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THAKURGAON : Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, MP, today said the family card is a source of strength and empowerment for women in the country. "With this card you (women) will be able to...

DHAKA : Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today said empowering women is crucial as it is quite impossible to advance the country leaving half of the population behind. "Half of the population of Bangladesh is women. We firmly believe that if...

DHAKA : Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today said the government will bring four crore families, headed by women, under the Family Card programme within the next five years. "...I firmly believe that my government will be able to gradually bring...

DHAKA : Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today directed authorities concerned to find ways to make the country’s Zakat management system more effective and well organized. The Premier issued the detective at a meeting on Zakat management held at the Cabinet...

DHAKA : Faisal Karim Masud and Alamgir Hossain, two main accused in the Shaheed Sharif Osman bin Hadi murder case, were detained in West Bengal, India today. On information from defense intelligence, accused shooter Faisal and associate Alamgir were detained...

DHAKA : Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapan today said he will move a proposal in national parliament to include the words - 'ban on use in public' instead of the word 'control' in the existing anti-tobacco law. He...

DHAKA : Four Bangladeshis have been killed since the outbreak of the Iran–Israel conflict, State Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Md Nurul Haque told media here today. Of the four, one each was killed in Bahrain and Dubai...

DHAKA : Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today sought effective cooperation from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for the development of the rural population of Bangladesh. He particularly emphasized the need for...

DHAKA : Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will inaugurate the government’s landmark “Family Card” programme tomorrow aimed at strengthening women’s empowerment, ensuring their rights, dignity and economic independence. The inauguration ceremony will be held at T&T playground in Banani (adjacent to...

DHAKA : Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) Executive Chairman Major General Mohammad Moazzem Hossain today paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. Moazzem Hossain met the premier at the Cabinet Division in the Bangladesh Secretariat here this...