 percent due to lack of investment and corruption. They said there are no directions about whitening black money…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday proposed a national budget of Tk 295,100 crore for FY 2015-16 to what he said take the country on a higher growth trajectory, projecting a 7.0 per cent rate of growth. “I am sure,…
BNP standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Tuesday said the collapse of country’s economy could not be hidden through the speeches of government ministers. “Where is the country’s economy? Thousands of people are now floating on the sea.…
Seven people sustained burn injuries as miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at a bus on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Chandina upazila early Wednesday. The victims were identified as Ranjit, Suman Chandra Saha, Anjan Dev, Lovely Akhter, Johirul Islam, Khokan Chakma…
Sepp Blatter’s resignation as Fifa president just days after his re-election to the most powerful job in world football is a seismic moment. The 79-year-old has wielded power for 17 years but will leave with Fifa mired in a corruption…
Terming the human trafficking as a heinous criminal activities, Dr. Gowher Rizvi, international affairs adviser to the Prime Minister, on Wednesday said Bangladesh has been working on it ‘sternly and rapidly’ to control it. Dr. Gowher Rizvi came up with…
Parliament on Monday unanimously adopted a thanksgiving motion expressing gratitude to Indian people and Narendra Modi’s government for the recent ratification of the Land Boundary Agreement by Indian Parliament due to farsighted diplomatic success of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Chief…
Migration experts and sector specialists believe the urge of searching for jobs overseas through irregular channels is increasing day by day, as the scope for seeking jobs through legal channels has shrunk. This partly explains the humanitarian crisis that surfaced…
Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Monday told Parliament that his ministry has nothing do with the case for banning Jamaat as the matter is now pending with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. Replying to a…
BNP expects that the government will take steps to restore democracy and show its tolerance of dissident views to salvage near dead democratic system in the country. “The BNP still hopes that the government will back from its repressive policy…
The Cabinet on Monday approved the drafts of three agreements and two protocols to be signed with India during the upcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh on June 6-7 aimed at boosting trade, commerce and connectivity…
Bnp chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday inaugurated a photography exhibition on the life and works of late president Ziaur Rahman. Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal organised the event at the auditorium of the Jatiya Press Club marking the 34th death anniversary of…
Some geologists have once again raised their voice for earmarking the exploration of oil and gas in inland blocks for local companies. This is nothing against foeign companies, but at simple logic of keeping exploration and production costs down. If…
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday said the Teesta water sharing agreement will not happen during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh. There was no consensus so far on Teesta, as this agreement was not just a…
At least four bills including Supreme Court Judges (Leav, Pension and Privileges) Amendment Bill-2015 are likely to be placed in the budget session of 10th Parliament beginning Monday. The other bills are—Export Promotion Bureau Bill-2015, International Finance Corporation Bill-2015 and…
The 34th death anniversary of late President Ziaur Rahman, who announced the war of liberation of Bangladesh and is, the founder of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was observed on Saturday with due solemnity. BNP, its associate bodies and different socio-cultural…
Just a week ahead of his visit to Dhaka, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has compared the settling of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) between Bangladesh and India as the fall of the Berlin Wall. Modi, who is scheduled to…
A regional conference called to address the swelling tide of boat people in Southeast Asia ended Friday with no major breakthroughs, as Myanmar criticised those blaming it for fueling the crisis and warned that “finger pointing” would not help. But…
BNP on Friday urged the government to hold talks with party chairperson Khaleda Zia on matters relating to country’s national interest based on consensus before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh. “We hope that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina…
The United Nations (UN) has said all the countries that are ‘implicated’ need to sit around the table and come up with a solution regarding human trafficking. “I think all the countries that are implicated, whether they’re origin countries, transit…
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus said said on Thursday the world must show zero tolerance to poverty, unemployment and carbon emission for sustainable development, the next new agenda of the UN after conclusion of millennium development goal this year. Addressing the…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday set June 28 to decide on whether the three charge sheets submitted against BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia and 37 others in two cases filed for arson attack in Jatrabari…