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Tarique criticizes unwise megaprojects during AL regime
News —16 November, 2024 22:32
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has criticized the past Awami League government for taking many unwise mega projects saying…
"Pope Francis Yunus 3Zero Club" launched in Rome
Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church, and…
Electricity from Nepal to reach Bangladesh via Indian grid
Electricity generated in Nepal will now reach Bangladesh via…
Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning president's party wins two-thirds majority
The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won a two-thirds majority in parliament, according to official election results Friday, providing…
Govt to introduce satellite internet
The present government is on its way to introduce satellite internet as the telecom regulator has sought public opinion for finalization of the draft guidelines so the country could…
Afizur plays key role in media control during Hasina's regime
Afizur Rahman, a retired Major from the Bangladesh Army, served nearly a decade in the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) during Sheikh Hasina’s regime, a period…
India concerned as Pakistan, Bangladesh restore maritime ties
A cargo vessel from Karachi docked at Chittagong on Wednesday, marking the first-ever direct maritime contact between Pakistan and Bangladesh since the Liberation War of 1971 but stirring…
JU Anti-Discrimination Movement leaders remove Bangabandhu's portrait from council room
Leaders of the Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit of the Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement today took down the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from the council…
Tarique vows to curb power abuse, autocracy if BNP returns
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday said his party, if returns to power, will build Bangladesh so that no one, not even the Prime Minister, can abuse power or emerge as…
Labour counselor recalled from Geneva over harassment of Asif Nazrul
The government has ordered Mohammed Kamrul Islam, Counsellor (Labour Wing) at the Bangladesh Mission in Geneva to return home and dismissed a local staff member from the mission following…
Dhaka urges Delhi to keep Hasina refrain from making political statement
Bangladesh has expressed strong dissatisfaction over ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's frequent political statements from India and urged the Indian government to prevent such…
UN faces uncertainty as Trump returns to US presidency
The United Nations and other international organizations are bracing for four more years of Donald Trump, who famously tweeted before becoming president the first time that the 193-member…
Israel accused of 'war crime' with 'forcible transfer' in Gaza
Human Rights Watch said in a report released Thursday that Israel's repeated evacuation orders in Gaza amount to the "war crime of forcible transfer", and to "ethnic cleansing" in…
Second lady of Brazil calls on Chief Adviser
Lu Alckmin, wife of vice president of Brazil Geraldo Alckmin, called on Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the venue of the COP-29 global climate summit in Baku,…
Falu discharged from Tk 183cr laundering case
A court on Thursday discharged three people, including BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia's former adviser Mosaddek Ali Falu, from a case filed over laundering of Taka 183.92 crore…
BNP demands overseas treatment for critically injured uprising victims
Amid outrage among injured patients from the July mass uprising at NITOR, a BNP delegation visited the hospital on Thursday and demanded that those who were critically wounded be sent…
Immunity provision in quick rental act illegal
The High Court on Thursday declared the immunity provision in Section 9 of the Quick Enhancement of Electricity and Energy Supply (Special Provision) Act-2010 as 'illegal and unconstitutional'.…