It seeks names of bigwigs who got govt plots abusing power The parliamentary (JS) standing committee on public undertakings has observed that the Rajdhani Unnayan Kortripakkho (RAJUK-the capital city development authority) has no transparency in its activities and directed the organisation to report within six months on measures on removal of irregularities in it. The ... Read more
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Padma flows above danger mark: Over 1000 families marooned in Faridpur
The flood situation of the country excepting the northeastern districts may deteriorate in the next two to three days, according sources in the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC). Sources said the flood situation has started improving in the northern districts gradually but the prevailing flash flood situation in the north-eastern districts may
HC allows Khaleda to stay 4 months more in cantt house
The High Court (HC) yesterday extended its earlier order by four months staying the government’s notice that asked BNP chief Khaleda Zia to hand over her cantonment house to the military estate office by June 30. The HC bench, comprising Justice Syed Refat Ahmed and Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury passed the order following an extension ... Read more
No need for schools to close: Nahid
The current swine flu situation in Bangladesh does not require that educational institutes be shut, the education minister said yesterday, a day after two private schools in Dhaka announced their closures as a precautionary measure. Two of the city’s top English-medium schools-Scholastica and Sunbeams-announced they were suspending their academic activities for an indefinite period from ... Read more
Hanif acting GS of AL
Ashraf on 15-day vacation Mahbubul Alam Hanif, who was not much known to the party leaders even a month ago, is now the acting general secretary of Awami League as Syed Ashraful Islam left for UK on Saturday for a 15-day vacation. Ashraf, also the LGRD and cooperatives minister, will return home on September 5 ... Read more
Finance Ministry turns down proposal on industrial police unit: RMG sector may face massive labour unrest shortly
Country’s Readymade Garment (RMG) sector may face labour unrest during the month of Ramzan over the workers’ demands including payment of festival bonus and arrears, industry owners apprehends. They alleged that instead of minimising labour unrest some members of the present parliament and also Ministers are fuelling the illogical anger of the workers pushing the ... Read more
Iran raps Argentina for ‘meddling’ in internal affairs
Iran yesterday accused Argentina of meddling in its domestic affairs after the south American country expressed outrage at the nomination of a man wanted for a 1994 bombing to be the next defence minister. “The positions taken by Argentine officials obviously amount to meddling in the domestic affairs of the Islamic Republic and we strongly ... Read more
PM declares Tk 3 lakh cash award for each of winning cricketers
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared a cash award of Tk 3 lakh each for the members of the triumphant Bangladesh cricket team who recently clinched test and one-day international series wins in a row against West Indies and
Khaleda urges govt to keep essentials within commonman’s reach
Opposition leader and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday urged the government to keep the prices of essentials within the purchasing capacity of the commoners during the holy month of Ramzan. In a statement on the eve of
Govt halts stipend for 16 lakh schoolgirls
1,200 project officials unpaid since May The government has stopped disbursing stipend money without any notice to more than 16 lakh secondary schoolgirls in 302 rural upazilas. More than 1,200 officials and employees, engaged in monitoring the stipend money in schools, have also not been getting their
PPP guideline to be finalised this week
PPIFA recommends no PPP in education, health sectors The finance ministry will this week finalise the draft guideline for Public Private Partnership, an initiative to implement a number of infrastructural mega-projects, including Dhaka-Chittagong highway, skytrain, city subway,
PM’s step sought to end Biman crisis
Bangladesh Airline Pilots Association yesterday called for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s intervention to solve the problems confronting Biman, the national flag carrier. At a press briefing, the association also presented several demands
Diabetic patients in Bangladesh to hit 1.11cr by 2030
The number of diabetic patients in Bangladesh is apprehended to increase from the present 60 lakh to 1.11 crore by 2030. The shocking information came from a press conference of Bangladesh Diabetic Association (BDA) at the city’s BIRDEM Hospital
Dhaka not ready to recognise Kosovo yet
Bangladesh does not perceive it necessary now to recognise Kosovo as an independent Balkan state as Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes yesterday indicated that Dhaka weighs its geopolitical and other
All about advisers: Constitutional provision vis-à-vis reality
Seven advisers and two special assistants have been appointed by the government so far though they have no constitutional basis regarding their appointments. They are also failing to exercise their authority as they are devoid of
Crackdown begins today to ease traffic congestion in Dhaka
The authorities are going to launch a crackdown today on the city’s delinquent traffic, checking vehicles documents, mechanical fitness and driving liscences in a bid rid the streets of the rising tailbacks, specially during the
Most BNP MPs willing to join JS session
Most of the parliament members belonging to BNP are apparently willing to join the Jatiya Sangsad (JS), as it will enter into the third session on September 7. But party top brass who could not be elected in the 9th parliament, are in favour of boycotting the parliament and in the process
RU teachers, students want withdrawal of Aug campus unrest cases
Teachers, students and different student organisations of Rajshahi University on Saturday demanded withdrawal of all cases filed against RU teachers and students in connection with the August 20-23 incidents on the campus in
Another BDR man dies
Another member of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) died yesterday, raising the death toll of BDR jawans to 40 since the February mutiny. Nayek Subedar Mujibur Rahman, 54, passed away at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMU) in the
Ershad’s adopted son reported missing
An adopted son of Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has remained missing for about a month. Arman Ershad, 14, a student of class-VII, came out of Ershad’s residence President’s Park on July 25 saying that he was going to meet his friends. But he has yet to return, according