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Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain presides over JS’s initial session

Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, elected from the Cumilla-1 constituency, presided over the first sitting of the first session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday. Mosharraf performed

President to address Parliament: Home Minister

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said that President Mohammed Shahabuddin will address the National Parliament. He said that the speech will cover all matters related to the July Charter. The

President has no right to address Parliament: Taher

Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher on Wednesday said President Mohammed Shahabuddin has no right to address the National Parliament. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with opposition MPs at

Bangladesh PM holds meeting with ruling party lawmakers at JS

Bangladesh prime minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday held a meeting with ruling party lawmakers at the Jatiya Sangsad Secretariat in Bangladesh capital. The meeting took place at 11:00 am at

Senior MP to preside over first JS session to elect speaker, dy speaker: Chief Whip

The chief whip, Nurul Islam, on Tuesday said that senior lawmaker from the treasury bench would preside over the first sitting of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad on March 12 in

Over 37,500 women get family cards

Prime minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday inaugurated the government’s landmark ‘Family Card’ programme to ensure women empowerment in the country as he distributed cards among them at the inauguration ceremony

Illumination goes on defying directives

The government directive to refrain from excessive decorative lighting at shopping malls on the occasion of Eid has largely been ignored as competing shopping malls do not want to fall

Ex-WASA MD Salam, his wife barred from leaving country

A Dhaka court has imposed a travel ban on former Managing Director (MD) of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA), Md Abdus Salam Bepari, and his wife Mahbubunnesa. Dhaka