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BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said that Awami League-led Grand Alliance government is baffled about what to do as only 20 days are left till the scheduled end of its tenure. “The government has only 20 days and the countdown has already started. The government has become really baffled about ... Read more

Bahaddarhat flyover collapse Victims’ families left in lurch No headway in case against two construction firms The much-talked about Bahaddarhat Flyover construction is expected to be completed in days. Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina is likely to open the flyover to traffic on October 12, said Chittagong Development Authority. But there has been no headway in ... Read more

ICT Law Violators Cops can arrest without warrant The House yesterday passed the controversial bill bringing changes in the information and communication technology (ICT) act to empower law enforcers to arrest anybody without a warrant for violating this law. In one of the changes, the maximum punishment has been raised to 14 from 10 years. ... Read more

12 return from HK Woes of female workers At least a dozen out of 146 female migrant workers of Bangladesh who were sent to Hong Kong in batches to work as domestic aids, have already returned to the country as they were provided little food and compelled to work till late night without any weekly ... Read more

Hall-Mark Chairman HC bench to see legality of bail Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain has assigned a High Court bench to see to the legality of the conditional bail granted to Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam in connection with 11 loan scam cases. Meanwhile, a Dhaka lower court yesterday extended her bail until November 4, ... Read more

Mymensingh Jewellery shop looted, 4 stabbed Some four people were stabbed during a jewellery shop looting at Ganginarpar in Mymensingh town yesterday evening. A Kabir, proprietor of M Hossain and Brothers Jewellers, and its three employees — Gadashwar Karmaker, Abu Taleb, and Russell — were admitted to Mymensingh Medical College and

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) has decided to introduce a fresh lot of non-lethal weapons as part of its new measures to bring down civilian casualties. It has also invited BGB to do patrolling in Indian territory along the border to see for themselves the “facts on the ground” about illegal movement

A Bangladesh army officer went missing in the Sangu River while taking a bath at Tarasa in Rowangchhari upazila of Bandarban on Sunday. The victim was identified as Lieutenant Tanvir, deputy commander of Tarasa army camp. Regional commander Brigadier General Syed Siddique said Tanvir along with

Hasina, Manmohan jointly unveil foundation plaque of coal-fired power plant despite green groups’ protest; formal import of 175MW power from India begins, 250MW by next month Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh yesterday unveiled the foundation plaque for Rampal power plant amid growing public concern that the coal-fired plant, only 14 ... Read more

She asks 18-party men to form committees at local level Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday asked leaders and activists of the BNP-led opposition alliance to immediately constitute polling centre-based action committees to resist general elections if Awami League wanted to hold unilateral polls. She gave the instruction while addressing a large

Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday that BNP chief Khaleda Zia would not succeed in her attempt to scuttle execution of war crimes trial verdicts. “The BNP leader wants to save the killers. She wanted to save the killers of the Father of the Nation, but failed. Many have been hanged and search is on

Tk 15 lakh looted A booking clerk was found strangled inside the booking office at the Kamalapur railway station early Saturday. The assailants also took away about Tk 15 lakh earned from advance ticket sales. The Kamalapur GRP officer-in-charge, Abdul Majid, also suspected that the killing took place between 1:30am and 5:00am. The deceased, Israfil ... Read more

Green activists at a roundtable on Saturday demanded that the construction of the coal-based power plant at Rampal be cancelled and the project shifted to a safer place to save the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest. They also demanded that the project assessment report be evaluated through discussions with representatives of the government, non-governmental

Two people died of diarrhoea and more than 560 others contacted the disease after drinking ‘contaminated’ supply water in Narayanganj in six days. The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research will send a five-member team to the spot today to collect samples and examine the situation,

11-member committee formed Eminent citizens on Saturday called upon all pro-liberation to build up a strong resistance against sectarian forces and religious extremists as they formed an 11-member national council of Bangladesh Rukhe Darao, a platform to combat communalism, at its national convention on Saturday. Speakers at the convention in the capital

Indian prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh has reiterated India’s commitment to “completing the tasks” agreed upon by India and Bangladesh. Jointly inaugurating the India-Bangladesh grid interconnection at Bheramara with Sheikh Hasina and laying the foundation stone of the thermal

Local people of Tanti Bazar area in Old Dhaka caught three police personnel red-handed including a sub-inspector of Cantonment police station on Saturday noon for their alleged involvement in robbery in the name of recovering ‘hundi money’. The arrested police personnel were identified as sub-inspector Abdul Kaiyum, Constable Alamgir Hossain and Abul Khair.

Sqc Verdict Leak 2 ICT employees put in custody A Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on Saturday remanded two International Crimes Tribunal employees in police custody for eight days for interrogation in the case of parts of the verdict sentencing Salauddin Quader Chowdhury to death being leaked. The investigators are also looking for another suspect,

A service that digitally weaves together the DNA of prospective parents to check for potential disease in thousands of ‘virtual babies’ is set to launch in the US by December, BBC online reported. New York start-up Genepeeks will initially focus on donor sperm, simulating before pregnancy how the genetic sequence of a female client might ... Read more

Networking Govt Offices Chinese firm to get the job  A Chinese company is going to get the job of connecting the public administration up to the upazila level with the capital by establishing an information network. The cabinet committee on purchase may approve today the proposal of awarding the job worth Tk 1,087 crore [$133 ... Read more