A new bill was tabled in the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday to ensure security to the family members of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Placing the bill home minister Advocate Sahara Khatun said some
Month: October 2009
Three ‘terrorists’ killed in city shootouts: Trader hacked by employee, one co robbed of Tk 30 lakh
Three suspected underworld terrorists were killed in three separate encounters with law-enforcers in the city early yesterday. Two of them were killed in an encounter with RAB personnel and another with police. The victims are
RRC put on the back burner
Only one-third of the recommendations put forward to the government by the Regulatory Reforms Commission have so far been implemented with no sign of progress in reform activities since the Awami League government
3 more killed in ‘crossfire’
Three more suspected criminals were killed in as many incidents of ‘crossfire’ in separate incidents involving the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police at Jatrabari, Sutrapur, and Mirpur in the city, in the wee hours of
Bangladesh’s human dev index up
Bangladesh has advanced by two steps to secure 146th position from the previous 148th in the UN Human Development Report which is prepared on the basis of three major indices- per capita income, life expectancy and
Dhaka Zoo becomes graveyard of animals
A giraffe died at Dhaka Zoo Sunday night in less than one month of the deaths of two more animals of the same species for widely blamed negligence and mismanagement of the country’s largest zoo authorities. The two
Ctg port overflows with imported cars
Two ships carrying 1,571 reconditioned vehicles have been waiting at the outer anchorage of the Chittagong Port for several days for berthing in the CPA jetties. The CPA could not give permission for berthing as the
Phani Bhushan next IGP ?
Additional inspector general of police Phani Bhushan Chowdhury, a BCS police cadre officer of the 1982 batch who is now working on deputation with the UN in New York, has been asked to come back urgently, according
Kalapara sees no evils, hears no evils, speaks no evils
Kalapara turns into the proverbial monkey, as no body wants to talk about the night of September 25. From a rickshaw puller to a top politician, everybody in the locality knows about the events of September 25 when
6,000 docs to be appointed on ad-hoc basis
Nearly 6,000 doctors would be appointed on ad-hoc basis within two months. Besides, 10,000 community clinics, which were closed during the rule of the previous BNP-Jamaat alliance government, would
Wife’s shrine built on ‘grabbed’ land
Staff Correspondent Shah Sufi Dewan Bagi Pir in the city’s Arambagh area has forcibly grabbed huge part of a private land despite the court’s status quo regarding possession of the property. The land claimant yesterday
Govt move to rejuvenate Sheraton Hotel
The government plans to float shares in the stock market for collecting Tk 200 crore to renovate the Dhaka Sheraton Hotel in view of competition from other five-star hotels in the country. The civil aviation and the
Project launched to improve air quality in Dhaka city
The government with support from the World Bank Monday launched a Tk 487 crore mega project to improve the air quality of the densely populated Dhaka city. The five-year project, the Clean Air and Sustainable Environment, will be implemented by the Department of Environment, Dhaka City Corporation and Dhaka Transport Coordination Board. This is the ... Read more
Substandard food supplements on sale in Sylhet city
Substandard food-supplementary items of unknown companies are being sold in different pharmacies in Sylhet city in the absence of proper monitoring by the Drug Administration and the Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institution. According to sources at different medicine markets in the city, the physicians suggest their patients, irrespective of their ages, to take food-supplementary items ... Read more
‘Women worst victims of HR violations’
Political instability and worsening law and order situation are linked to the violations of human rights in the country and the worst victims of HR violations are women, said Sultana Kamal, a former adviser to the caretaker government, at a seminar yesterday. Though a democratic government is now in power, political stability and law and ... Read more
British varsity scholarships for Bangladeshis announced
The Liverpool Hope University of England will provide scholarships for Bangladeshi students in its January session as part of its efforts to encourage insolvent students to study in the UK. “The scholarships will be offered both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels with a view to encouraging insolvent Bangladeshi students with good academic results to study ... Read more
HSC minimum educational qualification
US Diversified Visa HSC minimum educational qualification An applicant of US Diversified Visa (DV) must have a minimum education qualification of HSC or a two-year technical board certificate and work experience to qualify for the DV visa lottery. “We strongly encourage prospective applicants to evaluate their educational and occupational qualifications before entering the lottery,” Sandra ... Read more
Money transfer by mobile
The electronic transaction project will take off in six months Money transfer is about to go digital in six months, as Bangladesh Bank has approved the launch of an electronic prepaid card system that will have a mobile payment option. The central bank permitted Trust Bank Ltd to act as a settlement bank for digital ... Read more
Sonadia to get deep-sea port by 2016
The first-phase of construction for a deep-sea port at Sonadia offshore island on the Bay of Bengal would be completed by 2016, accelerating shipping operations, parliament heard Monday. Responding to a starred question from M Tajul Islam, shipping minister Shahjahan Khan further said that on completion of construction of the deep-sea port, vessels of 14-metre ... Read more
Ashuganj Fertiliser counts Tk 6 lakh in daily loss
Ashuganj Zia Fertiliser Company Limited is facing a Tk 6 lakh loss daily as inadequate storage facility has forced the company management to go below its full production capacity. Around 47,000 tonnes of urea remained in the open on the factory premises until yesterday. Besides, at least 500 tonnes of the surplus urea is being ... Read more