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The National Committee to Protect Oil Gas Mineral Resources Power and Ports on Saturday threatened to wage a tougher movement from October 12 if the government does not scrap the controversial Rampal power plant project by October 11.  

Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law Ministry Fazle Rabbi Miah on Saturday criticised the Law Commission for its apparent silence over some ‘black laws’ of the state.  

Mother of the abused household worker Aduri is scared to return to the village with the child.

Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif on Saturday said the ruling party is still ready to hold talks with the main opposition BNP to solve the current political impasse.  

BNP standing committee member Rafiqul Islam Miah on Friday asked the party leaders and activists to take all-out preparations even to go to jail for waging a strong movement after October 24 if the government does not restore the caretaker…

Observing that the Sundarbans protect people from every natural disaster like a mother, convener of National Committee to Protect Oil Gas Mineral Resources Power and Ports Engineer Sheikh M Shahidullah on Friday urged all to save the world’s largest mangrove…

Bikalpo Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) president Prof Badruddoza Chowdhury on Friday castigated Awami League leader Mohammad Nasim for his disparaging remarks against government officials.  

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the US business community to persuade the Obama administration to revive preferential trade status Bangladesh was enjoying in the US market.

A mobile court in Dhaka has fined superstores Swapna and Big-Bazar for violating recently passed tobacco control law, in the first such punishment after bringing the landmark amendment.

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday said the United States will work with its partners around the world through “ambitious actions to reduce emissions, transform our energy economy, and help the most vulnerable cope” with the effects of…

The supply of 50MW of electricity from India to Bangladesh’s national grid started experimentally on Friday morning as part of initial 250 MW power import with a view to easing the nagging power crisis.  

Opposition chief whip Zainul Abedin Farroque on Thursday said the ongoing political crisis over the polls-time government can be solved by only amending the constitution. 

Over 100 people, including 15 policemen, were injured as garment workers clashed with police at Fatullah while staging demonstration for minimum wage of Tk8,000 for the 6th straight day on Thursday.  

Home Minister Dr Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Thursday said any attempt to thwart the upcoming elections would be resisted strongly.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged BNP activists who fought in the country’s Independence War to stand by the ongoing trial of war criminals.

Dhaka – Acting Secretary General of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said Awami League leader Mohammad Nasim unveiled the musk of the government by threatening the public servants to send them back home…

Dhaka – The High Court on Thursday scrapped the Contempt of Court Act 2013 declaring it ultra vires to the Constitution.

Prime Minister’s Advisor Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury on Wednesday voiced the government’s determination to move with the controversial 1320 MW coal-fired Rampal power plant project despite opposition from environmentalists and different political parties.  

Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, a BNP affiliate, has said Jamaat-e Islami leader Abdul Quader Molla’s death sentence should not be carried out until it is reviewed.

Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Wednesday warned that any attempt to create crisis in the readymade garment (RMG) sector will be dealt with a strong hand saying that any attack on the sector is tantamount to attack on the…

Commuters on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway had a harrowing time on Wednesday as buses kept off the road due to a strike by transport operators and workers protesting against the wrecking of vehicles in street agitations.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said world leaders must utilise their visions to set the Post-2015 Development Agenda and decide on a legal framework for climate change beyond 2020 for the sustainable development of the world.

Nothing will happen on Oct 25, a senior Awami League leader Mohammad Nasim has said dismissing the opposition’s threat of a vigorous anti-government campaign.

Reaffirming his stance over the next general election, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Wednesday said his party will not take part in the polls if the major political parties boycott it.  

The owners have threatened to not pay readymade garment workers salary and bonuses before the Eid if they continue unleashing unrest over minimum monthly wage.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the upcoming parliament election in Bangladesh will strengthen the country’s democracy and the Constitution.

The National Committee to Protect Oil Gas Mineral Resources Power and Ports on Tuesday launched its five-day long march from the National Press Club towards the proposed Rampal Power Plant site in Bagerhat.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a civil society think tank, on Tuesday suggested that the minimum wage for the garment workers be set at Tk 8,200.

Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni has said Bangladesh, according to Global Gender Gap Report 2012, has ranked 8th globally in terms of political empowerment of women due to the present government’s pro-women policies.

Refuting the prosecution’s charge framing plea, the defence counsel on Tuesday termed it ‘vague’ and ‘improper’ and prayed for discharging accused Al Badr commander ATM Azharul Islam of Jamaat-e-Islami from the war crimes case.