The government has formed a national committee to reevaluate the roles and structures of Rural Electrification Board (REB) and its subordinate body Palli Biduyt Samity (PBS) against the backdrop of their wider coverage in electrification across the c…
In response to demands from public transport owners, the government has decided to allow six months for the phase-out of old, unfit vehicles in Dhaka.
During this period, vehicle owners will be required to switch to environmentally friendly vehicles…
At least 40 people were injured in a clash between two groups of Tabligh Jamaat in Natore on Thursday afternoon.
A tense situation has been prevailing in the area centring the clash. Vehicular movement on Dhaka-Natore road remained suspended for a w…
The interim government has raised age limit for public service to 32 amid job seekers’ demonstrations for the raising the maximum age to 35.
This Council of Advisers took the decision in its 10th meeting on Thursday chaired by Chief Adviser Prof Muh…
A Dhaka court on Thursday sent 26 HSC students to jail in a case over Wednesday’s demonstration at the Secretariat demanding the re-evaluation of their results terming those as ‘discriminatory’.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Belal Hossain passed the…
The interim government has reaffirmed its commitment to swiftly bringing to justice those responsible for the July-August genocide, Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Mohammad Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said on Thursday.
Many individuals connected to t…
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Thursday said the interim government does not see the demand for President Mohammed Shahabuddin Chuppu’s resignation as a “legal or constitutional” issue, but rather a political on…
BNP Standing Committee member Begum Selima Rahman on Thursday said merely banning the Bangladesh Chhatra League is not sufficient, as leaders and activists with illegal arms must also be brought to justice to maintain law and order.
Speaking at a di…
BNP on Thursday warned of legal action if anyone forms any organisation or platform using the name of the party or its top leaders.
Speaking at a press briefing at the BNP’s Nayapaltan central office, party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir…