Bangladesh Railway is going to expand its online ticketing system enabling the passengers to buy tickets from stations connected to the online network for travelling to any destinations. At present five stations are connected online for ticket selling and the authorities are planning to expand online ticketing facility to 61 more railway
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Septic tank gas kills 2
Two labourers died after inhaling toxic gas trapped inside a septic tank in a housing plot at Colonel Hat of Chittagong city yesterday morning. The deceased were identified as Abdur Rahman, 50, of Chandpur and Md Kamal, 50. Police could not trace the latter’s residence
Grameen fettered
Changes to ordinance give govt-appointed chairman almost absolute power to pick MD, Yunus’ income under scrutiny The cabinet yesterday approved a proposal for amending an ordinance to give more powers to the Grameen Bank chairman to choose the managing director of the microlender. The amendment to the Grameen Bank Ordinance 1983 will undermine the autonomy ... Read more
Autonomy curbed
4 leading personalities censure govt move Civil society leaders yesterday condemned the government move to curtail the autonomy of the Nobel winning Grameen Bank as an undemocratic decision that they believe would give negative signals to the world. The cabinet approved of an amendment to the Grameen Bank Ordinance 1983, which would reduce the power ... Read more
Save the bank
Appeals shocked Nobel hero Shocked. Speechless. This is what Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus said after the government empowered the Grameen Bank chairman in choosing a managing director for the microlender. Here is the statement of the Grameen Bank founder:
JU shut after violence
Highway blocked protesting police firing on students; 15 vehicles vandalised Authorities have shut Jahangirnagar University till August 25 as the campus burst into violence over Wednesday night’s police firing on students. Through an emergency meeting yesterday afternoon, the JU Syndicate announced the closure, asking male students to vacate their dormitories by 6:00pm on the day ... Read more
UGC worried
The University Grants Commission (UGC) yesterday expressed deep concern over the current instabilities at different public universities including Buet, Jahangirnagar University (JU), Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST) and Rajshahi University (RU). At a full commission meeting, the UGC formed a three-member committee to look
Minimum Fitra fixed at Tk 55, highest Tk 1500
This year’s minimum Fitra has been fixed at Tk 55 per head while Tk 1500 at the highest. A meeting on ‘Sadkatul Fitr’ held at the conference room of the Islamic Foundation on Thursday fixed the fitra as per the present market price of 1.650 kg of wheat or ata (flour). Chaired by Khatib of ... Read more
NGOs asked to stop aid to Rohingyas
The government has ordered three non-governmental organisations to stop their charity activities for unregistered Rohingya refugees staying in Cox’s Bazar. The NGOs are the Musilm Aid UK and France’s ACF (Action Against Hunger) and Medecins Sans Frantieres (Doctors Without Borders) which had been providing shelters, food and medical services
Kamaruzzaman led Razakar, Al-Badr and Al-Shams: witness
War Crimes Trial Kamaruzzaman led Razakar, Al-Badr and Al-Shams: witness Freedom fighter Md Zahurul Haque Munshi Bir Protik, on Thursday told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 that the detained assistant secretary general of Jamaat, Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, was the commander of Razakar, Al-Badr and Al-Shams in Sherpur during the War of Independence in 1971. Razakar, Al-Badr and Al-Shams ... Read more
Four telcos set to get 2G licence renewed
After a stand-off with the BTRC for more than eight months, four mobile phone operators Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi and Citycell will get their 2G licences renewed on Tuesday for the next 15 years. Zia Ahmed, chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), said they have sent letters to the operators yesterday asking them to send ... Read more
Muhith still hopeful
Padma Loan Muhith still hopeful Finance Minister AMA Muhith has expressed hope that the government may reach a settlement with the World Bank on funding the Padma bridge project. “It is possible to reach a solution with the World Bank soon,” Muhith told BBC Bangla Service on Wednesday. Mentioning the steps taken to fulfil the ... Read more
Nepal to get access to Ctg, Mongla ports
Says Dipu Moni Bangladesh is working towards providing Nepal with transit to access Chittagong and Mongla seaports, said Foreign Minister Dipu Moni yesterday. She said this to Durga Prasad Bhattarai, visiting foreign secretary of Nepal, when he called on her at the foreign ministry in the
BUET teachers to appeal against HC injunction
The teachers of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology said that they were consulting lawyers to appeal against High Court’s injunction on their movement for the removal of the vice chancellor and the pro-vice chancellor. They postponed their rally on Wednesday night following the injunction. BUET Teachers Association said it would take a decision on the next course
EC to sue voters enrolled twice
The Election Commission is preparing to take legal action against those who enlisted themselves twice in the electoral rolls, election commissioner Md Shah Nawaz said on Thursday. He said the commission had found out that many people became dual voters like in the past. Using Automated Fingerprint Identification System, the commission in
9 Rohingyas held in city
Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested nine Rohingyas from a residential hotel of Fakirerpool area early Thursday in the city for staying in Bangladesh illegally. On information, a team of DB Police conducted a raid at Ashian Hotel around 9:00pm and arrested nine Myanmar citizens, said Deputy Commissioner Masudur Rahman, in-charge of Media and
Govt to clip board wings
Grameen Bank Govt to clip board wings Proposal to amend ordinance goes to cabinet division today The government plans to amend the Grameen Bank Ordinance 1983 to reduce the powers of the bank’s board and give more authority to its chairman to pick the managing director of the microcredit organisation. The finance ministry may place ... Read more
30pc stakeholders ‘fake’
Destiny Cooperative Society 30pc stakeholders ‘fake’ Finds probe body, manipulation done to show astronomical growth, lure innocent Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd (DMCSL), the cash cow of controversial Destiny Group, enrolled at least 30 percent fictitious members in the shareholders’ list to show a massive growth rate to its existing and would-be members. The Department ... Read more
BUET teachers postpone movement
VC puts web site offline following call for his resignation The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology teachers who have been rallying for removal of vice-chancellor and pro-vice-chancellor of the university have postponed their agitation following the High Court order that put an injunction on their movement. The postponement was decided at an emergency working ... Read more
‘Dead man’ back after 23 years
For 23 years, his family in Bangladesh thought he was dead. But then an anonymous caller informed a local official in May that he was alive and in jail in Pakistan. On Tuesday, 52-year-old Moslemuddin Sarkar, who had been missing since 1989, returned home to Bishnupur village under Rangamatia union in