Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the government will find out ‘roots’ of the gunmen, who attacked a cafe in Gulshan and killed 20 people, mostly foreigners. Her statement came on Sunday during a meeting with Japan’s State Minister of Foreign Affairs Seiji Kihara at her official residence Ganabhaban. “Describing the terror attack at Gulshan cafe as ‘unfortunate,’ the prime minister ...

National highways have notorious accident black spots which are yet to be fully fortified, with only one day remaining to meet the June 30 deadline for the renovation work, posing a potential threat to homeward Eid trippers. The roads and highways department has failed to wholly overhaul all the 144 identified black spots on five highway networks under Dhaka, Sylhet, ...

29 June, 2016  Accusing the government of failing to arrest the perpetrators of recent secret killings BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday said her party is ready to assist it in rounding up the real offenders. BNP chief expressed her enthusiasm while addressing an iftar party arranged by Dhaka city unit BNP at the city’s Dhaka city unit BNP, reports ...

Bangladesh’s top economic policy-making body has cleared a Tk 10.4 billion project aimed at improving the quality of higher education. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved the ‘College Education Development’ project at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday. The government says the project will facilitate the formulation and revision of educational strategies, ...

The Finance Bill 2016 has been passed with several amendments to the budget proposals including a cut to 0.7 percent from 1.5 percent in tax at source for exports, including ready made garments. Parliament passed the Bill on Wednesday after Deputy Speaker Md Fazle Rabbi Miah placed it for voice vote. The Bill exempted ICT firms from paying VAT on ...

The government is planning to impose a ceiling on purchase of personal cars against each family, road transport and bridges minister said in the parliament today. Replying to lawmakers’ queries, Minister Obaidul Quader today said the provision is there in the draft of Road Transport Law-2016. The draft is now being finalised to update the Motor Vehicle Ordinance, 1983. According ...

Charges have been pressed against Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader M Abdul Quayum and six others in the case filed for the killing of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella at Gulshan in Dhaka in September 2015. Detective Branch inspector Golam Rabbani, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on Monday ...

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday iterated her firm optimism that opening of the much-awaited Padma Bridge to traffic would be possible by 2018 as its construction work is going on satisfactorily. Replying to a starred tabled question raised by independent lawmaker Md Rustam Ali Farazi (Pirojpur-3), the leader of the House said launching of the construction work of ...

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has said the government is looking for “alternatives” to bring all educational institutions under Monthly Pay Order (MPO). “All of our lawmakers’ demand is to bring educational institutions under MPO. I am respectful to this demand. As a lawmaker I also understand that this is a big problem. We have to find a solution. We ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has formally opened the construction work of the country`s first-ever metrorail project also known as the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line-6 and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). The premier launched the work of MRT Line-6 by inaugurating the land development work of the depot area through a function at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital ...