For the past month, every lamppost, electric pole and balustrade in the neighbourhoods in Dhaka-14 constituency was strung up with technicolor posters of at least 33 politicians vying to be the oarsman of one boat that of the seat left empty by deceased parliamentarian Aslamul Haque.
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday ordered making a list of errant and controversial leaders and activists and expelling them from the party, insiders said. She expressed annoyance over the rifts and divisions between leaders of different units and asked the party men to resolve the internal conflicts, or to dissolve the committees concerned. Hasina, also the prime
The budget session for fiscal year 2021-22 began at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and is being presided over by Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury around 5:00pm today. This is the 13th session of the 11th Parliament and also the third budget session of the Awami League government. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal will place the budget for 2021-22 fiscal
Containing 2nd wave of Covid-19: PM calls upon all to maintain health guidelines
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File photo Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
In face of spreading Covid-19 cases in the bordering districts, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today in parliament called upon the country s people to maintain health guidelines to contain the second wave of coronavirus.
Describing the Israeli attack on Palestine as inhumane, Hasina, also Leader of the House said that what happened in Palestine is really inhumane. The cries of the little children there. Their helplessness - wandering around without parents - cannot be tolerated, she said.