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The government on Tuesday announced a reward of Tk 50,000 for anyone assisting lawmen to arrest any of the absconding soldiers of the Bangladesh Rifles who are suspected of being involved in the February 25-26 carnage in the Pilkhana. ‘A sum of Tk 50,000 will be given in cash to anyone who can help the ... Read more

War Crime Trial Govt to seek evidence from Pakistan, US UN names 4 international experts to help in probe The United Nations (UN) has named four international war crime experts to assist Bangladesh in the trials of war criminals of 1971, responding to a request of the government, officials said. The government has also taken ... Read more

Parliament on Monday unanimously passed the upazila parishad bill with provisions giving lawmakers sweeping authority over upazila parishads in their constituencies. The house passed another bill cancelling the Gram Sarkar [village government] system enacted by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government in the past. The Upazila Parishad (Repealed Act Re-Introduction and Amendment) Bill made it mandatory ... Read more

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Trusty Board Chairman Professor Muzaffer Ahmed on Monday called upon the government to conduct audit and take legal action against those responsible for additional expenditure during 9th parliamentary election in excess of the amount fixed by the Election Commission. This call was made while TIB Chairman are addressing a press conference ... Read more

Source of funding shrouded in mystery Most think-tanks fulfilling foreign agendas With the source of funding remaining highly ‘mysterious’ there seems to be lack of transparency in financial matters of most so called think-tanks as they work more for themselves and their financers than the country and people. Talking to The Bangladesh Today, some top ... Read more

The Rapid Action Battalion on early Monday arrested Faisal Mostafa, a British citizen of Bangladeshi origin, who is the alleged patron of the militant’s den, Green Crescent in Bhola, where the RAB busted an ammo factory and seized a large cache of firearms and explosives on March 24 this year. The RAB also detained Hasan ... Read more

Post-poll violence 62 killed, 4258 hurt so far At least 62 people were killed and 4258 injured in political violence mainly between activists of the Awami League (AL), Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami across the country after the December 29 general elections. According to Odhikar, an NGO that compiled newspaper reports on political ... Read more

Delay in reorganising the BDR after the bloody mutiny at the border guards’ headquarters might cost the country, its chief and head of the paramilitary force’s reorganisation sub-committee Maj Gen Mainul Islam yesterday. “The sooner we finish with the reorganisation the better it is for the country because the mistrust that had caused all the ... Read more

The government in a major administrative shake-up on Monday made the National Board of Revenue chairman, Mohammad Abdul Mazid an officer on special duty. Acting secretary of the housing and public works ministry, Nasir Uddin Ahmed has been made acting chairman in place of Mazid, who had held the post of the NBR chief since ... Read more

Dhaka, (bdnews24.com)—Two factions of ruling Awami League’s labour front Sramik League clashed Monday at the city developer RAJUK’s head office, vandalising offices and leaving at least three injured. Adherents of Abdul Malek and Shamsul Alam Milky, RAJUK staffers, fought each other for half an hour. The unruly activists damaged the main access to the RAJUK ... Read more

Shattered Dreams Of Migrant Workers -1 Trapped by nexus of brokers, employers The employment was supposed to be permanent and the monthly wages were promised to be 600 Ringgits (RM). But they were employed for only 22 days in the first three months and paid just RM 200. “Sometimes we could manage food with that ... Read more

Mashhud will have to account for Tk 13 crore expenditure on ACC lawyers The Anticorruption Commission chairman Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury stepped down Thursday, saying there was no need to spell out the reason for his resignation. “I think you all know the situation now prevailing; there’s no need for me explain it,” the former army ... Read more

In a turn of events, former Speaker Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar, ex-Law Minister Barrister Moudud Ahmed and former First Lady Rawshan Ershad staged a comeback in parliamentary politics as they won Thursday’s by-elections. They lost their seats in their respective home constituencies in Panchagarh, Noakhali and Mymensingh in the parliamentary elections held on Dec 29 last ... Read more

Auto owners, Cops involved Esaraf Hossain A section of transport owners based at Sayedabad bus terminal, one of the three inter-district terminals in the capital city, have got involved in extortion, it is alleged. Terminal sources alleged that the so-called transport owners are realizing lakhs of taka everyday from other transport owners in exchange of ... Read more

Staff Reporter Dhaka city yesterday experienced hailstorm accompanied with rain late in the afternoon. The hailstorm and rain brought soothing relief to city dwellers from the scorching hit of the summer. The hailstorm was marked by gusty winds speed reaching up to 19 kilometers an hour. According to residents from different parts of the city ... Read more

Mamunur Rashid Though the investigation teams on the carnage at the Peelkhana BDR headquarters have identified some of the killers of the army officers, they are yet to find out the identity of the people who orchestrated the plot to

Raihan Mahmood Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club made history when they became the first team to win a prize money of Tk 1 crore with a 1-0 victory over their arch-rivals Dhaka Abahani in the final of the Citycell Super Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, distributed the prizes ... Read more

Report by Now-defunct LGC Unified law suggested for local govt bodies Rakib Hasnet Suman The now-defunct local government commission (LGC) recommended forming a unified law to govern all local government institutions repealing the existing acts for local government bodies. Besides the functioning ordinances and acts, there are more than 100 subordinate laws related to the ... Read more

Talha Bin Habib, back from Kurigram Continued river erosion, poor communication system, seasonal monga and limited income opportunities deprive people of Rangpur, Kurigram and Lalmonirhat from taking nutritious diet that usually push them to embrace to suffer various diseases throughout the year. But the scenario of Kurigram district is worst than those of other districts. ... Read more

Staff Correspondent Political parties and different cultural organisations have taken various programmes to celebrate the 39th Independence and National Day today and pay homage to the valiant sons of the soil who laid down their lives to free the country from Pakistani colonial rule. Different political parties including the ruling party Awami League and main ... Read more