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Jamaat-led alliance stages demo for July Charter implementation

Leaders of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance on Saturday called on the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led government to take steps to accept the July National Charter in Jatiya Sangsad to show respect

Ex-Lt Gen Masud put on 3-day fresh remand

A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Saturday placed former Feni-3 lawmaker and retired lieutenant general Masud Uddin Chowdhury on a three-day fresh remand in a case filed with Paltan

Bangladesh renames Pahela Baishakh procession as ‘Baishakhi Shobhajatra’

Bangladesh cultural affairs minister, Natai Roy Chowdhury, said on Sunday that the government has renamed the Pahela Baishakh procession as ‘Baishakhi Shobhajatra’. ‘We want to stop controversy over the name

BNP standing committee prioritises council, reviews govt programme, strategy

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Saturday underscored the need to move towards holding the party’s national council at the earliest possible time, as part of efforts to strengthen its organisational

No respite from long queues for fuel

The cabinet committee on government purchase on Saturday approved two proposals to procure one lakh tonnes of diesel and two cargoes of liquefied natural gas amid persistently high demand for

Decision on educational institutions in next cabinet meeting: education minister

The minister for education and primary and mass education ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon on Sunday said that decision on operation of educational institutions amid the ongoing fuel crisis will be

Rain, thundershowers likely across Bangladesh

Bangladesh Meteorological Department has predicted rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind and lightning flashes in parts of the country in 24 hours from 9:00am on Sunday.

US president Trump says two airmen rescued in Iran after giving deadline for deal

President Donald Trump said Sunday that United States forces had safely recovered a second airman downed in Iran, calling it ‘one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in