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DHAKA : Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapan today said the government is committed to protecting the country's cable television industry and the entrepreneurs involved in the sector. "Ensuring protection for any legitimate business initiative is our responsibility. Through...

SANGSAD BHABAN : Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today said the newly formed Jatiya Sangsad (JS) belongs to the people of Bangladesh, saying that citizens are looking toward it with expectations. "Today's parliament is the parliament of the people of Bangladesh....

SANGSAD BHABAN : President Mohammed Shahabuddin today called upon all political parties to work with a common purpose to build a secure Bangladesh for future generations. "The members of parliament (MPs) from both the treasury bench and opposition are accountable...

SANGSAD BHABAN : Senior parliamentarian Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, who chaired the first sitting of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad today, called upon the members of parliament to work together to strengthen the country’s democratic system, ensure transparency and uphold...

SANGSAD BHABAN : The 13thJatiyaSangsad at its first session today unanimously adopted a condolence motion expressing profound grief over the death of former three times Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. The first female prime minister of the...

SANGSAD BHABAN : Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today said that a people-accountable and truly representative parliament elected by the people has begun its journey again in the country through the tears of countless victims of fascism and the sacrifice...

DHAKA : The Jatiya Sangsad will go into first session tomorrow. “The first session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad will begin  at 11am,” said an official release of the Jatiya Sangsad Secretariat. Earlier, on February 23, President Mohammad Shahabuddin summoned the...

CHATTOGRAM : The tanker Lian Huan Hu, carrying 27,050 metric tonnes of diesel from Singapore has arrived at Chattogram port. Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) Senior General Manager Md. Yusuf Hossain Bhuiyan confirmed the vessel's arrival at the port's Dolphin Jetty....

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...