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Bdnews24.com . Dhaka The government will investigate the failure of state-run fixed and mobile phone operators to woo new customers, the post and telecommunications minister has told Bdnews24.com. ‘Land phone was out of reach of the people in the past. The people had to wait for two-three years after submitting application. They had to pay ... Read more

Launch Tragedy 26 passengers still missing Our Correspondent, Barisal A day after launch ML Fahmida Happy Express went down in the Kirtonkhola near Barisal, at least 26 people are still missing. Hundreds of relatives were seen waiting at the riverbank for missing people. Many of them were searching for their dear ones by boats, trawlers, ... Read more

bdnews24.com, Dhaka The Bangladesh government and the United Nations Development Programme took on a $30 million project on Thursday to further strengthen the electoral system and ensure the sustainability of the voter list with photographs “I am confident that this project will make a significant contribution to sustaining the achievements of the Bangladesh Election Commission ... Read more

Over a dozen still missing; capsized vessel salvaged Rafiqul Islam, Barisal Twenty seven bodies were recovered and more than a dozen are still missing after an overcrowded launch, being hit by a cargo vessel, sank in the Kirtonkhola in Barisal yesterday. The launch was carrying over 100

Staff Correspondent The nation pays homage to the martyrs of the language movement one minute past midnight today amid heightened security at and around the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on the occasion of Amar Ekushey. The president, Zillur Rahman, will first place flowers at the Central Shaheed Minar followed by the prime minister, Sheikh ... Read more

Shahidul Islam Chowdhury Residents of six cities are not only angry at the acute shortage of water, but are disgusted that the little amount of tap-water they get is contaminated, malodorous and tastes awful. Many of them have been suffering from waterborne diseases after drinking the contaminated water which stinks even after prolonged boiling. Mindless ... Read more

Staff Correspondent Immigration officials at Zia International Airport (ZIA) yesterday prevented Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid and former BNP state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar from leaving the

Anti-Terrorism Bill empowers police to detain any suspects Staff Correspondent The cabinet on Thursday approved five bills for enacting as laws some of the many ordinances, including the Anti-Terrorism Ordinance, promulgated by the military-controlled interim government. Fakhruddin’s government on June 9, 2008 promulgated the Anti-Terrorism Ordinance containing many harsh provisions, including the death sentence for ... Read more

Role of MPs & UZ Chairmen in local dev Balance of power in Upazila-level stressed Sahidul Islam Rana There should be a ‘balance of power’ between the Upazila Parishad Chairmen and the Member of Parliament (MPs) to ensure smooth functioning of different development works in local levels throughout the country. Hoping for massive development, including ... Read more

M Moneeruzzaman The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday claimed that it had spent Tk 7,74,41,566 to pay retainers to 51 lawyers engaged to deal with more than 500 graft cases filed by it in the last two years. Some newspapers have alleged that it paid the lawyers more than Tk 14 crore to punish 156 corruption ... Read more

Work in miserable environment Staff Correspondent Around 20 lakhs workers work in the city’s at least three thousand garment factories in harmful environment about 12 hours per day to earn livelihood. As a result they are being affected with various disease including jaundice, gastric, heart disease, reproductive health problem, sexual, ear and eye related diseases. ... Read more

Staff correspondent The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday urged the students to be attentive to their studies, devote themselves to the development of the country and refrain from getting involved in crimes, extortion and violence in the

Shahidul Islam Chowdhury Severe air pollution is choking the citizens in the Dhaka and Chittagong cities with poisonous particles in the air exceeding the permissible level of human toleration. The citizens are at a serious health risk due to the highly-polluted air. ‘Many patients, both elderly and young, are coming to us these days with ... Read more

Julfikar Ali Manik with Kailash Sarkar Law and order is witnessing a slide with an increase in criminal activities in the city and elsewhere in the country, although law-enforcement agencies and the government claim to have the situation under control. Despite such claims of the police, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and other law-enforcement agencies, a ... Read more

Staff Correspondent Silent extortions by different group of outlaws under the shadow of political influentials have been going on in the city’s different areas and recently it has intensified keeping city’s small businessmen and traders in anxiety. In the name of ruling political party activists, the terrorists are issuing threats to the owners of different ... Read more

Reforms, absence of political interference seen as reasons; loans with pvt banks rise Rejaul Karim Byron Defaulted loans with state-owned banks (SoBs) decreased for the first time last year because of absence of political interference and reforms initiated by the immediate past caretaker government in the last two years. However, default loans with the private, ... Read more

Staff Correspondent Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon on Wednesday said promulgating three ordinances relating to garments industry and workers by the immediate past caretaker government, the rights of around 25 lakh garments workers was smashed illegally. He said this at a discussion meeting organized by an apex body of 21 different garments workers federation ... Read more

Feud over beer supply suspected as reason Staff Correspondent A feud over liquor dealing resulted in a clash among friends that caused tragic death of a student of Shanto-Mariam University in the city’s Uttara Tuesday night. The deceased Mahfuzur Rahman alias Nasim, 20, a second semester student of Fashion Design Department, was brutally beaten up ... Read more

Staff Correspondent BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain on Wednesday alleged that in absence of the main opposition party from the parliament, the government is trying to humiliate BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and her family. On February 16, Awami League law maker Meher Afroz Chumki from Gazipur- 5 wanted to know from the finance ... Read more

Staff Correspondent Narsingdi BNP leaders on Wednesday jostled in front of the party’s central office in Dhaka over the presence of followers of the expelled party secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan during the interview with grassroots leaders. The leaders and activists of Narsingdi, home district of Mannan Bhuiyan, chased some leaders who were known to ... Read more