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The first bone marrow transplantation in the country, which was scheduled for October 26 at the lone bone marrow transplantation centre at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, has been halted due to ongoing political unrest. The transplantation was halted as most of the experts from Massachusetts General Hospital, the teaching hospital of the Harvard Medical School

Delivery of the verdict in the case of killings in a rebellion in the border force headquarters in Dhaka in 2009 has been postponed, official sources said on Tuesday night. Additional metropolitan sessions court judge-III Md Akhtaruzaman was scheduled to deliver the verdict today in the case against 846 accused.

The bodies of at least seven dead Bangladeshis are brought home every month from South Africa, according to data of Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training. They died mostly in indiscriminate shootings by miscreants in South Africa with its law and order deteriorating, said officials and migrants’ rights bodies.

Three workers were killed and three others injured in a boiler blast at Bhaularhat in Sadar upazila on Tuesday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Kafiluddin, 45, Posidul Islam, 40, of Paikpara village and Somesh Barman, 42, of Dighi village in the upazila. Witnesses said the boiler of ‘Bristi-Pinky Husking Mills’

Another 100 injured as blast, arson, clashes continue across country for second day of shutdown At least five people were killed and more than 100 injured in fierce clashes between the police and political activists across the country on the second day of the 60-hour nationwide hartal called by BNP-led opposition alliance on Monday. In ... Read more

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday made it clear that she would form an all-party poll-time government with small political parties, if the BNP does not respond to her proposal, sources said. The Prime Minister told her cabinet colleagues that she would hold talks with these parties individually on the formation of her proposed all-party

Pvt operators put up resistance to their commercial operation The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) is in trouble with its 88 air-conditioned buses, imported recently from India under the latter’s $ 800 million line of credit (LoC), due to opposition from private bus operators to their economically viable commercial operation. Officials said the revenue earning ... Read more

BNP, other parties decry provision for allowing candidature with instant joining in parties Parliament on Monday passed the Representation of People Order (Amendment) Bill, 2013 restricting an individual convicted under the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act from contesting the national election. The bill also allowed a person to contest polls only by joining a political party. Earlier ... Read more

Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) are going to sit with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia separately in a bid to find out a solution to the political impasse over election-time government. As part of the effort, a delegation, led by CPB president Mujahidul Islam Selim and ... Read more

The country’s top business leaders held a closed-door meeting on Monday night to discuss the latest political developments and come up with future strategy. The leaders would issue a press statement welcoming the telephonic conversation between the two political chiefs of the country, according to sources.

Hartal Violence Bomb splinters damage worker’s eye A painting worker became yet another victim of political violence on Monday, the second day of the 60-hour general strike being enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance. The victim, Abdur Rahman, 40, is feared to lose his left eye permanently due to injuries he received from splinters of ... Read more

Despite the lapses of six years since the separation of judiciary from executive, the government is yet to form a separate secretariat for the judiciary. The lower judiciary still remains on paper as well as the law regarding the appointment of the High Court judges is yet to be framed due to the lack of ... Read more

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has urged the government to take initiatives for holding an effective as well as a meaningful dialogue between the country’s two top political parties to overcome the prevailing political stalemate over the poll-time administration. “A phone call is not enough for a dialogue; a congenial atmosphere is needed to

The Awami League-led 14-party alliance on Monday called upon Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to form an election-time government based on constitutional provisions, after completing the dialogue process as soon as possible. “We laud Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her initiative and the 14-party alliance believes that the dialogue should be held without

Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim remained buoyant about the prospect of the ODI series victory, underlining the fact that his side was evolved as a forced to be reckoned with in one-day cricket and somewhere back in mind the New Zealand would be haunted by their 0-4 loss three years ago. The first of three-match ODI ... Read more

The National Committee on Biosafety (NCB) yesterday officially released the country’s first genetically modified (GM) food crop, brinjal, which is infused with pest-resistant gene. The decision was taken following a two-day meeting of the NCB, the highest regulatory body for GM crop release, held at the environment ministry

The objective of the recent visit to New Delhi by United States Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan Mozena was to consult with the External Affairs Ministry to seek the Indian government’s views on the political situation in Bangladesh, according to an Indian daily. “Worried over the looming political stalemate ahead of the general election in Bangladesh, ... Read more

Some 4,546 Bangladeshis are now jails abroad on charges of various crimes, Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister told Parliament on Monday, reports UNB. These Bangladeshis are now confined in jails of 23 countries of the world, Engr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said, responding to a starred question

Four Bangladeshis were killed and nine others injured in a road accident at Amgara in Jahara, Kuwait Saturday morning, foreign ministry officials here said on Monday. The deceased were identified as Israfil, son of Shamsuddin, of Faridpur, Shawkat Sheikh, son of Jobbar Sheikh, of Madaripur and Nasir Uddin, son of Lihas Uddin,

At least five people were killed, and over 200 injured, in fierce clashes between political activists and law enforcers across the country on the first day of the opposition’s 60-hour countrywide hartal, on Sunday. One Swechhasebak Dal leader, a Jubo League man, one Awami League activist, a Jamaat activist, and a Jubo Dal leader were ... Read more