Dhaka, June 30 (bdnews24.com)—An indigenous community leader has expressed outrage at the amended constitution not acknowledging their existence despite a campaign promise by the ruling Awami League. Details…
Dhaka, June 30 (bdnews24.com)—An indigenous community leader has expressed outrage at the amended constitution not acknowledging their existence despite a campaign promise by the ruling Awami League. Details…
Sumon Mahbub and Moinul Haque Chowdhury
bdnews24.com correspondents
Dhaka, June 30 (bdnews24.com)—Parliament has passed the 15th constitution amendment bill into law, scrapping the caretaker government system, retaining Islam as state religion and bringing some other basic changes. Details…
New Delhi, June 30 (bdnews24.com)—Ahead of his proposed visit to Dhaka, Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh has said Bangladesh’s political landscape could ‘change anytime’. Details…
Dhaka, June 30 (bdnews24.com) —Khaleda Zia has said Bangladesh’s constitution has now become a party manifesto of the Awami League after its latest amendment repealing the caretaker system. Details…
Dhaka, June 30 (bdnews24.com)—The prime minister says she is open to discuss any formula the opposition may have even though the caretaker government provision—the bone of contention—has been scrapped in the latest constitutional amendment. Details…
Government should encourage education for all. But it is a matter of regret that the government has imposed some form of Value Added Tax and Income Tax on private universities.
First of all, we have to realise why private universities are becoming more and more popular. With increase in population, per capita income and enrolment in primary and secondary schools, the demand for higher education increased considerably. Details…
Last Friday, I visited Sitakunda ship breaking yard. After visiting the area it seemed to me that, the area, if not the whole country, will soon turn into a dustpan.
I know a group of people claims that ship breaking is an industry. But those people are related to ship breaking in some way or other. Details…
CALGARY, Canada, June 25 (bdnews24.com)—Oil and gas company Niko Resources Ltd. agreed on Friday to pay nearly $9.5 million as punishment for bribing a Bangladeshi junior minister in 2005 — a crime the judge presiding over the case called a “dark stain” on the heart of Canada’s oilpatch. Details…
Dhaka, June 28 (bdnews24.com)—The government is misguiding people about the production-sharing contract it signed with US company ConocoPhillips on gas exploration from two deep-sea blocks, a citizens’ platform has alleged. Details…
Prakash Biswas
Dhaka, June 23 (bdnews24.com)—Arafat Rahman Coco, the youngest son of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, has been convicted of money laundering and jailed for six years and fined Tk 190.41 million. Details…
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