Month: October 2009

Twenty-five million more children will be malnourished in 2050 due to the effects of climate change, says a report released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) yesterday. This study, the most

The authorities have decided to start the Hajj flight from Oct 21 and the return flights will take place from Dec 1. State minister for religious affairs Md Shahjahan said this to reporters on Wednesday after an inter-ministerial

The sense of uncertainty that was created centring swine flu among the intending hajj pilgrims above the age of 65 and below 12 has been ‘removed’ as the government yesterday made clear the Saudi authorities’ stand

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) team that started inquiring the alleged corruption and irregularities committed in Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) during the military backed caretaker government in

Workers of a garment factory blocked Rokeya Sarani near Shewrapara in Mirpur for several hours from 3:00pm yesterday following the death of a female worker in a road accident. Sources said a bus of Shikar Paribahan on

Country’s health service sector will be destroyed if the government does not stop termination and punishment transfer spree of specialist doctors from different public medical collages and universities

Seven out of the 11 terminated teachers of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) yesterday served a joint legal notice to the authority demanding justice. Two others got one-year contractual

Incessant rainfall early last month wreaked havoc on the lives and properties of at least 50 lakh people in five districts of the southwestern region of the country. The rain battered districts are Satkhira, Khulna,

The government plans to raise Tk 4,200 crore from capital market for the construction of the country’s largest civil engineering project — Padma Multipurpose Bridge. The amount, which will meet the fund deficit to

The international ‘Day of Older Person’ will be observed across Bangladesh as elsewhere around the globe today with a fresh commitment to protect the rights and privileges of the country’s senior citizens. In line

In a flip-flop on his ranting and raving against the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, her picks in the cabinet and party, and the general elections, former Awami League general secretary Abdul Jalil has said ‘sorry’ for

Family of the Kalapara gang-rape victim went into hiding leaving home on Tuesday after police remained inactive against the rapists amidst reprisal from the perpetrators. Meanwhile, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of

The stage is all set for a grand show on October 1 celebrating the 60th founding anniversary of the People’s Republic of China which over the years has emerged from a struggling communist country to a powerful

Rapid but unplanned urbanisation coupled with fast-rising urban population is set to spell serious difficulties in meeting basic civic amenities for all, experts have warned, suggesting city planners to go back to

Members of law enforcement agencies foiled an attempt by AL men to disrupt a tender process at Pabna Water Development Board (WDB) office and arrested two yesterday. The arrestees were identified as Kiron and

Intelligence agencies and Dhamondi police yesterday conducted raids in Banani, Gulshan, Dhanmondi and High Court (HC) areas in the city to arrest SP Kohinur Mia and SP Mazharul Haque in connection with a case

Bangladesh Chhatra League, student front of Awami League, yesterday slapped lifetime expulsion on its Pirojpur district unit information and research secretary Ahsan Kabir Mamun alias Mamun Hawlader in connection

A parliamentary panel Wednesday ‘unanimously’ approved the Local Government (Union Parishad) Bill 2009 dropping the provisions for submission of affidavit with nomination papers and for disqualifying

A suspected criminal was killed in crossfire with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Fazullahpur village in Bheramara upazila in Kushtia in the early hours of yesterday. The dead was identified as Asha (35), second-in-command