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DHAKA : The Health Sector Reform Commission today submitted its report to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus. The members of the commission, led by its chief Professor AK Azad Khan, handed over the report to Prof Yunus at about 11...

DHAKA : BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said they always favour press freedom and continue their fight for its establishment. "BNP, whether it is in power or not, believes in press freedom. It will never support suppressing...

DHAKA : Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus today asked for constituting a high-level committee for overall management of everything during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. The committee will look into the matter of ensuring fair price of rawhides of sacrificial animal, proper...

DHAKA : Professor Ali Riaz, Vice-Chairman of the National Consensus Commission, has called upon political parties to forge a common consensus on fundamental state principles to prevent the resurgence of dictatorship in the country. "The main goal of the National...

DHAKA : Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia will return home after overseas treatment on Tuesday morning. "BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:30 am on Tuesday...

Chattogram : Several hundred of workers of a garment factory on Sunday staged demonstrations to press home their 5-point demand including an increase in wages in Karnaphuli upazila of Chattogram district. The workers of ‘Golden Son Ltd’ in Khwajnagar area...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip :The little boy is in tears and, understandably, irritable. Diarrhea has plagued him for half of his brief life. He is dehydrated and so weak. Attached to his tiny left hand is a yellow tube...

DHAKA:  National Consensus Commission Vice Chairman Prof Ali Riaz on Sunday urged political parties to encourage their like-minded allies to work towards a consensus over reforms by bridging differences at least on fundamental issues. “As political forces, we have the...

DHAKA : BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia will return Dhaka by an air ambulance provided by the Emir of Qatar, not by a Bangladeshi plane. She will arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka from...

DHAKA : Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia will return home on Monday after her medical check-up in London. BNP Standing Committee Member AZM Zahid Hossain told BSS that her physical condition is much...