DHAKA, MAY 17: Teachers of non-government primary schools on Thursday announced fresh programme to press for nationalization of their job and realizing compensation for the family of a teacher who died in police action in the capital.
Dhaka, May 17: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the BNP-led alliance to return to democratic path shunning destructive politics. “Don't take our tolerance for weakness. It is not at all our weakness.
Dhaka, May 17: Stray incidents of violence marred the countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the BNP-led 18 party alliance on Thursday. During the hartal, police arrested the BNP education secretary, Khairul Kabir Khokon, near the party’s headquarters at Naya Paltan. He was taken to the Detective Branch office and later produced before the metropolitan magistrate's court.
DHAKA, May 17: Leaders and workers of Awami League and its associate bodies paid rich tributes to the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his portrait on the premises of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the city today in observance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 31st Homecoming Day.
DHAKA, MAY 16: Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) is hiding accentual demand and load shedding scenario despite huge criticism from the high ups of the government. For this hasty attitude of the state-run power generating authority, the government has been facing widespread criticism.
Dhaka, May 17: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Zainul Abedin on Thursday alleged that the judiciary could not carry out its judicial function independently due to government interference. He also urged the Chief Justice to take immediate steps so that the judiciary could conduct its judicial proceedings independently.