UNB, Dhaka
International Mother’s Day will be observed across the country today elsewhere in the world, honouring mothers with giving gifts and greetings.The International Mother’s Day has been celebrated on the second Sunday of May every year for the last few years.The earliest Mother’s Day celebrations can be traced back to the spring celebrations of ancient […]

Staff ReporterThe Board of Investment (BoI) is going to sit in renewed talks with the officials of the Indian Tata Group on its US$3 billion investment proposal tomorrow (Sunday).Energy Division would also be present at the meeting to help speed progress of the negotiations as the Caretaker Government intends to wrap up the dialogue and […]

UNB, DhakaThe United States wants withdrawal of state of emergency to hold a good election in Bangladesh and it won’t accept any deviation from the path of elections set for December this year. “Election must be held to get back to a democratically elected government next year. We could not certainly count other deviation […]

Staff ReporterSecretary general of pro-Khaleda BNP faction Khondoker Delwar Hossain yesterday alleged that conspiracy is being hatched to destroy the political parties in the country with an ill motive to form a ‘puppet Parliament’.“There is a move to form a ‘puppet Parliament’ in the country. The conspiracy is being hatched to provide legitimacy to the […]

Staff ReporterGano Forum will take part in the local government election and will field as many candidates as it can countrywide if a healthy circumstance prevail in the country. Party president Dr Kamal Hossain told this at a press conference following a presidium meeting at his residence in the city yesterday. Asked about the doubt […]

Staff ReporterJustice Abdur Rouf told in a roundtable yesterday that women’s development in Bangladesh would not be possible by blindly following western concepts of man and family. He said that the western world that over time lost family values was now running back to those realising their importance. He was presiding over the roundtable […]

Staff ReporterThe price of different varieties of rice registered a slight fall in the city’s retail and wholesale markets. In recent days the price of coarse rice has declined by Tk 50 to Tk 60 per maund and other varieties of rice have registered a fall of Tk 1 to Tk 2 per kg at […]

Staff ReporterHundreds of people - mostly children- are arriving at hospitals across the country daily. As last week, diarrhoeal diseases have been reported in more than 50 of the country’s 64 districts, with over 20,000 people affected over the past 10 days, said hospital sources.According to the Ministry of Health, about 10,000 new patients were […]

RU CorrespondentThe working journalists of Rajshahi University (RU) campus on Friday called for revoking a set of rules circulated by the vice-chancellor of the university to be followed by them in the discharge of their professional duties.RU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Altaf Hossain on Thursday sent a letter containing a set of rules to be followed by […]

UNB, DhakaIssues relating to unconditional release of detained party chief Sheikh Hasina will be the main agenda of Awami League during the proposed formal dialogue with the caretaker government, said acting AL president Zillur Rahman.“First, we’ll raise the issue of Sheikh Hasina’s release during the dialogue with the caretaker government as it is our main […]