UNB, Washington : Denouncing opposition BNP and Jamaat as arson terrorists Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her call to...
Day: May 3, 2023
UNB, Jashore : A 45-year-man was killed and 30 people were injured when a bus overturned on Jashore -Magura highway...
UNB, Dhaka : In Bangladesh, 51 per cent of young women were married in childhood, according to a new report...
UNB, Dhaka : Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori has said he would prefer to refrain from commenting on Bangladesh’s...
UNB, Dhaka : The High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Mamunul Haque, former joint secretary general of Hefazat-e-Islam, in...
UNB, Dinajpur : Two people died after a truck hit a van in Chandapar area under Dinajpur’s Parbatipur upazila. The...
Editorial Desk : If this government can tell proudly of economic development as a great success and, assuming that its...
Staff Reporter :The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) has informed the High Court that it has already recovered a total of 26,777 out of 30,000 clients’ documents regarding permission for construction of buildings those were missing from its server. Lawyer Imam Hasan on behalf of the RAJUK placed a report regarding the issue before the High Court Bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Mohammad Showkat Ali Chowdhury complying with its earlier order. Then the court directed the three-member...
Staff Reporter :Inward remittance declined by 16.28 per cent in April compared to the same month last year.Total remittances sent by Bangladeshi migrant workers reached $1.68 billion in April, $350 million less than the previous month (March), according to a central bank data. Out of the total remittance, state-owned commercial banks received $ 244.50 million, $ 49.94 million came through the specialised banks, local private banks and foreign banks received $1.383 billion and $ 5.53 million respectively. Meanwhile, in the...
Staff Reporter :The Editors’ Council has demanded the repeal of the Digital Security Act (DSA) and the suspension of all pending laws against independent and free journalism immediately. On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, the council’s president, Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam, made the call at a discussion organized at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Tuesday. In this discussion titled “Freedom of expression is the driving force of all types of human rights”, the president of...
Staff Reporter :The World Bank has provided Bangladesh $2.25 billion to support growth, regional connectivity and disaster preparedness to improve regional connectivity, boost disaster preparedness to address inland flooding, transition to green and climate-resilient development, strengthen environmental management and green investment, and help the micro-enterprise sector become less polluting and more climate-resilient as Bangladesh and the World Bank jointly celebrates 50 years of partnership at the World Bank Headquarter in Washington DC, USA. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and World...
