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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned specially the BIWTA to take strict measurers to evict illegal structures from the riverside and prevent the grabbers from further occupying those lands in future. “The government’s programmes to evict illegal structures from riverside would be

Zia Orphanage Trust fund embezzlement Khaleda, Tarique asked to appear in court on Aug 30 A Dhaka court on Wednesday asked the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s chairperson, Khaleda Zia, her eldest son Tarique Rahman and four others to appear before it on August 30 to face charges of embezzling Tk 2.1 crore from the Zia Orphanage ... Read more

Aug 21 Grenade Attack 2 confessed criminals given shocking bail When the nation is keenly awaiting justice in cases for the grisly August 21 grenade attacks to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to two accused who even confessed to their roles in implementing the terror plan. Arif Hassan Sumon, ... Read more

A soaring car selling, bucking a gloomy global trend in the auto industry, in the last five years has been causing severe traffic congestion in the city. “Such a huge growth in car sales has already started to take a heavy toll on the capital. Traffic jams are getting bigger and lasting longer. Already we ... Read more

The law and order situation has deteriorated sharply in recent weeks in capital Dhaka and elsewhere across the country though the state minister for home affairs, Shamsul Haque Tuku, on Tuesday reiterated the government’s resolve to root out crime. The law enforcing agencies have totally failed to contain the rising crimes like murder, mugging, snatching, ... Read more

The leader of the fact-finding parliamentary delegation on Wednesday said they had been cleared by India on three matters over the controversial Tipaimukh Dam, including the main one that it will be purely a hydroelectric scheme without any component of water withdrawal from the common river Barak for irrigation. The two other clarifications were that ... Read more

Trial of BDR mutineers An inter-ministerial meeting, held at the Law Ministry with law minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed in the chair, yesterday finalised the draft of a reference to be made by the President to the Supreme Court for its opinion on the specific law under which the BDR mutineers should be tried. Director General ... Read more

Any foreign investor will receive Bangladeshi citizenship if he or she invests $75,000 at the newly constructed hi-tech park at Kaliakoir in Gazipur. The government is going to take decision to accelerate the foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country, sources in the Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technology (SICT) said. Series of ... Read more

Death toll in India rises to 17 The toll in swine flu pandemic across India mounted to 17 with seven more persons succumbing to the disease yesterday. All educational institutions in India’s financial hub Mumbai were ordered to remain close for a week from today. Meanwhile, the number of positive swine flu cases in India ... Read more

Low quality papers, pathetic illustrations offer shock to children Textbooks at primary level published by National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) appear to be unattractive to children because of substandard illustrations and the very design of the books, said educationists, academics and experts. Children learn half their lessons through illustrations as the visual presentation helps ... Read more

Aftermath of Toxic paracetamol induced deaths  A Dhaka court yesterday issued warrants of arrest for managing director of Rid Pharma Limited, its two directors and two pharmacists in connection with a case filed against them for producing and marketing toxic paracetamol syrup, which caused many death. Judge Golam Mortuza Mojumder of Drug Court issued the ... Read more

Bangladesh secured their seventh consecutive one-day international win by beating Zimbabwe by 49 runs in the second game of the series at Bulawayo on Tuesday. Having been put into bat, the Tigers blazed their way to 320 for eight, their highest one-day total. Opener Tamil Iqbal’s 79 provided the innings platform but Shakib Al Hasan’s ... Read more

Rampant Shakib Al Hasan led from the front with an aggressive hundred as the Tigers continued their recent remarkable success with a 49-run victory in the second ODI of the five-match series against Zimbabwe at the Queens Sports Club ground in Bulawayo yesterday. They extended the lead to 2-0 through a strong batting display, which ... Read more

Cricinfo Sakib al Hasan starred with a delightfully aggressive ton in Bangladesh’s second straight win in the five-match series against Zimbabwe. Tamim Iqbal laid the platform with a patient half-century before Sakib took over to charge Bangladesh to their highest ODI score. Zimbabwe tried gamely, courtesy fine half-centuries from Charles Coventry and Sean Williams, but ... Read more

RAMADAN POWER MANAGEMENT Govt to ask industries to shut in peak hours The government will ask industries such as steel, re-rolling and textile mills around the capital and in Chittagong to stop their operation during evening peak hours in Ramadan to save on gas and electricity to reduce power outages. An inter-ministerial meeting, headed by ... Read more

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was Tuesday ordered to stay under house arrest for 18 months after a prison court convicted the Nobel laureate at the end of her internationally condemned trial. The sentence provoked instant anger from Britain and other countries because it means that the 64-year-old opposition leader will remain in ... Read more

The planned unilateral construction of Tipaimukh dam by India will have serious environmental, ecological, social and economic effects on the millions of people of Bangladesh and north-eastern India, speakers at a conference at the London School of Economics warned. The conference, dubbed world forum, of the Voice for Justice World Forum on Sunday in London ... Read more

BDR on red alert Aug 11: Indian BSF troops today suddenly massed in and occupied a vast tract of Bangladesh land on Pratpur frontier in Goainghat upazila, triggering tensions among people in the border area as they recalled a 2001 clash between the two forces. Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) sources said the trespassing Indian border guards ... Read more

A full-scale tsunami alert issued by the Met office following a massive earthquake in the Indian Ocean off India’s Andaman Islands early hours of Tuesday panicked people and prompted the government to ready thousands of volunteers for help, but eventually it shook Bangladesh without any tidal surge. As the time tsunami was apprehend to hit ... Read more

Five more army camps were withdrawn from Chittagong Hill Tracts on Monday following the government decision to pull out troops from the region in implementation of the CHT peace treaty. Of the five camps, one was dismantled in Khagrachhari while four in Rangamati, UNB correspondents quoting security sources reported from the two hill