Dhaka, Feb 10 – Bangladesh has urged the world leaders to make an arrangement of safe zone in Rakhine state of Myanmar for the repatriation of the displaced Rohingya people as soon as possible. Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday…
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HR action must lead to real changes in Bangladesh: UN
Dhaka, Feb 10 (UNB) – UN Resident Coordinator Mia Seppo on Sunday said human rights action must lead to real, tangible changes in the lives of people in Bangladesh. “If we all work on it jointly in partnership, it can…
Inclusive democracy must for inclusive growth: Rehman Sobhan
Dhaka, Feb 10 (UNB) – Chairman of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Prof Rehman Sobhan has observed that inclusive democracy is needed to achieve inclusive growth. “If you want inclusive growth, you’ve to have inclusive democracy in your process,”…
Prepare master plan to save cultivable lands: PM
Dhaka, Feb 10 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development (LGRD) and Cooperatives to work out a master plan for every upazila for protecting cultivable lands and checking the unplanned construction…
India to open Farakka for hilsa at spawning migration time
Dhaka, Feb 10 – India has redesigned a navigation lock at Farakka barrage over the Ganges to ensure smooth and safe migration of the hilsa during the three-month spawning season. It will ensure hilsas’ journey up to Allahabad down the…
Taka 2 billion export order received at Dhaka Trade Fair
Dhaka, Feb 9 (UNB)— Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Saturday said the month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) concluded successfully, drawing large crowds and getting more export orders compared to previous years. “This fair helped to popularise many local products.…
India visit succeeds: Assurance on Rohingya, water sharing
Dhaka, Feb 9 (UNB) – Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday expressed the hope that Bangladesh and India will gradually resolve the water-sharing issues of all common rivers, including the Teesta, as the two countries have already solved…
500 mmcfd LNG supply to Bd national grid began on Saturday
Chattogram, Feb 9 (UNB) – The supply of 500 mmcfd Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) into the national grid will start from here on Saturday. Talking to UNB, Petrobangla officials expressed hope that the supply of 500 mmcfd (million cubic feet…
Info Minister seeks global efforts for ‘Internet Ombudsman’
Dhaka, Feb 9 – Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said time has come to think globally and work together on how to deal with fake news and rumours on social media platforms through establishing an ‘Internet Ombudsman’ because…
Tamim magic helps Victorians lift BPL title
Dhaka, Feb 8 – Tamim Iqbal’s ton proved to be the title-deciding performance in the final of the sixth season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) as Comilla Victorians beat Dhaka Dynamites by 17 runs on Friday at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium…
Descendants block Shahbagh for FF quota
Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB) – Children and grandchildren of freedom fighters (FFs) on Friday blocked Shahbagh intersection in the city to realise their six-point demand, including reinstatement of 30 percent quota facilities for them in government jobs. Witnesses said over…
Empowered women driving Bd’s dev journey: Envoy to Holland
Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB) – Bangladesh Ambassador to the Netherlands Sheikh Mohammed Belal has said women in Bangladesh are driving its development journey in a bigger way as Bangladesh’s economic transformation is driven, in large part, by social changes, starting…
Compilation of PM Hasina’s question hour in parliament out
Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB) – The first two parts of a compilation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s questions and answers in the ninth parliament have been published. They will give readers a glimpse of the PM’s prudence and her determination…
Dhaka wants Delhi’s steps for common river water sharing
Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB) – Bangladesh has urged India to take steps for sharing the water of all the common rivers and resolving the long-pending Teesta water-sharing deal. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen raised the issue at the 5th…
Chicken Pox outbreak infects 20000 in Rohingya camps
Cox’s Bazar, Feb 7 (UNB) – Around 20,000 Rohingya people in the Ukhia and Teknaf camps have been infected in an outbreak of chicken pox, a quite common disease of childhood in Bangladesh. “All of a sudden, chicken pox cropped…
One of every 3 Bd buses ply without fitness certificates
Dhaka, Feb 07 – The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) submitted on Thursday a report to the High Court saying that 33 percent buses plying across the country have no fitness certificate. Lawyer Md Rafiul Islam on behalf of BRTA…
Play due role for conbstitutional stability: PM Hasina
Dhaka, Feb 7 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the Armed Forces to play the due role in advancing the nation as well as maintaining democratic and constitutional stability in the country. “Bangladesh Armed Forces are making significant…
HC wants another man languishing in jail produced before it
Dhaka, Feb 7 (UNB) – The High Court on Thursday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to produce before it Badal Farazi who is now in a Bangladesh jail after his extradition in July last from India where he…
Holey Artisan case witness unfolds
Dhaka, Feb 06 – Eyewitness Sharmina Parvin of the Holey Artisan Bakery case, on Wednesday appeared before a tribunal of Dhaka and narrated how the militants killed innocent people before her inside the capital’s Holey Artisan Bakery on the night…
282 structures razed to rivive Buriganga, Karnaphuli rivers
Dhaka, Feb 6 (UNB) – Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) on Wednesday pulled down some 282 illegal establishments along the Buriganga River in the capital and the Karnaphuli in Chattogram. In the capital, the BIWTA mobile court bulldozed as…
Shop owners demand closure of Dhaka Int’l Trade Fair-2019
Dhaka, Feb 6 (UNB) – Bangladesh Shop Owners’ Association (BSOA) on Wednesday urged the government to end the month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) 2019 saying it was hampering their business. At a press conference in a Dhaka hotel, they…
Govt has nothing to do with Jamaat ban: PM
Dhaka, Feb 6 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Parliament that the government has nothing to do right now to ban Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party as a case in this regard remains pending with the court.…
21 named for Ekushey Padak
Dhaka, Feb 6 (UNB) – Twenty-one eminent personalities will get the country’s second-highest civilian award, Ekushey Padak, this year in recognition of their contributions to various fields. The Cultural Affairs Ministry announced the names of the recipients on Wednesday. Prof…
Dhaka, Delhi to sign 5 MoUs during 5th JCC Friday
Dhaka, Feb 5 (UNB) – Bangladesh and India have planned to sign five MoUs during the next round of foreign minister-level bilateral talks on Friday, aiming to take the relations between the two countries to newer heights. The meeting –…
Many BNP leaders ready to join UZ polls, claims Quader
Dhaka, Feb 5 (UNB) – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said many BNP leaders want to participate in the upazila parishad elections and they have the proof of that. “Whatever the decision at the centre is, the…
PM asks police to be people friendly
Dhaka, Feb 5 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the police personnel to discharge their duties with patriotism saying they will have to be people-friendly ones. “Police have to discharge their duties being imbued with patriotism for…
Family in tears as innocent Jaha Alam is released from jail
Dhaka, Feb 04 – Jaha Alam, who got released from jail after imprisoned wrongly for three years, wants compensation and justice for his sufferings. He was released from Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur in the wee hours of of Monday…
Bd ant-graft body finds ‘horrific mess’ in education system
Dhaka, Feb 4 (UNB) – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday sent a set of recommendations to the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education and the Secondary and Higher Education Department to ensure a congenial environment for education. ACC expressed…
No innocent person should be victim of torture: PM
Dhaka, Feb 4 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked the police to remain careful so that innocent people are not harassed and tortured during their duties. “You need to keep in mind that no innocent person should…
Innocent Jahalam freed from jail after HC suo moto order
Gazipur, Feb 4 (UNB) – Innocent Jaha Alam, who was in jail for the last three years instead of the real accused in 33 corruption cases, was released from jail early Monday following a High Court order. He walked out…