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Social safety net beneficiaries in Kurigram Sadar upazila yesterday received rice fortified with essential vitamins and minerals for the second consecutive month. They got it under a new joint initiative of the government and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). In the presence of government and WFP officials, some 3,000 poor women

A youth was killed by the Rapid Action Battalion in a ‘gunfight’ at Kurigram in Narail on early Wednesday. The deceased, Rashed Parvez, 23, son of Javed Hossain Bulu, of Jangle village in Narail, was found lying near the helipad area after the ‘gunfight’ at about 1:00am. This is the third incident of killing in ... Read more

River grabbers to face stern action: task force The government on Tuesday asked the deputy commissioners and superintendents of police in all districts, including Dhaka, to take action against river grabbers in a month and free the waterways from encroachments. The task force responsible for ensuring navigability and natural flow of the rivers Buriganga, Shitalakkhya, ... Read more

A Juba League leader of the Dhaka city unit was shot dead at Gulshan Circle 1 in the capital early Tuesday. The deceased, Reazul Haque Khan Milky, 42, was organising secretary of the Awami Juba League’s of Dhaka metropolitan (south) unit. Milky was shot in front of the Shoppers World on Road 123 at Gulshan ... Read more

Graft Charges MPO of 300 teachers cancelled The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education on Tuesday cancelled the monthly pay of order of 273 non-government teachers after corruption had been spotted in the enlistment process, officials told New Age Tuesday. Officials said that all these teachers with the connivance of some officers and employees

The chief election commissioner, Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad, on Tuesday termed the RPO Article 91E ‘self-contradictory’ and ‘inapplicable’ to defend Election Commission’s decision to repeal the Article that empowers EC to cancel candidature. The Article 91E of the Representation of the People Order 1972 empowers the commission

Modified Brinjal Court opts to see scientific documents The High Court yesterday directed the government and the petitioners to submit by September 19 scientific documents, if there are any, on whether Bt brinjal is harmful to public health and the environment. It gave the directive while hearing two writ petitions challenging a government move to ... Read more

Two suspected carjackers were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion in South Keraniganj early on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Sabuj Miah, son of Abdur Rashid of Bhola and Sagar Ahmed, son of Mobinur Rahman of Barisal

Poet Belal Mohammad, also a pioneer of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, died of old-age complications in Apollo Hospitals in the capital early Tuesday. Belal’s long-time close aide Ayub Hossain said that the poet had died about 5:00am. He was taken to the hospital on Monday evening when he complained of uneasiness, Ayub

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said that ‘selfishness’ was a big flaw in modern economy and it should be converted to ‘selflessness.’ The concept of modern economy be change if selflessness earns its place in business, Yunus said hours after he had returned to the

The tickets of all airlines for all domestic flights ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr have already been sold out due to the rush of affluent and upper middle-class people to domestic airlines, said airlines officials. They, however, said that they might operate additional flights on different domestic routes if the demand increased. They also said that a ... Read more

The High Court on Monday deferred again its decision on the two writ petitions seeking a directive on the government and the Election Commission to announce schedule for holding stalled mayoral elections in  Dhaka North and Dhaka South cities. A bench of Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar

The Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday fixed the next date on August 21 for hearing on the final report which submitted by police in connection with the case filed by lawmaker Rony. Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Shariar Mahmud Adnan set the next date for hearing on submitted final report in connection with his case filed ... Read more

Plying of trucks, covered vans and lorries on national and regional highways will remain suspended for seven days starting three days before the Eid-ul-Fitr. A release issued by the communication ministry on Tuesday said that the vehicles, carrying essentials, perishable products and fuels, would remain

A man was killed in a clash between two groups of villagers over a land related dispute at Niamatpur village in Doarabazar upazila on Monday evening. The deceased was identified as Abul Mia, 31, son of late Soab Ali of the village. The people of the area said there had been a longstanding conflict between ... Read more

Members of Indian Border Security Force picked up a Bangladeshi labourer from Lauergarh border in Tahirpur upazila on Monday evening. The victim was identified as Ichha Mia, 28, of Manigaon village in the upazila. Local people said BSF troops chased Ichha and caught him as a group of people including

Rate cuts in int’l incoming call for IGWS BTRC proposal to cause Tk 1,073cr govt losses The telecom regulator on Sunday sent a proposal to the telecommunications ministry for lowering the incoming call charge and revenue sharing from international gateway operators which would cause a loss of Tk 1,073 crore in government revenues every year. ... Read more

The country’s overseas employment has registered a sharp decline this year, compared to last year. In the first half of the current year, the number of people going abroad, for work, declined by 45 per cent, compared to the figure of the corresponding period last year. The total number of people going abroad for jobs ... Read more

Failing to improve service, govt agrees to proposal from the force In a desperate bid to improve taxicab service, the government has decided to involve Bangladesh Army to launch a new taxicab service for the capital and Chittagong metropolis. Under the new scheme, the army will import 5,000 good quality AC and non-AC taxicabs — ... Read more

Bangladesh Railway is refusing to sell air conditioned first class tickets for Dhaka-Rajshahi and Dhaka-Dinajpur inter-city trains to ordinary passengers as those have been ‘reserved’ for influential people before the Eid festival. People who went to Kamalapur railway station on Monday said the BR staff had refused