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The holy month of Ramzan begins tomorrow (Sunday), as the moon was not sighted anywhere in Bangladesh yesterday. This was announced after a meeting of the National Moon-sighting Committee held at the Islamic Foundation at Baitul Mukarram in the city yesterday. Throughout this holy month, Muslims around the world will observe self-restraint and sanctity, two ... Read more

Prices of essentials witnessed a sharp rise in both wholesale and retail markets in the capital yesterday, a day after the commerce minister had fixed the wholesale prices of some daily necessities. Taking the opportunity of weak market monitoring, traders in kitchen markets are charging higher prices at will on the eve of Ramadan, alleged ... Read more

The global spread of swine flu will endanger more lives as it speeds up in coming months and governments must boost preparations for a swift response, the World Health Organisation said yesterday. There will soon be a period of further global spread of the virus, and most countries may see swine flu cases double every ... Read more

When the people of the country particularly the people of greater Sylhet area are concerned of the adverse impact of proposed Tipaimukh dam at the upper reaches of rivers Surma and Kushiara, at that time cannels, bills, hoars and small rivers of the area are facing water crisis even before the beginning of the construction ... Read more

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Nur Mohammad yesterday called for police investigation and inquiry into cases without interference of the government . Operational independence of the police will help carry out investigation into cases smoothly and fairly, he said while talking to reporters after attending a programme . The programme on ” Findings Dissemination ... Read more

Traffic system almost collapses; illegal rickshaws, buses throng roads; DMP seeks closure of schools after mid-Ramadan Traffic situation across the capital keeps worsening every day much to the plight of city residents while the authorities sits on various projects to improve the city’s infrastructure. The capital experiences gridlock before 9:00am on almost every working day ... Read more

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