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Bangladesh has made a significant progress in reducing poor people by 16 million in 10 years from 2000-2010 despite the series of external shocks affecting the country in 2007 and 2008.

Nobel Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank, on Thursday said the government’s all attempts to break up the Bank into pieces would be resisted.

Acquisition of land and rehabilitation works for the much-desired Padma Bridge, the largest ever infrastructure project, are almost at final stage, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader told Parliament on Thursday.

Ten Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) men were sentenced to death for involvement in the 2005 suicide bombing at Gazipur Bar association that killed eight people.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has warned the BNP against making way for unelected people to come to power through the restoration of the system of a poll-time caretaker government.

An election commissioner has been quoted to have said the Mayors-elect of four cities would need to wait three to four months to take the charge due to ‘legal complications.’ The elections were called by the Local Government ministry ahead…

The outgoing chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission Ghulam Rahman on Wednesday called the ACC ‘a toothless tiger’ which was yet to grow claws and teeth, because of too many loopholes in the laws.

At least 10 people were killed and six others injured as they were struck by bolts of lightning in the capital, Chapainawabganj, Sherpur and Rajshahi districts on Wednesday.

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkh (Rajuk) has taken steps against 8,000 building constructors as per the Building Construction Act of 1952 on charges of violating rules.

Senior BNP lawmaker Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Wednesday in Parliament demanded a statement from the Foreign Minister in the House under rule 300 to let people know about the present position regarding Tipaimukh Dam, Inter River-Linking Project, and Teesta water…

The present average life expectancy of women in Bangladesh is 68.8 years – a significant rise from the past, Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr AFM Ruhal Haque told Parliament on Tuesday.

Two opposition lawmakers in Parliament on Tuesday demanded restoration of caretaker government to hold the next national elections, otherwise they warned the government will have to flee through the back door in the face of public wrath.

The US House of Representatives has approved a defense authorisation bill that will require the military-branded garments made in Bangladesh and sold at base retail stores owned by the Department of Defense comply with an enforceable fire and building safety…

A lorry driver, involved in a road crash in which 21 people including 19 Bangladeshis died, has been ordered to pay Dh 4.2 million in blood money, fined Dh 52,000 and sentenced to a year in prison.

Bangladesh’s pioneering microlender faces an uncertain future after a commission proposed the government take over or break up the Nobel-award-winning bank, analysts said Tuesday.

The presence of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad in Singapore for medical check up during the same period has given rise to a speculation that they might have talks on election issues there.

Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) on Monday said implementation of the budget proposed for fiscal 2013-2014 depends on effective handling of 14 issues that include giving a boost to foreign and private sector investment and bringing pace in ADP implementation with…

The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of Trade and Investment Cooperation Framework Agreement (Ticfa), aiming to boost trade relations with the USA and bring dynamism in trade and investment between the two countries.

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday interrogated detained four officials of Sonali Bank in connection with the much-talked-about Sonali Bank loan scam of Tk 3,500 crore.

In each of the four cities where corporation polls took place last Saturday, the number of cancelled votes were more than those secured by Mayor candidates who ended up third.

The BNP has described the results of the four city corporation elections as a ‘silent revolution’ by the people. It also urged party leaders and activists to be ‘patient’ after the convincing victory of the candidates it supported in the…

Terming the formation of Inter National Crimes Tribunals politically motivated, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami MP ANM Shamsul Islam on Sunday told parliament that the government is trying to kill his party’s top leaders using the judiciary in the name of trial of…

The India-Bangladesh Joint River Commission (JRC) meeting, scheduled to be held here for June 18-19, has been postponed due to India’s eleventh hour ‘request’ as the Indian Minister has some domestic compulsions.

The High Court on Sunday asked the Election Commission (EC) to accept the nomination paper of M Jahangir Alam, a Sammilito Nagarik Committee-backed mayoral candidate for the election to Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) slated for July 6.

Bangladesh on Sunday received United Nations awards in recognition of its notable and outstanding progress in fighting hunger and eradicating poverty through ensuring its food security.

Fifty more workers of three garment factories in Singboard area of Gazipur were hospitalized on Monday as they fell ill after drinking water supplied by factories’ authorities.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A powerful Indian regional party pulled out of the main opposition alliance on Sunday, a split that could hobble the rise of a controversial Hindu nationalist leader who hopes to oust the ruling Congress party in…