People won, govt defeated on Dec 10 rally: Mosharraf

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Tuesday said the government was defeated on December 10 as people turned victorious by holding a massive rally in the capital foiling all obstacles and repressive acts."Our rally in Dhaka turned into a sea of mass people despite so many obstacles and arrests.

PM working tirelessly to improve fortunes of people: President

President M Abdul Hamid said that the Prime Minister is working tirelessly to improve the fortunes of the underprivileged people of the country by keeping the ideals and principles of Bangabandhu and giving utmost importance to the cooperative sector. He said this in a message issued on the occasion of

No more sufferings for power, fuel from next month: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday expressed her optimism that people would not have to suffer much for electricity and fuel from the next month. “Due to the war in Ukraine, it is difficult to buy fuel oil and procure gas. Not only our country, but also the UK, America, Germany

People fuming like volcano to oust govt: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the people are now eager like a "fuming volcano" to oust the current government."Our every rally has been held peacefully without any chaos (on our part) anywhere. But the government is so much coward that it has arrested more than

Engage people to enhance capacity: PM to firefighters

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the Fire Service and Civil Defence to focus on boosting the capacity by engaging the common people in its operations."You should strengthen the disaster prevention system by raising public awareness, enhancing the capacity of the Fire Service and Civil Defence through greater involvement

People are turning around against govt misrule: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Sunday that the people are turning around against the misrule of the government with desperation to remove the monstrous regime. Fakhrul made the remark while attending a meeting organised by Nagorik Oikya at the National Press Club on Sunday afternoon. "People have

Flood toll tops 800 in Pakistan

 Record monsoon rains were causing a "catastrophe of epic scale", Pakistan's climate change minister said Wednesday, announcing an international appeal for help in dealing with floods that have killed more than 800 people since June. The annual monsoon is essential for irrigating crops and replenishing lakes and dams across the Indian

35,000 people marooned as flash flood hits Kurigram

Some 35,000 people in Roumari upazila of Kurigam district have been marooned due to flash flood caused by recent heavy showers and onrush of water from hills.  Fifteen villages in Datbhanga union of the upazila were flooded afresh on Monday as rivers flowing the areas continue to swell.  The newly affected areas