Month: September 2013

The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has hinted it might not join the current session of parliament as the party thought its lawmakers would not get much time in the house to speak. ‘This time we may not get much time to speak in the house about the government’s failures and misdeeds like the last budget ... Read more

Says they got tax exemption illegally The National Board of Revenue yesterday again claimed that seven companies bearing Grameen names have availed themselves of income tax exemption illegally. At a press briefing in his office in Dhaka, NBR Chairman Md Ghulam Hussain also trashed the statements of the seven companies who said they

The National Board of Revenue has violated its own rules by making public information relating to income tax of Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus. On Monday, the tax authorities released a report to the media, in which they said the microcredit pioneer had earned Tk 50.61 crore between

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, has branded the present Election Commission ‘handicapped’ and vowed not to let it hold the next general elections. ‘We will not allow holding of the next elections under Sheikh Hasina.  Nor the current Election Commission would be allowed to conduct the polls because it ... Read more

Bangladesh will appeal to India if Dhaka does not get justice at the end of the final process of the trial in the Felani murder case. ‘It’s a tragic murder. We wanted to know the details of the trial process. We will definitely appeal if we do not get justice finally,’ foreign minister

Hallmark-Sonali Scam Big names excluded ACC probe report submitted Names of several influential figures had come up in the Hall-Mark scam, yet none of them has been named as accused in the Anti-Corruption Commission’s probe report. The investigation committee submitted its report to the ACC director general yesterday, raising questions about the investigation even from

Formal schooling should be delayed until the age of six or seven because early education is causing ‘profound damage’ to children, an influential lobby of almost 130 experts warns, reports The Guardian. The Save Childhood Movement is campaigning for a major overhaul of early education, including a possible delay to the formal school starting age. ... Read more

Several hundred passengers are stranded at the Daulatdia and Paturia ferry ghats because of shortage of vessels and strong currents in the Padma river. Officials of the Bangladesh Inlands Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) said the problem on the Daulatdia–Paturia route has been acute during the last three days. This river route is the gateway to ... Read more

Police yesterday arrested Russell Mia, the alleged killer of Barisal University (BU) student Saoda, at Kalshi Dighir Par under Bandar Police Station in Chittagong city. Acting on a tip-off, a team of police had conducted a drive at Dhumpara of Kalshi Dighir Par around 6:00pm, and arrested Russell from a mobile

Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said that the government will issue a gazette for a permanent pay commission for its employees within October this year. “We will also hike the dearness allowance for government employees before the government’s tenure is over,” he told journalists after a meeting with

Motiur Rahman Nizami, ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, incited Razakars as well as Pakistan army personnel to kill people during the Liberation War, prosecution witness no. 22 Shahjahan Ali Sukkur said on Thursday. Giving his deposition at the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1), Sukkur said Razakars had picked up his cousin, Abdus Selim Latif, and Alauddin from

A Dhaka court on Thursday discharged Odhikar secretary Adilur Rahman Khan from the general diary filed by the police under which he was arrested on August 10. Metropolitan magistrate Md Nuru Mia passed the order after the Detective Branch of police filed an application seeking Adilur to be dischargeed from