ERD, UNDP sign deal for village court phase II

The government is going to implement the phase II of its village court project as an effective local dispute resolution
30 December 2015

Textbooks on time

More than 44 million primary and secondary level students are set to receive new textbooks on the first morning of 2016, as around 33 crore copies of textbooks are ready for free distribution.
29 December 2015

Teachers seek PM's intervention for timely promotion of nurses

Teachers of nursing colleges yesterday sought the prime minister's intervention for timely promotion of nurses
29 December 2015

TIB worried about Rooppur nuclear power plant safety

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed concern over the safety and reliability of the proposed Rooppur nuclear power plant.
28 December 2015

Cabinet approves BNCC Act

The cabinet yesterday approved in principle the draft of “The Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC) Act-2015” aiming to bring BNCC under a legal framework and set up a separate department to this end.
28 December 2015

BRTC to arrange special bus service for Ijtema pilgrims

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will run a special bus service for ferrying Muslim pilgrims to and from the Bishwa Ijtema, the largest congregation of the Muslims after the hajj, from January 6 to 19.
28 December 2015

People will give befitting reply to obfuscators

People will give a befitting reply to those who are trying to create a debate over the number of martyrs of the 1971 Liberation War, said Prof Emeritus Anisuzzaman yesterday.
27 December 2015

Teachers threaten shutdown of public universities

The Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers' Association (FBUTA) yesterday threatened a complete shutdown of all public universities across the country if the government did not deliver on its pledges of removing "discriminations" in the 8th national pay scale by December 31.
27 December 2015

Governance failure holds back democratic culture

Even after four decades of independence, Bangladesh has failed to establish strong democratic institutions, and this remains a major impediment to the building of a liberal democratic culture, says a study report of BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD).
27 December 2015

Mayor Khokon brings together 26 govt agencies

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday urged different government institutions to create public awareness about keeping the city clean.
27 December 2015

Biotech lab at BLRI

A biotechnology laboratory was launched at Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) Savar yesterday.
27 December 2015

Conduct campaigns for clean Dhaka: Khokon

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon urges different government institutions to carry out awareness campaigns to promote cleanliness in the city.
27 December 2015

CJ urges judges to cut annual vacation time

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday urged judges to reduce their annual vacation period and devote more
26 December 2015

7 police officials promoted as additional inspector general

Seven high rank police officials, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah, were
24 December 2015

PGCB moves to improve power supply in Ctg city

The Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) has undertaken two major projects aiming to address low voltage problem and improve power supply in Chittagong city within next two years.
24 December 2015

Hasina seeks entrepreneurs' support for health sector development

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the private sector entrepreneurs to supplement the government
24 December 2015

Govt officials protest pay scale, block Farmgate road

Government officials block a road in Dhaka’s Farmgate for nearly an hour protesting what they said discrimination in the eighth national pay scale.
24 December 2015

Govt to open climate change fighting wing

The government is going to open a separate "climate change wing" under the ministry of environment and forests to coordinate and bring pace in the climate change related works, Secretary to the ministry Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed told a discussion yesterday.
23 December 2015

Pak diplomat 'withdrawn'

A Pakistani female diplomat was withdrawn from Bangladesh yesterday, weeks after allegations of her involvement in terror financing surfaced in the judicial statement of an Islamist militant.
23 December 2015

Independent commission must for protecting child rights

In a country where majority of the children, who account for over one-third of the population, are vulnerable to
23 December 2015