Assailants in the US have shot dead another Bangladeshi, the third Bangladeshi to be so killed there over the last one month. In the latest incident, 26-year-old Shafiqul Islam Sohel was killed in a shop at Pine Bluff near Little Rock of Arkansas State on Tuesday
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China offers to build, fund it
Deep Sea Port China offers to build, fund it Remains open to partnering the project with India, US or any other country China has proposed to invest in four mega infrastructure projects, including the $5 billion deep-sea port and $700 million multi-lane tunnel under the Karnaphuli river in Chittagong. The government, however, is going slow ... Read more
Govt finds 1,000 Hajj passports ‘suspicious’
Hajj agencies asked to give more docs The government has asked Hajj agencies to provide more documents of 1,000 ‘suspicious’ Hajj pilgrims to decide whether they will be allowed to go to Saudi Arabia. ‘As we have found passports of about 1,000 people suspicious, we have asked Hajj agencies to provide financial statements and other ... Read more
Fresh reminder from WB
Padma graft allegations must be thoroughly investigated, it insists The World Bank funding of the Padma bridge project will depend on the satisfactory implementation of all the measures it has asked the government to take, the bank said in a statement yesterday. Last week, the global lender announced that it was re-engaging in the project ... Read more
Dhaka vents concern over killing by BSF
BGB-BSF Talks Dhaka vents concern over killing by BSF Dhaka has expressed its deep concern over continued killing, torture and abduction of unarmed Bangladeshi civilians on borders by BSF and Indian nationals. The concern was expressed at the four-day director general-level talks between the two border forces that began in the capital on
Sonali board members blame management
Hallmark Scam Sonali board members blame management Four members of the board of directors of Sonali Bank on Wednesday alleged the bank management was involved in the Hallmark money swindling, claiming their non-involvement in the loan scam. Members of the board of directors Suvas Chandra Singho Roy, Jannat Ara Henry, KM Zaman Romel and Sattayendra Chandra ... Read more
Journalist Ataus Samad passes away
Journalist and columnist Ataus Samad died in Apollo Hospitals in Dhaka Wednesday night at the age of 75. He was suffering from kidney, diabetes and heart-related diseases. He died about 9:30pm immediately after the life support had been removed, the family said. Samad, who is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son, was ... Read more
Taxpayers made to run around
Nurul Islam, who works at a private television channel, went to Segun Bagicha tax office on Tuesday to submit his return, as he has done over the past several years. He was taken aback when informed that his tax circle had been changed after an increase in the number of tax zones and circles by ... Read more
Hajj pilgrims kept waiting
Saudi Arabian NAS Air flights delayed for technical glitches After the recent chaos by Biman Bangladesh Airlines, hajj pilgrims of National Air Services (NAS) were stranded yesterday due to inadequate number of aircraft of the low cost Saudi airline. The disruption delayed the departure of 1,100 pilgrims who finally flew by NAS Air of Saudi ... Read more
Super-Eights begin today
Bangladesh may have bowed out with a heart-breaking loss to Pakistan on Tuesday, but the World Twenty 20 shifts into a higher gear today as the Super Eights round kicks-off an intense battle for the semifinal berths. The preliminary league, which ended on Tuesday, separated the men from the boys as Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan and ... Read more
WB wants to witness ACC quizzing
Padma Graft Suspects WB wants to witness ACC quizzing As part of its condition for the revival of the Padma bridge loan deal, the World Bank wants its expert panel to be present when the Anti-Corruption Commission interrogates the persons allegedly involved in corruption in the project. The panel will comprise three experts in the field ... Read more
Sonali Bank won’t file criminal case
Tk 2,686cr Hall-Mark Scam Sonali Bank won’t file criminal case Wants ACC to deal with criminal charges Sonali Bank has decided not to file any criminal case against the controversial Hall-Mark Group, which swindled Tk 2,686 crore out of the bank’s Ruposhi Bangla Hotel branch using forged documents. “Legal advisers have suggested that we don’t ... Read more
Jobs at stake, for Biman
Worried to death, 2 workers leave for KL a week after schedule; 1,000 hajj pilgrims also stuck Ekhlasur Rahman and Nasir Hossain, two young migrant workers, yesterday left Dhaka with job worries as their departure was delayed by a week due to the flight disorder of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. They had first come to Hazrat ... Read more
Many Google services disrupted in Bangladesh
Blocking YouTube Many Google services disrupted in Bangladesh The government’s blocking of video streaming website YouTube is disrupting many popular Google services in Bangladesh. Most Internet users in Bangladesh are unable to access Google services like Google+ (Google’s social network), Google Maps, Google Drive (cloud storage of Google), Google News, Google sync and Google Play (application ... Read more
Padma work by May
Says Muhith; Mashiur says he is on leave, gets dropped from Ecnec, economic affairs committee too The government plans to begin the construction of the much-talked about Padma bridge in April-May next year, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said yesterday. “Now we should float the tender; it will be done next month,” he told reporters at ... Read more
Hallmark grabs govt land, vested property
DC office submits report to land ministry The deputy commissioner’s office of Dhaka has found that around 10 acres of the government land, including vested property, has been grabbed by the controversial Hallmark Group in Savar. The DC office in a report said that Hallmark had encroached on 9.9267 acres of ‘khas and vested property’ ... Read more
Road accidents spark off violent protests in capital
Death of a woman and injuries to a university student in separate road accidents at Moghbazar and Dhanmondi in the capital on Monday triggered violent protests. Marzina, 40, a cleaner of a shopping mall, died on the spot after a bus ran over her at M0ghbazar while a Stamford University student sustained critical
Girl brutally murdered at home
Unidentified criminals killed a schoolgirl by slitting her throat at her house on Bhagolpur lane in the capital’s Hazaribagh yesterday. The victim, Tasnin Rahman Karobi, 13, was a sixth grader at Birshreshtha Munshi Abdur Rouf Rifles College at Pilkhana
No hilsa fishing for 11 days
The government has imposed a countrywide ban on catching, transporting, marketing and selling hilsa fish for 11 days, starting from today, to facilitate its egg laying and boost hilsa production. Uzzal Bikash Datta, secretary of the fisheries and livestock ministry, announced the ban yesterday at a press conference at the Department of Fisheries in the
High-voltage power lines pose health risks
WHO has prescribed restriction of potential harmful level of electromagnetic energy Thousands of people living near high-voltage power lines may have been exposed to an electromagnetic radiation that is likely put them at possible health risk. However, the authorities appear to be apparently unconcerned about the effects of living close to those power lines. “We ... Read more