Although the ongoing flood situation has started improving in all the northern districts, most of the victims, particularly in Kurigram,...
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With the situation worsening in several districts in the country, the floods might be prolonged as the water levels of...
The BNP-led 20-party alliance is likely to announce its next course of action soon to realize its demand for a fresh general election under a non-party government system. Party insiders said, the street movement would be launched from this month, targeting February next for realising the demand. As part of the strategy, the alliance is planning to hold grand rally in the capital city in September, while it is also planning to hold a number of rallies in some other...
Many of homebound people on Thursday started leaving the capital Dhaka for their village homes to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest...
After reconstitution of the convening committee of Dhaka city unit, BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia now wants to see new leadership in her party’s front bodies, as the party wants to launch a ‘tougher anti-government after the Eid-ul-Fitr’. Khaleda Zia wants to reconstitute different bodies, including Juba Dal, Chhatra Dal and Mahila Dal, dissolving the existing committees for their failure to play due role during the movement prior to January-5 election. She is also thinking of float a new front...
The condition of the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway has further worsened, as nearly 50 kilometres of the highway has become unfit to traffic due to potholes and craters at different points. The deplorable condition will cause serious inconveniences to the homebound people ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr during their journey.The reasons behind the poor state of the highway can be attributed to slow speed of construction work, unplanned digging and absence of repair work. The delay in the implementation of the four-lane...
The authorities of the Water Development Board (WDB), the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) and some other concerned departments can’t avert the responsibility of severity of the ongoing floods, which already affected over two millions people in 19 districts in the country.The flood situation is several districts took severe turn due to collapse of flood protection embankments and lack of prior warning from the concerned department. Experts and observers said that if the embankments could have been constructed in...
The BNP plans to reform its front bodies in order to strengthen the anti-government movement for realization of the caretaker government system to hold a fresh and fair national election.For this, preparations and hectic discussions are going on to find suitable leadership for the new committees of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, sources said.As part of the move, BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia held a meeting with the leaders of the JCD at her Gulshan office on...
The city’s bus and launch terminals and railway stations on Sunday witnessed overflow of crowd, as tens of thousands of homebound people left the capital city to celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr with their near and dear ones. The city wore a virtual deserted look due to the departure of the large number of people. Though the homebound people witnessed the major rush as it was the started leaving the city on Thursday, Sunday last working day before the three-day vacation. The...
When the government is paying maximum attention to recover Khash land from the clutches of land grabbers, a section of them is still active to grab lands now under possession of the government and the Dhaka City Corporations (DCCs). A section of concerned officers, who were entrusted with the task of making programme of protecting and recovering of the Khas land, are indulged in occupying the land, sources said. It is learnt that Afzal Hossain, son of Md. Yasin of...
The traffic system in the capital city of Dhaka virtually collapsed on Friday with the Eid-ul-Fitr approaching. Traffic jam in...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, as it appears, has taken the month of Ramadan as an advantage of holding open programme and conducting countrywide campaign against the government through Iftar party. Jamaat and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir would hold several hundred Iftar parties across the country during the month. When contacted for comments, Jamaat senior leaders were not available over telephone. Asked about the Iftar parties, the party’s Dhaka city unit leader Ataur Rahman Sarker said that the Iftar parties are...
