Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the tender for the main construction work of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge will be invited by the end of this June.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith returned home on Thursday morning from Tajikistan after attending the 38th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB).
Ready-made garment owners association, BGMEA, on Thursday filed a petition appealing against the High Court ruling to demolish its office building at Hatirjheel on grounds of being constructed illegally.
Underling the importance of uninterrupted democracy for the continuation of ongoing development projects, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the present government has adopted the policy of ‘justice for peace’ to establish the ideals of secularism, democracy and progressivism.
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Wednesday said a strong coverage of the national tuberculosis control programme will help the country achieve further success in reducing the infection.
Accusing the Prime Minister of dashing the hope of dialogue, BNP on Wednesday urged Sheikh Hasina to resolve the political deadlock over the polls-time government through talks before the time runs out.
The government has several proposals at hand to use special technologies for 'filtering' International Internet Gateways (IIG) to control the social media.
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) team, which is currently visiting Canada, will quiz three Canadian nationals reportedly involved in the much-talked-about Padma Bridge graft.
The second US-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue begins in city on Sunday (May 26) to discuss the current political uncertainty that has made the investment climate here difficult apart from focusing on four key areas, including security cooperation, US Ambassador Dan Mozena said on Wednesday.
The Election Commission has announced schedules for holding polls for Gazipur City Corporation for the first time ever -- and also for the by-polls of Kishoreganj-4 constituency.
A tribunal in Dhaka, dealing with the war crimes cases, rejected the bail petition of Syed Mohammad Qaisar, a leader of the Peace Committee in Habiganj, on Wednesday.
