Thousands of people who took shelter at different cyclone centres, have started returning home after Cyclone Mahasen swept across the country on Thursday. Although life is getting back to normal in the coastal areas, many people do not know where to go as the cyclone has rendered them homeless. The devastating cyclone has damaged crops ... Read more
Month: May 2013
Opposition tried to topple govt on May 5: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday alleged that foreign and local quarters conspired to topple an elected government on May 5. “But they did not succeed eventually as people of the country are with the Awami League. I firmly believe that no conspiracy will work as long as the public support remains with us,” Sheikh ... Read more
Nasim rules out talks with BNP outside Parliament
Awami League presidium member Mohammad Nasim on Friday called upon the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to return to Parliament for talks on ending the political impasse. “Dialogue can be held on election-time government and it will certainly be held in Parliament. But no talks will be held outside the House,” Nasim told a meeting organised ... Read more
Hijackers in uniform : Cop caught in Savar
A section of members of law enforcing agencies have allegedly been got involved in most of the hijacking incidents in and around the city, especially Savar. In most of the cases, they wear civil dress while some others reportedly use the uniform, pistols and walkie -talkies of the detective police during hijacking. But in the ... Read more
BNP to take part in JS on its own interest: Moudud
The main Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will participate in the upcoming budget session of the 9th Parliament, scheduled to begin on June 3. Speaking at a discussion meeting held at the National Press Club on Friday, BNP leader Moudud Ahmed said, “We will participate in the upcoming budget session of Parliament for the sake ... Read more
‘BNP wants talks as it has failed to topple govt’
Suranjit Sengupta, minister without portfolio, on Friday said that the opposition leader Khaleda Zia has finally agreed to sit for dialogue as it failed to topple the government. “BNP, as a political party, now has no identity of its own. It depends on either Jamaat-e-Islami or Hefazat-e-Islam to carry out plots against the government. BNP ... Read more
Decomposed body of buying house official recovered
Police recovered the decomposed body of a buying house official from his flat at Paltan area in the capital on Friday. The deceased was identified as Ali Afzal Selim, 45. His decomposed body was found lying on the bed of his seventh floor’s flat in Chandramallika apartment complex at Chamelibagh area at around around 1:00am. ... Read more
Dravid, Shilpa won’t be quizzed: Police
The Delhi Police today (Friday) said it has no reasons to interrogate cricketer Rahul Dravid or Rajasthan Royals owners Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty in connection with the spot-fixing case in which three players were arrested, online edition of the Outlook said on Friday. “Delhi Police has no reasons to invite them to join investigation ... Read more
Navotheatre to be information centre for Rooppur power plant
Government is set to conduct an international seminar on nuclear energy to comply with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s requirement to create public awareness on the issue at Dhaka on May 29. “Before going to install any nuclear power plant in the country it’s a pre condition to establish an information centre and conduct ... Read more
While Swapna has blank look, Rozina cries
Swapna Akhtar, a young apparel worker and victim of the Savar Tragedy just keeps staring at the sky hour after hour through the window from her hospital bed at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital. “She doesn’t want to eat any food; nor does she want to speak to anybody. She just constantly stares at the ... Read more
JnU staff stabbed to death by fellow worker
A leader of class four employees’ association of Jagannath University stabbed his fellow to death on the campus over extra marital affairs on Friday. The deceased was identified as Kamal Hossain, 22, a daily basis worker of Jagannath University Registrar office, hailed from Mymenshing district. Eyewitness and campus sources said, the association general
TIB lauds BNP’s JS joining decision
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Friday voiced cautious optimism over the main opposition BNP’s decision to return to parliament, and hoped that it may lead to a dialogue between the two major political parties. “If they join Parliament, certainly it’s good news. We all want so. We hope there’ll be a dialogue between the two ... Read more
Five killed in road accidents
Five people were killed and two others sustained injuries in two separate road accidents at Uttara in the capital and its outskirt Keraniganj on Friday. In Keraniganj, three people were killed on the spot and two others were critically injured when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw rammed a motorcycle at Pouraharivita in Keraniganj under Keraniganj Model Police ... Read more
BSEC moves for speedy disposal of cases
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has taken a move to change its lawyers to speed up the stock market scam-related cases, BSEC sources said. The BSEC has taken the initiative following a recommendation made by the parliamentary standing committee on capital market headed by AHM Mostafa Kamal.
US may strip Bangladesh of tariff breaks
The Obama administration may strip Bangladesh of import breaks following deadly accidents in the country’s textile industry, another sign of the pressure building on the southeast Asian nation to improve labour conditions, according to a report of the Washington Post. The move was prompted partly by a fire late last year
Green chilli price on the rise
The price of green chilli increased and most of the essentials prices remained high on the retail markets in the capital over the week ending Friday. Though the retailers said that the end of the season pushed up the price of green chilli, the difference between the retail and the wholesale prices of the commodity
Experts against undisclosed money legalising option
Tax-paying people dislike the idea of amnesty to undisclosed money holders, but a whisper has got a momentum over it as the new budget is set to be unveiled in the first week of June with the government planning to continue with the undisclosed money legalising option. There are requests from the business community to ... Read more
FBCCI calls Iran to allow duty-free access for Bangladeshi products
The country’s apex trade body Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Friday urged Iran to allow duty-free access for all Bangladeshi export products considering the LDC status of Bangladesh under the Preferential Trade Agreement. At a breakfast meeting with Iranian industry, mine and trade
Iran women eye Dhaka glory
The Iranian national women’s team are optimistic of a berth in the final round of the AFC Women’s Asia Cup as the qualifying matches of Group B begins in Dhaka from May 21 to 25. The Iranian national women’s team have already arrived in Dhaka and had their first training session at the Sheikh Jamal ... Read more
Ansar suspend kabaddi team
Bangladesh Ansar and VDP suspended their women’s kabaddi team after an incident in the eighth Bangladesh Games put their reputation at stake after several players and officials were punished by the Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation. The federation last week fined Ansar Tk 1 lakh, suspended