Dhaka: Prime Minister’s Finance Adviser Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir today pledged to dismantle what he termed the ‘poisonous’ oligarchic grip over the country’s energy sector, alleging that Bangladesh had been pushed into an import-dependent system that …
Dhaka: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday paid his last respects to former State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mizanur Rahman Sinha. The Prime Minister placed a wreath at the coffin of the deceased at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsa…
Dhaka: Deputy Speaker Barrister Kayser Kamal emphasized the necessity for long-term, sustainable, and coordinated efforts to protect the lives and livelihoods of people in the haor regions. He proposed the formation of a special taskforce to identify …
Dhaka: The government has appointed the chief of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Additional Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mosleh Uddin Ahmed, as the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner.
According to United News of Banglades…
Dhaka: Li Shaopeng, Cultural Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka, emphasized the importance of tea in enhancing the friendly relations between Bangladesh and China. He made these remarks on Saturday during a seminar titled ‘Tea and the World: Ae…
Dhaka: Health experts today stressed the need for a comprehensive and coordinated initiative covering prevention, treatment, drug supply, and increased budget allocation to control hypertension in the country. They also described hypertension as a “si…
Khulna: Members of the Bangladesh Coast Guard early today arrested two active members of the notorious Karim Sharif pirate gang along with arms and ammunition from the Sundarbans and rescued four fishermen who had been held hostage by the gang.
Acco…
Netrokona: Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad and lawmaker from Netrokona-1 (Durgapur-Kalmakanda) constituency Barrister Kayser Kamal has announced that the ‘Family Card’ programme was launched to build a humane state based on social justice. He des…
Dhaka: State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Anindya Islam Amit today made a surprise visit to Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant of the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Limited (BIFPCL) in Rampal, Bagerhat. BIFPCL Managing Di…