Politics

Strong social movement needed to prevent rape: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said only laws or government initiatives are not enough to prevent incidents of

Dhaka Airport’s 3rd terminal to open on 16 Dec: Info Minister

Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon has said the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka will be inaugurated on 16 December this year, with necessary preparations

Jamaat to hold pre-budget dialogue on education, national development

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General and former MP Mia Golam Parwar on Saturday announced that the party will organise a pre-budget dialogue titled “Allocation in the Education Sector and National Development”

Country’s interests to be protected in Farakka treaty renewal: Fakhrul

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister and BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the Farakka Barrage agreement would be renewed while fully safeguarding Bangladesh’s national

Former state minister Mizanur Rahman Sinha passes away

Former state minister for health and family welfare and managing director of Acme Laboratories Ltd and Acme Group Mizanur Rahman Sinha died in Singapore on early Saturday while undergoing treatment.

Dhaka Airport 3rd terminal to double capacity, boost aviation sector: CAAB chairman

The long-awaited third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport will, once fully operational, nearly double the airport’s current passenger handling capacity, according to the Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority

AL leader, former minister Mosharraf Hossain dies

Former minister and veteran freedom fighter Engineer Mosharraf Hossain died on Wednesday morning at a private hospital in Dhaka. He was 83. He was declared dead around 10:00am, his eldest

Shama Obaed leaves for US, Morocco peacekeeping conference

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam departed Dhaka on Tuesday morning for an official visit to the United States before attending an international peacekeeping conference in Morocco later