Distinguished Fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Prof Mustafizur Rahman on Monday said Bangladesh must urgently strengthen revenue mobilisation, improve governance and address deep-rooted structural challenges to ensure inclusive growth and avoid the risk of falling into a debt trap. He also warned that the country is gradually moving towards a ‘dangerous and obligatory dependency’, largely due to ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has expressed grave concern stating that law and order remains unstable and a level playing field has not yet been ensured ahead of upcoming 13th parliamentary election and national referendum, despite the Election Commission preparing to announce the poll schedule. Speaking to reporters on Monday after a one-and-a-half-hour meeting with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir ...

The air ambulance, arranged to transport BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to London, will no longer arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday as previously planned. The operator has formally requested cancellation of its approved landing permission, according to sources at the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB). CAAB sources said the operator requested withdrawal of the earlier clearance ...

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday said that all necessary preparations have been completed to ensure the smooth conduct of the upcoming national elections. “All necessary preparation, including training for law enforcement agencies, purchase of body-worn cameras and ensuring electricity at every polling station, has been taken,” he said. The Home Adviser came up with ...

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has said that those who want to enter Jannah (heaven) without any effort should first find out where its bus station is. ”People understand these things.” Speaking at the programme of BNP titled ‘Plan to Build the Country’ on Monday,Salahuddinalso said anyone attempting to obstruct the democratic transition or the restoration of voting rights ...

A new political coalition National Democratic Front (NDF) has been formed, which includes the Jatiya Party faction led by Anisul Islam Mahmud and as well as Anwar Hossain Manju’s Jatiya party-JP. The alliance was declared by Anisul at a press briefing on Monday.Media Monitoring Service Anisul has been selected as NDF president, while the chief coordinator is Janata Party Bangladesh ...

The medical board treating BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia is hopeful that she may recover in Bangladesh with proper treatment, even without being taken abroad. A doctor from the board, wishing anonymity, said on Sunday night that her condition has slightly improved, reports UNB. “Madam is better than before. We are trying our best to treat her here. We believe ...

A three-year-old girl is among those who were treated by ambulance crews after a group of men used pepper spray on a woman they had robbed of her suitcase at Heathrow Airport. Officers were called at 8.11am on Sunday to reports that multiple people had been assaulted by a group of men at the multi-storey car park at Terminal 3. ...

The actor Sydney Sweeney has said she should have addressed the controversy surrounding her American Eagle jeans advert, which was accused by critics of flirting with eugenics, saying not doing so “widened the divide” between people. Sweeney, who made her name in HBO’s Euphoria and has since become a leading Hollywood star, told People magazine she regretted staying silent during ...

Young unemployed people will be offered training or job opportunities in construction, care and hospitality as part of a UK government scheme, but could have their benefits cut if they do not take up offers. Pat McFadden, the work and pensions secretary, announced on Sunday that 350,000 new training or workplace opportunities would be offered to young people on universal ...