Politics

PM for engaging local public representatives to stem COVID-19

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the authorities concerned to engage more the local public representatives in containing the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. “The prime

50pc bus seats must be kept vacant: Quader

Shawdesh Desk: Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said 50 percent seats of buses must be kept empty while plying on roads from Sunday. Besides, passengers will

Jubo League leader hacked dead in Bogura

Shawdesh Desk: A local Jubo League leader was hacked to death and two other activists were critically injured as a group of unidentified miscreants swooped on them with lethal weapons in

PM phones Mamata, enquires about losses caused by Amphan

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday called Chief Minister of Indian state of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee and enquired about the damages caused by the super cyclone Amphan. “The premier

Homecoming Day of Sheikh Hasina today

The 40th Homecoming Day of Awami League president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is being observed on Sunday without any elaborate programme due to the ongoing coronavirus situation. On May

Ruling party men ‘plundering relief money’: BNP

BNP on Saturday alleged that the ruling party leaders and activists are deceiving the poor by plundering money allocated for them by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ahead of the Eid-ul

Mirza Fakhrul meets Khaleda at last

Despite having freed on March 25, the meeting between BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and the party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is being delayed for unknown reasons. The much

PM receives donations to fight COVID-19

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday received contributions from 57 organisations and individual mostly from various ministries, universities, and associations, for the PM’s Relief and Welfare Fund to effectively combat