PM wants officials to work in coordination

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the government officials to work in a coordinated way as ministries or divisions are interdependent for development works.

BNP demands cancellation of MBBS, BDS admission tests results

Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday demanded cancellation of the published results of MBBS and Bachelor of Dental Surgery admission tests as there are allegations of question-paper leak.

Dog bites on rise

The number of people suffering feral dog bites across the country increased in recent times with a rise in dog population in the absence of culling and sterilization.

TANGAIL KILLING : Police prosecute 1,000 villagers

The death toll from Friday’s police firing on protesters against sexual harassment of a woman in Tangail reached at four as another victim succumbed to bullet injuries on Sunday, while police field two murder cases against 1,000 villagers on Saturday night.

Dhaka now ailing patient at ICU: Annisul

Dhaka north city mayor Annisul Huq on Sunday said that traffic congestion had turned the capital into an ailing patient at an intensive care unit. ‘It seems that the mayor is a quack doctor at the ICU to save that ailing patient,’ he said at a round table on ‘Traffic congestion in Dhaka: strategies and solutions’.

Cattle continue to arrive at city markets

Traders and farmers from different districts continued pouring different makeshift cattle markets in the capital with their cattle hoping to get better prices.

Election must by next year: Khaleda

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now in London, on Friday night told her party leaders of the UK chapter that general election in Bangladesh must be held by 2016.

BNP for Tk 1,000 for per tonne of goods to be transhipped

Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday asked the government to set transit fee for per tonne of Indian goods at Taka 1,000 as proposed by NBR.

BBC BANGLADESH SANGLAP : Govt not always sensitive to citizen’s demands, says Shahriyar

State minister for foreign affairs Shahriyar Alam on Saturday said it was not always possible for the government to understand its citizens’ demands or interests.

Income tax fair collects Tk 1,096cr in 4 days

The National Board of Revenue has collected Tk 1,096.68 crore in four days of the week-long income tax fair it is organising across the country.The collection was Tk 931.50 crore in the same period in the last year’s fair.