The government on Tuesday decided to withdraw two cases the Rapid Action Battalion filed against Limon Hossain, a college student had to have the left leg amputated after being shot at by battalion personnel in a village in Jhalakati two years ago. ‘We have decided to withdraw the cases RAB filed against college student Limon… He is only 16 now […]
A Chinese company on Tuesday offered a $2.4 billion package the Padma Bridge project that the government has decided to implement with own financing after multilateral donor agencies left the project because of ‘conspiracy of corruption.’ The Chinese company Poly Technologies Inc which initially expressed its willingness to the Bangladesh army for taking part in the project in April made […]
Bangladesh and Belarus on Tuesday signed seven instruments including two agreements and four memorandums of understanding aimed at enhancing cooperation in different sectors. The instruments were signed by ministers and officials concerned of the two countries after official talks between the two prime ministers at the House of Government. The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and her Belarus counterpart Mikhail V […]
The Transparency International report Global Corruption Barometer 2012 that was launched in Dhaka as elsewhere on Tuesday showed political parties in Bangladesh and also elsewhere to be the most corrupt institutions. In Bangladesh, the police, judiciary and legislature followed political parties in the race of corruption. Ninety-three per cent of people of the 107 countries that were surveyed branded political […]
Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, will begin on Thursday as the new moon was not sighted anywhere in Bangladesh sky on Tuesday. Lailatul Qadr, the night of divine blessing and benediction, will be observed on the night of August 5. The National Moon Sighting Committee took the decision in a meeting held at the Baitul […]
The retail price of green chilli jumped to Tk 200 a kg in the capital’s kitchen markets on Tuesday, two day before Ramadan begins. Almost doubling the price of chilli suppliers from various parts of the country pocketed extra profits, alleged wholesalers and retailers. Green chilli price leapt to Tk 200 per kg on Tuesday from Tk 80 or Tk […]
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Tuesday invited the Jatiya Party chairman, Hussein Muhammad Ershad, to an iftar party. Khaleda, also the leader of the opposition, would host the iftar party at LD Hall in parliament complex on July 13 in honour of the Continued on page 4 Col. 8 Khaleda invites Continued from page 1 politicians of […]
War of words broke out frequently between the lawyers from the two sides in the courtroom on Tuesday during the cross-examination of Nizam Ahmed, who as friend earlier testified for war crimes accused Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, MP. Nizam, 63, testified as Salauddin’s second defence witness. The exchanges were prompted by prosecutor Zead-Al-Malum’s question to Nizam whether he knew that after […]
The state-run Power Development Board estimated the country’s total power requirement during peak hours to be about 7,000MW, according to a recent survey. The power board in June conducted the survey by allowing a particular zone to consume as much power as it can from the transmission line in a specific day. The power distribution agencies concerned managed the demand […]
Egyptian ambassador in Dhaka Mahmoud Ezzat on Tuesday claimed that armed forces in Cairo have not assumed power but handed over power to the chief justice of the constitutional court reflecting the will of the majority Egyptians. ‘It’s not a coup d’etat… It’s a peaceful transition of power from one civilian to another civilian,’ he asserted replying to questions at […]
Continuous heavy rain and onrush of water from upstream in India for the last five days till Tuesday caused flash flood in different upazilas of Lalmonirhat, Thakurgaon and Kurigram as thousands of villagers were marooned. Two people, including a minor boy, drowned when they fell into heavy tide in the flood ravaged areas of Thakurgaon in last two days. The […]
At least two managing directors of commercial banks would be sued by the Anti-Corruption Commission for their alleged links with Bismillah Group for swindling around Tk 1,100 crore from five banks, an ACC official said. The ACC probe team will submit its inquiry report to the commission within this month. At the inquiry stage, the probe team has interrogated managing […]
At least two apparel workers were injured as miscreants fired bullets on their procession demanding an increase in their wages in the city on Tuesday. Md Shohag, 22, of Fashion Iceland Garment, and Shafiqul Islam, 32, of Bibiare Resources Garment, at Merul Badda in the city were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Md Habib, an apparel worker, who rushed […]
The registered graduate representative election to the Dhaka University Senate has been rescheduled. According to the new schedule, the election for 25 representatives will be held on September 14 and 21 at different centres outside of Dhaka instead of August 31 and September 7. The election of Dhaka centres will be held September 28 instead of 14. The nomination paper […]
Taxmen on Tuesday threatened work abstention for an indefinite period beginning on July 16 if the government did not cancel the appointment of Saraf Uddin Ahmed, an additional secretary from the administration cadre, as a member of the National Board of Revenue. The decision was made at an emergency meeting of the Bangladesh Civil Service (Taxation) Association and the Bangladesh […]
Politicians, academics and national minority leaders at a discussion in the capital on Tuesday condemned attacks on national minorities in different parts of the country. The Bangladesh Adivasi Forum and the Kapaeeng Foundation organised the discussion at Dhaka Reporter’s Unity in protest at the attacks and demanding punishment of the people who attacked houses of national minorities and local churches […]
The High Court on Tuesday directed the Unilever Bangladesh Limited’s chairman to explain within four weeks the legality of broadcasting and publishing advertisements in both print and electronic media offering prize of ‘2000 diamond rockets buying Lux soap’. The court also asked the secretaries of the home and commerce ministries, the inspector general of the police, Dhaka metropolitan police commissioner […]
US president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle extended their best wishes to the Muslim communities in America and around the world with the start of the sacred month of Ramadan. In a statement from the White House, the president said for the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims, Ramadan is a time for thoughtful reflection, fasting and devotion. ‘It is also […]
A West Bengal-based human rights group has sought the intervention of the country’s apex rights body for repatriation of a Bangladeshi teenager now languishing in an Indian jail. Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha moved the National Human Rights Commission after it was alerted of the alleged illegal detention in India by Bangladesh’s Ain O Salish Kendra, last week. MASUM’s secretary Kirity […]
Novo Air, a private airline, on Tuesday launched a frequent-flyer programme called ‘Novo Air Smiles’ and celebrated its 6th month of operation at a city hotel. Novo started its flight operation on January 9 this year with two E-145 jet aircraft serving domestic destinations across the country. Managing director Mofizur Rahman said that Novo has successfully completed its first six-month […]
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