Khaleda gives govt 4 days to ‘return’ Elias Ali
Sporadic clashes mark 3rd day’s shutdown
Exploration for oil, gas brings little hope
Much trumpeted exploration for oil and gas by foreign companies as well as the state-run Petrobangla brought little hope to energy starved Bangladesh, experts said on Tuesday. Full storyCancer treatment delayed for lack of equipment
Cancer patients need to wait long periods before they can get admitted to hospital because of severe shortage of radiotherapy machines. Yusuf, father of four-year-old Fahim who was admitted to National... Full storyFresh autopsy ordered
A metropolitan court on Tuesday granted permission to Rapid Action Battalion to exhume the bodies of murdered journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi for further autopsy. Full storyMuslims in Europe face discrimination: AI
European countries are discriminating against Muslims for demonstrating their faith, especially in the fields of education and employment, rights group Amnesty International said Tuesday. Full storyAL asks party men to resist BNP movement
Some senior leaders of the ruling Awami League on Tuesday directed the party activists to resist anarchy set off by opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders in the name of movement and general strike. Full storyCases filed against 8,000 people in Bishwanath
The police on Tuesday sued 8,000 leaders and activists of BNP and its allies for taking part in protests during Monday’s hartal at Bishwanath in Sylhet to press the demand for the production of abducted leader Elias... Full storyFBCCI urges parties to avoid hartal
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday urged the political parties to refrain from ‘destructive activities’ like frequently enforcing general strikes as such programmes... Full storyI am yet to examine Sohel Taj’s resignation: Speaker
The speaker, Abdul Hamid, on Tuesday said that he was yet to scrutinise the resignation letter of ruling Awami League lawmaker Tanjim Ahmed Sohel Taj. Full storyPetrobangla mulls open-pit method
The state-run Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources Corporation, Petrobangla, is likely to extract coal commercially by open-pit method from the northern chunk of the Barapukuria coal deposit, despite strong... Full storyMalaria infection high in 3 hill districts
Bangladesh celebrates World Malaria Day today in the backdrop of the incidence of malaria infection continuing to be high in the three hill districts though it dropped significantly in the plains of the country... Full storyDeep sea port needed to cater to regional countries: says CPA chairman
Chairman of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) Rear Admiral Nizam Uddin Ahmed stressed the need for setting up a deep sea port to cater to the trading interests of the regional countries in cargo transporation. Full storyGovt to introduce automatic price adjustment of fuel oils : Muhith
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday said the government has decided to introduce automatic price adjustment of petroleum products in local market in line with a commitment to the International Monetary... Full storyPM returns home from Qatar
