The CNG pump owners yesterday brought out a car rally in the city to press home their 6-point demand that calls for reducing price of compressed natural gas (CNG) used by motorised vehicles. The car rally, organised by Bangladesh CNG Filling Station & Conversion Workshop Owners Association (CNG association), passed
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The museum opens once in a blue moon
The museum at the SM Sultan Memorial Complex in Narail was practically never open to visitors since its inauguration seven years ago. The complex was built on the bank of river Chitra at a cost of Tk two crore to preserve the works and memory of the celebrated
DU scientist claims discovery of new law
Dhaka University (DU) scientist Dr. Abul Khair has discovered ‘Law of Electrolytic Diffusion’ which will help open a new era in the science arena. Besides, the scientist also invented a glass diffusion tube named ‘Reaction Diffuser which they used to carry out this unique
Risks persist: Bangladesh benefits from global recession
Bangladesh primarily benefited from the global economic recession but there are still some risks and challenges both in external and internal fronts. Global prices of commodities fell sharply in the recent months that helped the country to ease its pressure on balance of
Custodians the culprit
Sand traders feast on greed of BIWTA staff A section of BIWTA officials are allegedly allowing sand traders to extract much more sand than the permitted quantity from riverbeds in the capital, an act that is threatening the channels and courses of the city’s rivers and the densely populated localities along their banks. Officials of ... Read more
Ashraful stars in Zimbabwe rout
A disciplined bowling performance restricted Zimbabwe to a below-par 207 before Mohammad Ashraful led the chase with a breezy ton to help Bangladesh clinch a facile win in the first ODI in Bulawayo. Mark Vermeulen hit a fluent 92 on his comeback after five years but didn’t find much support from his team-mates. On an ... Read more
Rodent horror looms large in the hills
Jhum farmers face poor cultivation prospect for lack of seeds, abundance of rodents Jhum cultivators in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) areas who were affected by the rodent crisis of 2007 are yet to find their feet back on the ground. This year because of lack of paddy seeds they have not been able to cultivate ... Read more
BD hopes to resolve disputes with Myanmar across table
Maritime-boundary BD hopes to resolve disputes with Myanmar across table New Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes on Sunday hoped that Bangladesh would resolve the maritime-boundary disputes with Myanmar across the table, ruling out any military move from the neighboring country trying to enforce their claim on the disputed portion of the Bay-of-Bengal waters. “We may have ... Read more
Halt to army pullout from CHT sought
Supplementary prayer filed with HC over earlier writ petition A supplementary petition was filed yesterday with the High Court (HC) seeking injunction order upon the government to refrain it from withdrawing the army and their camps from Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) as per the 1997 peace accord. Advocate Tajul Islam, Supreme Court lawyer, filed the ... Read more
Fix migration cost within Tk 1 lakh
JS body also asks govt, stakeholders to outline action plan for manpower export in 2 months A parliamentary standing committee yesterday gave two months to manpower export related government and private agencies for coming up with detailed action plans for restructuring themselves, in a bid to end irregularities and mismanagement in the sector. The parliamentary ... Read more
Bangabandhu murder case hearing soon
Hearings of the appeals of convicted defendants in the long pending Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman assassination case will start before the August 15 National Day of Mourning, said Law Minister Shafique Ahmed yesterday. The hearings can be held as there is no shortage of judges in the Supreme Court (SC) now, he added. On August ... Read more
Govt firm to protect rights of Adivasis
Minister for Information and Cultural Affairs Abul Kalam Azad on Sunday said the present government is very much conscious about protecting the rights of tribal people. Addressing as the chief guest a discussion here on the occasion of the World Indigenous Peoples Day, he said the present government led by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ... Read more
Banks not facing excess liquidity
BB governor says Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Atiur Rahman yesterday claimed the commercial banks were not facing excess liquidity. “Our banks have some Tk 7,500 crore as liquid asset. But it does not mean our banks are facing excess liquidity,” he said while addressing a mid-year business conference of Janata Bank at BIAM auditorium in ... Read more
Typhoon forces evacuation of 1 million Chinese
AUG 9: Typhoon Morakot churned toward China forcing the evacuation of nearly 1 million people today, a day after lashing Taiwan with torrential rains that caused the worst flooding on the island in 50 years. Twenty-nine people were missing in southern Taiwan, the Disaster Relief Centre said, and a woman was killed when her vehicle ... Read more
Where beggars can be choosers
The sound of chainmail clinks in your ears, drowning out the merrymaking behind you. A gauntlet covered hand digs hard into your arm, and you stifle a whimper. You stammer and plead, your pencil thin legs pumping wildly, your eyes darting back and forth for a kindly soul to come to your aid. Despite your ... Read more
Baitullah, Hakimullah, Wali killed: Turkistan Beetani
PESHAWAR: A commander of Abdullah Mehsud Group, Haji Turkistan Beetani has said that Baitullah Mehsud along with his forty associates was killed in the missile attack, while Hakimullah Mehsud and Mufti Waliur Rahman died in ‘shoora’ meeting feud leading to cross firing. Talking to Geo News, Abdullah Mehsud Group commander, Haji Turkistan Beetani said that ... Read more
Food adulteration continues in Ctg
A section of unscrupulous businessmen are reportedly producing and marketing different sorts of adulterated and substandard food in Chittagong ahead of Ramadan, posing serious health hazards to consumers. Sources in city’s business hub Chaktai-Khatunganj said such businesspeople started producing a huge quantity of vermicelli, noodles, ghee, juice and different sorts of spices using substandard ingredients ... Read more
Tk 4cr water bill unpaid to Khulna WASA
Water bill worth about Tk 4 crore from different public and private organisations and individuals remains unpaid to the Khulna Water Supply and Sewerage Authority. Official sources said despite servicing notices earlier, the KWASA could not collect the outstanding water bills from a number of organisations and individuals. Different public and private establishments, educational institutions ... Read more
Over 6,000 die from snakebites a yr: Study
Snakebite has become a public health problem in rural areas of the country, as estimated 6,041 individuals die from snakebites every year, revealed a study yesterday. The study conduct by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and Snakebite Study Group also said annual incidence of snakebites in rural Bangladesh is 623.4 per 100,000 people. But ... Read more
Wider skies for private airlines
The government will reallocate the frequency of local carriers’ flights from Dhaka to London to allow private airlines a wider access to global aviation. The move comes at a time when the capacity of local private carriers to utilise opportunities is being questioned. As part of the move, GMG Airlines and United Airways will be ... Read more