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Nothing beats a mother’s love for her child, and that’s why the higher the stake the harder the emotional drive gets. The situation came tragically true for Nazneen Akhter, 35, a senior reporter of The Daily Janakantha. Yesterday, failing to bear the shock of her daughter’s demise, she jumped off the balcony of their fourth-floor flat in ... Read more

An expert committee has termed sound all scientific findings concerning the country’s first genetically modified (GM) crop — Bt Brinjal — and is now preparing its review report on those for forwarding it to the agriculture ministry, officials said yesterday. On receipt of the experts’ report,

A half day hartal enforced by CPB-Basad observed peacefully on Monday in the city. The hartal was called protesting the attack on Mujahidul Islam Selim and other leftist leaders on Sunday. Supporting the hartal CPB and BASAD jointly brought out a procession on Monday at 8am from Zindabazaar to the Court Point. Later they organised ... Read more

Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Monday said the last war for democracy and development has begun and sought votes for the Awami League’s (AL’s) ‘boat’ symbol in the next election, saying that the AL-led government intends to complete the unfinished tasks of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Joy delivered addresses

The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) on Monday signed a Protocol of Cooperation reinforcing their common intent to work towards improvement of the quality of life of the people of Bangladesh. The protocol was signed, in the presence

Bangladesh is now at crossroads and it will be a ‘gross failure’ if the people of Bangladesh were not given a free and fair choice during the elections, a member of the visiting British All Party Parliamentary Group said on Monday. “Citizens of Bangladesh really value their elections. They want election. It is the duty ... Read more

In an oblique reference to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the main opposition BNP has said no good result will be brought by making baseless and motivated statements against the nationalist party. “Premier Sheikh Hasina used to make baseless remarks against BNP. Now her elder son Joy has joined his mother to ... Read more

Awami League lawmaker Golam Maula Rony was released from Kashimpur jail on Monday, six days after securing bail in all the three cases, including the one filed for assaulting two journalists of Independent Television. Rony came out of the prison at about 11:15 am and was received with flowers by some Awami League leaders and ... Read more

Three teachers of Benapole High School were injured as a group of unruly students beat them up during the time of assembly on Monday. The injured were identified as headmaster Shaukat Ali and assistant teachers Abu Raihan and Nazrul Islam. They were rushed to a private clinic for treatment.

Addressing a public meeting in Rangpur, BNP chief asks govt to place and pass CG bill in Parliament Declaring most emphatically that BNP would not participate in any election under the Awami League government, opposition leader Khaleda Zia on Sunday called upon the ruling party to initiate a bill on a non-party neutral caretaker administration ... Read more

Bid to justify Rampal Power Plant The environmental impact assessment (EIA) report on the 1,320-MW coal-fired Rampal power plant, prepared by the government, has treated the Sundarbans as a residential area instead of as an ecologically critical and sensitive area in an attempt to justify the project, sources said. The EIA report has used incorrect emission ... Read more

BSF pledges justice in Felani killing case Dhaka once again protested at frequent incidents of killing and shooting on the frontier as the border forces of Bangladesh and India began a director-general level conference in Dhaka on Sunday. The Indian Border Security Force assured the Border Guard Bangladesh that they were trying to bring the ... Read more

Leftists call half-day hartal in Sylhet  Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) has called a half-day hartal for Monday in the district protesting an attack on its meeting by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in which CPB Chief Mujahidul Islam Selim was seriously injured. At least 20 persons of both the sides were injured during the clash. Witnesses ... Read more

State Minister for Liberation War Affairs Captain (Retd) AB Tajul Islam on Sunday said the chiefs of district and upazila level Razakar, Al Badar and Al Shams would be brought under the trial process soon. “The trial process of some war criminals is at the final stage while the process of other war criminals’ trial ... Read more

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked police personnel to gain and retain public trust by discharging their duties professionally and by being sympathetic to the people. The Prime Minister made these remarks on the occasion of the inauguration of the newly established building of the National Crime Control and Operations Monitoring

Subhan’s War Crimes Prosecution presents nine charges  War crimes prosecutors on Sunday presented nine formal charges of crimes against humanity against detained Jamaat leader Abdus Subhan. Prosecutor Sultan Mahmud and other members of his team submitted the formal charges to the International Crimes Tribunal-1 through the

If Awami League is voted to power again in the next general election, Bangladesh will be freed from poverty totally, said Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Mymensingh on Sunday. AL had pledged to bring about developments in all sectors and we have succeeded in doing so in the last four ... Read more

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) expressed its dissatisfaction over the delays in awarding contracts for projects involving nearly $500 million of its loan, urging the government to step up efforts and remove dozens of barriers it identified affecting unhindered implementation of projects. The Manila-based organisation, the second largest

Bangladesh will pay over Tk 6 for each unit or kilowatt-hour of electricity to be imported from India. The cost of electricity has been estimated to open letters of credit for the payment of imported electricity to Indian state-run power authority NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam, a Power Development Board official told New Age. The cost of the ... Read more

A government gazette on Sunday notified the eighth wage board award raising the wages of journalists and other media employees by 75 per cent on an average. The highest monthly basic wage has been fixed at Tk 56,875, up from Tk 32,500 and the lowest at Tk 19,938 up from Tk 10,750.  Journalists and other