Disappearance threatens city parks
Influential quarters have grabbed, fully or partially, all the parks of the Dhaka South City Corporation in the absence of any effective step to reclaim them.
PM urges party leaders to know people’s problems
Prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged the party leaders to establish their close tie with common people to know their real problems and inform those to top level of the government so that steps can be taken for their solution.
Left parties urged to unite, emerge as alternative force
Communist Party of Bangladesh on Friday inaugurated its four-day-long 11th congress with a call to other left parties to get united and emerge as alternative force in the interest of taking them to the state power.
Old Dhaka jail to be an open place for city dwellers: IG prisons
The 228-year old Dhaka Central Jail on the capital’s Nazimuddin road will be turned into a jail museum and an open space for Dhaka city dwellers, said inspector general of prisons Brigadier General Syed Iftekhar Uddin on Friday, sharing the jail authorities’ plan.
Govt must hold dialogue: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan said on Friday that the ruling Awami League must hold dialogue with BNP if it wanted to rule the country.
Inside Mosul: Tunnels, resistance and terror
Information filters out of Mosul in brief calls, smuggled messages and first-hand accounts from escapees. It's fragmentary and anecdotal, but a clear picture is emerging: ISIS leaders are preparing both for fierce battles and their own escape.
South Korea: President Park embroiled in leaked documents scandal
Political turmoil is gripping South Korea as a scandal engulfs President Park Geun-hye, who stands accused of leaking official state documents to a friend.
PM blasts environmentalists for silence over Ghoshiakhali channel
Taking a swipe at green activists for their silence about keeping the Mongla-Ghoshiakhali river channel inoperative for long 21 years harming the Sunderbans, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said now they are very much vocal against Rampal power plant.
DSCC evicts hawkers from Gulistan roads amid protests
Dhaka South City Corporation authorities evicted over one hundred hawkers and demolished illegal structures from different roads of Gulistan on Thursday amid protests.
Parents forced to take to corrupt practices
To get their children enrolled in reputed schools parents often lower their age to qualify to sit for admission tests.
