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Committee to be formed to drive out Bangladeshi infiltrators: Amit Shah

Committee to be formed to drive out Bangladeshi infiltrators: Amit Shah

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah today promised a committee would be formed if BJP returns to power in Jharkhand to identify and drive out Bangladeshi infiltrators from the state and reclaim land grabbed by them.

Opinion
China’s ‘Singles Day’ shopping spree in spotlight as spending flags

China’s ‘Singles Day’ shopping spree in spotlight as spending flags

China's largest online shopping bonanza wraps up on Monday, with analysts and investors watching for signs that consumption is rebounding in the world's second-largest economy after recent efforts by Beijing to boost activity. "Singles Day"

Bangladesh
Constitution Reform Commission holds meeting with stakeholders

Constitution Reform Commission holds meeting with stakeholders

Constitution Reform Commission (CRC) today held a views exchange meeting with the stakeholders regarding reform of the constitution at cabinet room of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban here. Representatives from civil society including 16 different rights

Politics
SC stays Khaleda Zia’s conviction in Zia Orphanage graft case

SC stays Khaleda Zia’s conviction in Zia Orphanage graft case

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today allowed two leave to appeal petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, staying the High Court order that extended her five-year jail term to 10

Bangladesh
​Republican Cheney to cast vote for democrat Harris

​Republican Cheney to cast vote for democrat Harris

ick Cheney, a former US Vice-President and a lifelong Republican, has said that he would vote for the Democrats' Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris in November's election as he confirmed opposition to his party nominee Donald

Bangladesh
Ganabhaban to be turn to ‘July-revolution museum’

Ganabhaban to be turn to ‘July-revolution museum’

Dhaka- The interim administration has decided to turn Ganabhaban into a 'July-mass-revolution memorial museum' to preserve the memories of the violent uprising that brought to an end to the authoritarian rule of former prime minister

Bangladesh
Matarbari plant a hotbed of corruption

Matarbari plant a hotbed of corruption

The Matarbari Ultra Super Critical Coal-Fired Power Plant has turned into a haven for corruption for the officials of state-owned Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Limited (CPGCBL) who indulged in widespread anomalies in tenders and

Bangladesh
​New platform launched to support interim government’s efforts to rebuild Bangladesh

​New platform launched to support interim government’s efforts to rebuild Bangladesh

Dhaka – A new platform has been launched to support the efforts to rebuild Bangladesh by the interim administration installed last month headed by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus after the ouster of former prime minister

Bangladesh
Bangladesh to request upstream countries to get flood forecasting data timely: Rizwana

Bangladesh to request upstream countries to get flood forecasting data timely: Rizwana

Bangladesh will request upstream countries like China, India, Nepal and Bhutan to provide flood forecasting data in time to mitigate sufferings of people caused by the natural disaster, said Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser to Water

Bangladesh
Clearance certificate for SN Corporation’s shipbreaking yard suspended

Clearance certificate for SN Corporation’s shipbreaking yard suspended

Dhaka – The authorities have suspended environmental clearance certificate for a shipbreaking facility in south-eastern Chattogram district. The Department of Environment (DoE) revoked the clearance for SN Corporation (Unit-2) and the MT Swarajya scrap ship