1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (179+ words) The Opposition in Parliament on Monday proposed forming a high-level cell to find a lasting solution to the country's ongoing power and energy crisis, offering to place its technical expert team at the government's disposal to work jointly on the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (560+ words) Noted poet Al Mujahidi was remembered at a seminar at the Bangla Academy on Wednesday, with speakers recalling his distinctive contribution to Bangla poetry and lifelong engagement with the soil, people and struggles of Bangladesh. The Bangla Academy organised the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (468+ words) The High Court on Wednesday ordered an eight-week halt to road construction work on the sand dunes of Cox’s Bazar sea beach and issued a rule in a contempt of court case filed over the alleged violation of an earlier…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (856+ words) For generations jute has been known as the “golden fibre” of Bangladesh, offering farmers a cash crop that can thrive even on land where other crops struggle. But for farmers in Lalmonirhat, that golden promise is increasingly turning into a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (373+ words) Fisheries and Livestock and Agriculture Minister Mohammed Aminur Rashid on Tuesday said Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman was the only President who declared Bangladesh’s independence and took part in the Liberation War with arms. He said Ziaur Rahman’s sense of responsibility…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (454+ words) A legal notice has been served on the authorities concerned seeking verification of the foreign citizenship status, allegiance to any foreign state and constitutional validity of the appointments and oath-taking of Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman and State Minister for…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (454+ words) Prime Minister’s economic and planning adviser Prof Dr Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir has said the country’s market system is not being allowed to function properly like a market and that a major nexus in the financial sector had facilitated economic…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (375+ words) The main task of journalism is to question power, Prime Minister’s Political Adviser Zahir Uddin Swapon said on Tuesday, stressing that an independent and institutionalised media is essential for state reform. “An elected and democratic government considers questions an asset....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (624+ words) State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam on Tuesday said the government is committed to ensuring human rights for all citizens and will not allow anyone to be unjustly detained or imprisoned for political reasons, regardless of their political…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1408+ words) Urging the international community to shoulder the Rohingya responsibility together, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam on Sunday said Bangladesh’s humanitarian generosity must not become an excuse for international inaction. “Bangladesh can provide shelter. Bangladesh can provide humanitarian…...