Admission To 24 City Govt Schools Form selling starts Dec 1, lottery Dec 14 The 24 government secondary schools in the Dhaka city will start selling admission forms for the academic year 2014 on December 1 and continue till December 9, officials of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, which controls admission, told New ... Read more
Month: November 2013
Fire burns Dilkusha Centre at Motijheel
A fire broke out at a building in the Dilkusha commercial area of Motijheel in Dhaka around Tuesday morning. However, no major casualties were reported in the incident. The fire service control room official, Nilufer Yasmin, said the 18-storey Dilkusha Centre caught fire at about 11:00am and eight fire fighting units
Bangladesh fifth most vulnerable in 2 decades
Climate-induced Catastrophes Bangladesh fifth most vulnerable in 2 decades Says new CRI report Bangladesh has ranked fifth among 10 countries most vulnerable to climate change-induced natural disasters in the last two decades from 1993 to 2012, according to a new report. During the period, Bangladesh suffered damages worth US$1,832.70 million, wrought by 242 types of ... Read more
Step urged to stop plot against Hason Raja Academy
Participants in a programme in the Sylhet city on Tuesday demanded immediate step to stop the authorities from changing the name of Hason Raja Academy in Sunamganj. They strongly criticised the move to change the name of the academy to Baul academy and urged all enthusiasts of Hasan Raja’s songs and cultural
DU Kha unit results published
Results of the Dhaka University’s ‘Kha’ unit admission test in the academic session 2013-2014 were published on Tuesday. A total of 5,128 aspirants (13. 92 per cent) out of 36, 835 examinees passed the test against 2,296 seats of the social sciences and arts faculties. The DU vice-chancellor, AAMS Arefin Siddique,
No Indo-Bangla special passports from Nov 15
India will discontinue issuing the special India-Bangladesh Passport (IBP) from November 15. IBP was introduced as a special travel document on August 1972 to facilitate travel between the two countries. Bangladesh also used to issue IBPs to its citizens but stopped long ago because of the decline in its demand over the years. The decision to discontinue IBP ... Read more
Students of three RU dorms stage protest
Unhealthy Food, Slow Internet Students of three RU dorms stage protest Residential students yesterday vandalised three dormitories at Rajshahi University demanding quality food and high speed internet connectivity. They alleged that they were often falling sick for consumption of unhygienic food at the dining halls, while WiFi connections there were too slow to
Resignation or not?
Shafique, Inu give contradictory views Amid controversy over the effectiveness of resignation by cabinet members, law and information ministers on Tuesday gave contradictory views on the issue. Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu on Tuesday said they have submitted their resignation letters as per constitution but Law, Justice and
One killed on 3rd day of hartal
Sporadic incidents of violence in the capital and elsewhere in the country marked the third day of the nationwide 84-hour non-stop hartal, enforced by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 18-party alliance, on Tuesday. Asadul Islam (28), a Juba Dal activist and son of Azizul Islam of Adarsha Gram in Pabna, was killed when he fell ... Read more
Ashulia garment units to remain shut today
100 hurt as RMG workers clash with police Garment owners at Ashulia have decided to keep their factories shut on Wednesday after a series of clashes between workers and police that left over 100 injured on Tuesday. Abdus Salam Murshdi, former president of Bangladedsh Garment Manfacturers and Exporters Associations ((BGMEA), told The Independent that
Azhar indicted for war crimes
Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam was on Tuesday handed a six-count indictment for his alleged complicity in 1971 crimes against humanity. Standing in the dock throughout the hearing in the International Crimes Tribunal-1, Azhar, 60, pleaded not guilty of the multiple charges of genocide,
Khaleda may again try to kill me: Hasina
Branding Khaleda Zia as a ‘master killer’, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday aired an apprehension that the opposition leader may again try to kill her as she wants a Hasina-free Bangladesh. “She (Khaleda) wants a Hasina-free Bangladesh, she failed to kill me earlier… she might try to kill me again,” Hasina said addressing a ... Read more
Country celebrates success in power sector
The government on Tuesday celebrated its power generation capacity of over 10,000 MW in a grand style and cheerful jubilation as Bangladesh had to suffer from a nagging power crisis barely five years back before the AL-led Grand Alliance government assumed office in January, 2009. Inaugurating the celebration of ‘Alok Utsab’ (illumination festival) and the
Political turmoil bodes ill for trade in Ctg
The ongoing political unrest and the Opposition’s hartal programmes have severely affected trade and commerce, including maritime trade, exports and imports. As a result, the country has lost crores of takas in revenue while businessmen, too, are losing crores everyday. Sources said the prevailing political situation has created tension among local businessmen.
Joy terms BNP a terrorist party
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Tuesday slammed the main Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for “unleashing brutal attacks on the common people” in the name of observing hartals during the last couple of weeks. “Whatever I saw today was truly horrifying. I cannot believe that a political party could unleash ... Read more
BNP will withdraw hartal if PM quits: Rizvi
The BNP’s joint secretary general, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, has made it clear that the resignation of cabinet ministers will not resolve the current crisis. The Opposition will withdraw the hartal only if the Prime Minister resigns. “We will call off the nationwide hartal if Sheikh Hasina resigns to pave the way for dialogue and hold ... Read more
30 hurt as two trains collide in Dinajpur
At least 30 people injured in a head-on collision between two express trains at Phulbari railway station in Dinajpur early Tuesday. Witnesses said that the accident took place at around 3:40am when Dinajpur-bound Ekota Express train coming from Dhaka collided head-on with Khulna-bound Simanta Express train which was standing at Phulbari railway
Fresh accord for elevated expressway next week
Delay attributed to change in design The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) is going to sign fresh agreement with its private foreign partner for the Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) project next week. The new accord is needed as the entire design of the public-private partnership (PPP) project was changed from the one under the first agreement ... Read more
RMG owners express inability to pay Tk 5,300
Several hundred readymade garment (RMG) makers expressed their inability to implement Tk 5300 as the minimum wage as recommended by the government-formed Wage Board (WB) for workers and pressed the leaders for initiating negotiation with the government for reviewing the same. They also sought policy support from the government to leave
37kg gold seized at Dhaka airport
The customs officials seized 320 gold bars weighing around 37 kilograms from a flight of Qatar Airways at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital Tuesday morning. The estimated worth of the seized gold bars will be Tk 15 crore, said Bikash Dev Roy, assistant commissioner of customs. Cabin crew found the gold bars