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Hasina, Khaleda ask India to sign Teesta deal soon

The government and the opposition in Bangladesh in an almost identical tone asked India on Sunday to sign an agreement on the sharing of Teesta waters and holding a credible study soon on... Full story

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Nothing should be done harming GB

The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, said on Sunday that the Bangladesh government should not do anything that would undermine the Grameen Bank and its successes. ‘We do not want to see any action taken that would, in any way, undermine or interfere in the... Full story

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Hillary wants garment labour problems addressed

The US secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Sunday Bangladesh should address the labour problems in the garment sector so that big foreign manufacturers did not shy away from investing in the industry here. ‘The labour problems in the garment industries... Full story

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BNP leaders take shelter at SC lawyers’ chambers

BNP leaders, implicated in two cases of setting a bus on fire near the prime minister’s office and exploding crackers in the secretariat during last week’s hartal, took refuse in the Supreme Court Bar Association Building on... Full story

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All set for APR to replace ACR in January

The government has made all preparations to put in place a performance-based evaluation system for civil servants replacing the age-old annual confidential report effective from January. The secretary-level... Full story

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Frequent power outages even on holidays

Electricity consumers are facing power outages every alternate hour and for five to seven times on holidays in the urban areas including Dhaka city. Samiul Hasan, a resident of Rampura, said, ‘I am surprised at the... Full story

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Truck enters house, kills 4 in Chandpur

Four members of a family died at Chandpur sadar upazila when a goods-laden truck turned over and ploughed through a roadside village house just after Saturday midnight. The Chandpur sadar Model... Full story

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Cases against lawmakers demean JS, says BNP MPs

Lawmakers of the opposition, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Sunday said filing of cases against eight of their fellows had demeaned the dignity of parliament. They warned that the government’s ‘attempts’ to ‘deny’ the... Full story

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Tipai survey team should include independent experts

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Sunday asked the Indian finance minister Pranab Mukharjee to take independent experts along with government- nominated persons in the team for... Full story

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Hollande set for victory in tight French vote

The French turned out Sunday for a vote tipped to make Nicolas Sarkozy the latest European leader ousted by economic crisis and Francois Hollande the country’s first Socialist president in nearly two decades. Full story

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We want to make South Asia prosprous: PM

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has said Bangladesh will work for the economic welfare of the people of all South Asian countries to turn the region as a prosperous and developed one. ‘We want to make South Asia prosperous and developed, and this... Full story

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Train fares, postal tariff may go up in next FY

People will need to pay higher train fares and postal tariff from the new financial year as the government is set to increase prices of a dozen public services, finance ministry officials said. Full story

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Police preparing charges against BNP, alliance leaders for damaging bus

The police are taking preparations to press in a couple of days the charges of damaging a bus near the prime minister’s office by setting it on fire on April 29 against top leaders of the opposition alliance, an... Full story

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Super bright moon dazzles night skies

A super-full and extra-bright moon dazzled the night skies this weekend as the lunar body swept along the low point of its elliptical orbit around the Earth. The so-called lunar perigree brings the moon about 50,000... Full story

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Nepal sets up unity cabinet to agree constitution

Nepal’s prime minister formed a coalition government on Sunday that includes members of the main opposition party with the hope of introducing a constitution and ending political turmoil in the impoverished Himalayan country. Full story

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Nationwide opposition demonstrations on Wednesday

BNP-led 18-party alliance would hold nationwide demonstrations on Wednesday demanding security of life and property of people, ending abductions, immediate production of abducted leader... Full story

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SSC results today

The results of the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations will be released today. The results are scheduled to be first handed over to the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, at... Full story

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Dipu Moni off to Delhi

The foreign minister, Dipu Moni, left Dhaka for New Delhi on Sunday afternoon to attend the closing ceremony of the Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary. She will lead a Bangladesh delegation to the first meeting... Full story

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