According to her revised schedule Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will now travel to New York to join the UN general meeting session. When contacted, PM’s press secretary Abul Kalam Azad said the prime minister would attend the upcoming session to project the achievements of
Month: September 2013
14-party favours polls dissolving parliament
The alliance partners of the ruling party Awami League in the 14 party alliance on Tuesday expressed in their view in favour of holding the election after dissolving the parliament. They expressed the view at the meeting of the alliance at Al president’s Dhanmondi office. When contacted Rashed Khan Menon, president of the Workers
Inu comes under attack in London
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu came under attack by two young men in London around 10:30pm (local time) on Monday night. Though the attempt failed, the attackers managed to flee the scene. The young men posing themselves as journalists made the attempt at the London office of private TV channel ATN Bangla when the minister ... Read more
Rony gets bail
The High Court on Tuesday granted bail to controversial ruling party lawmaker Gulam Maula Rony in three cases including an attempt to murder case. Of the cases, one was filed for assaulting two journalists of a private TV channel, while the others were filed for extortion and vandalising establishments
Flood situation deteriorates in Brahmaputra basin
The flood situation deteriorated following further sharp rise in water levels of the major rivers inundating few low-lying char areas in the Brahmaputra basin during the past 24 hours till 6am today, official said. The Brahmaputra, Jamuna and Ghaghot were flowing above the danger marks (DM) at five points of Fulchhari, Gaibandha, Bahadurabad, Sirajganj
Raising penalty for flouting workers’ safety rules on govt’s cards
The government has decided to enhance the penalty for flouting the workers’ safety rules especially by the apparel industry, commerce ministry officials said Tuesday. The move has been taken apparently to appease the US Trade Representative, they said. A 13-member committee, appointed by
BNP demands annulment of ICT law
Opposition BNP on Tuesday demanded immediate cancellation of the amended Information and Communication Technology Ordinance 2013, saying the law has been changed to suppress the opposition and those who hold different opinions and views. “They (govt) with an evil political motive have passed the law hastily through promulgating an ordinance sidetracking
Govt to build 156 flood shelters
Ecnec okays Tk 175cr project The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) yesterday approved a project for the construction of 156 flood shelters at a cost of Tk 175 crore. The approval came at its meeting held at the conference room of the National Economic Council (NEC) with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in ... Read more
ACC finds 722 bank accounts of Destiny Group
The Anti-Corruption Commission has found a total of 722 bank accounts in the name of 37 companies of the Destiny Group, the scandalous Multi-Level Marketing company, an ACC official told New Age. Earlier, the probe team of the commission found a total of 282 accounts of the group in several banks. ‘The probe team found 440 ... Read more
Anisuzzaman exhibits captivating paintings
For the first time ever, the eminent printmaker Anisuzzaman is displaying a number of captivating watercolour paintings at the Institute of Asian Creatives in Gulshan. Though it is his 13th solo show, Anisuzzaman for the first time is exhibiting his skill as a romantic watercolourist through a comprehensive show featuring 35 lyrical paintings, done recently ... Read more
Three plays to be staged on opening day
Ganga-Jamuna Theatre Fest Three plays to be staged on opening day The second Ganga-Jamuna Theatre Festival begins today at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Today three local theatre troupes will stage plays at the three theatre halls of BSA. The theatre troupe Natyakendra will stage its popular comedy Dui Je Chhilo Ek Chakor at the National Theatre ... Read more
Haay Devdas staged
Rangona Natya Gosthi staged Haay Devdas, an adaptation of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s classic Devdas, at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Monday. Adapted and directed by Siraj Haider Haay Devdas features a young man named Devdas who is separated from his beloved Parvati, begins to take alcohol and eventually dies. A love ... Read more
Barisal people for more BRTC buses
AC buses get good response The Barisal depot of the state-owned Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation has started operating 10 new air-conditioned buses on four routes, with a good response from the people using the service. At present, 40 vehicles of the depot are now carrying more than 3,000 passengers daily on 20 routes. Passengers, meanwhile, ... Read more
DU 4th grade employees for rise in age limit
The fourth grade employees of Dhaka University on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the vice-chancellor, AAMS Arefin Siddique, demanding a rise in the current age limit for employees to 62 years from 60. DU pro-vice-chancellor Shahid Akhtar Hossain received the memorandum at his office. DU 4th grade employees’ association, earlier in the morning,
Union council inhabitants want to be city dwellers
The majority inhabitants of three union councils became happy as they heard the district administration served public notice to include three union councils in the Narayanganj City Corporation while some political leaders differed with people’s opinion. A resident of Kashipur union council, Halim Shikdar,
Prime suspect in Sylhet robbery held
Police on Tuesday afternoon arrested the prime suspect in the robbery in three jewellery shops and the killing of a night guard at Zindabazar in Sylhet. The arrested was identified as Manik Miah, 40, a technician of gold ornaments, the sources said. A team of Kotwali police arrested Manik Miah in
Police detain 8 left student leaders in CU
At least eight left-leaning student leaders and activists of Chittagong University were detained when they were on a strike on the campus to press home their demand of reducing the admission form price for undergraduate students in 2013-2014 session. Police attack on activists of Progatishil Chhatra Jote,
BCC to announce budget today
Acting mayor of the Barisal City Corporation will announce the 11th budget of the city corporation for the current fiscal today, more than 100 days after the schedule. The city corporation sources said the size of the budget would be around Tk 380-395 crore without imposing any fresh tax against the revised budget
11 fake herbal businessmen jailed in city
A mobile court by Rapid Action Battalion sentenced 11 businessmen to one year imprisonment each and sealed two herbal shops and a warehouse in the capital’s Farmgate area on Tuesday. RAB executive magistrate Sharif M Farhad Hossain sentenced 11 ‘dishonest’ herbal businessmen to one year imprisonment each. The accused used
Export earnings in Aug post lowest in 12 months
Export earning growth in August, the second month of the current financial year, hit the lowest in twelve months to 3.18 per cent due to negative impact of two worst factory incidents in the garment sector, exporters said. The export earnings in the first two months of the current financial year fell by 3.86 per cent ... Read more