Rehabilitation demanded for slum dwellers before eviction
Rights activists and slum dwellers on Saturday urged the authorities not to demolish any slum without rehabilitating the residents.
Raufun Basunia remembered
The 31st death anniversary of former student leader Raufun Basunia was observed on Saturday through different activities commemorating his supreme sacrifice during the anti-autocratic movement against military ruler HM Ershad.
Fresh EIA urged before executing Rampal power plant
The Sunderbans Rokhkha Jatiya Committee on Saturday urged the government to scrap Rampal Power Plant and Orion Power Plant projects to save the Sunderbans.
Over 80pc of smuggled goods dodge customs
Experts, businessmen and senior government officials on Saturday said the National Board of Revenue and other government agencies must intensify their effort in a coordinated manner to prevent smuggling at the maximum level to ensure overall security of the country and revenue generation.
Daily Star editor should resign for publishing false news: Nasim
Awami League presidium member, spokesman of the 14-party alliance and health and family welfare minister Mohammad Nasim on Friday said editor of the Daily Star Mahfuz Anam should tender resignation from his post for publishing false news during the political changeover of 1/11 (0f 2007).
Eurozone economy steady amid global turmoil
The eurozone economy held steady in late 2015 despite the buffeting from global market turmoil and a sharp slowdown in China, official data showed Friday, but the outlook is clouded.
Holidaymakers reign over book fair
Ekushey Book Fair drew a huge holiday crowd on Friday, with a large number of book enthusiasts buying books for children, novels, poetry and other genres.
BR has no plans to fully fence railway networks
The Bangladesh Railway has no plans to erect fences along its entire tracks to keep trespassers away from harms way.
MYANMAR REFUGEES IN BANGLADESH: EU urges talks with new Myanmar government
The leader of the delegation of the European Parliament, Jean Lambert, on Friday pointed out there might be an opportunity to find a solution on the issue of repatriation of Myanmar refugees and undocumented Myanmar nationals living in the country, as a new government has taken over in Myanmar.
119 army camps withdrawn from CHT: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday said that 119 military camps out of the 232 have already been withdrawn and the rest to be pulled out in phases to implement Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Treaty.
