Sales of advance train tickets before Eid-ul-Fitr for various destinations from Dhaka began at the Kamalapur station on Sunday morning amid mismanagement, with people standing in long queues for hours, Bangladesh Railway officials said. People willing to leave Dhaka for outlying destinations at Eid, which is likely to be celebrated on
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Hand over Suchitra Sen’s house in two months: HC
The High Court on Sunday asked the Imam Gazzali Institute to vacate the ancestral house of Suchitra Sen, Bangla movies’ legendary actress, and hand it over to the government within two months. The bench of Justice Hasan Foez Siddique and Md Jahangir Hossain also asked the government to implement the plan to set up a ... Read more
Ctg court acquits Rasu Kha in killing case
A Chittagong court on Sunday acquitted much-talked-about ‘serial killer’ Rasu Kha of the charge of killing a young woman after raping her at Faridganj in Chandpur. The judge of the divisional speedy trial tribunal, Robiul Hasan, acquitted Rasu of the charges in the case filed with the Faridganj police in connection with the killing of ... Read more
Grenade attack case ready to begin soon
The ruling Awami League, its different associate bodies and organisations will observe the deadly 21 August Grenade Attack Day with due solemnity across the country on Sunday. They have chalked out various programmes to mourn the victims of the grenade attacks, says a party press release. Party leaders and activists will place floral wreaths at ... Read more
Aug 21 culprits to be punished: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said her government wants to end killing, terrorism and militancy in the country through bringing the masterminds and killers of grenade attacks of August 21 under trial. In a message marking the day, the Premier said the August 21 grenade attack was aimed at halting the trend of independence, ... Read more
Abul blames all but himself
Battered Highways Abul blames all but himself Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain yesterday blamed the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) for the miserable conditions of the highways across the country. During a visit to the damaged Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway, the minister also put the blame on lack of fund and unplanned tall buildings and illegal set-up ... Read more
Bangladesh map likely to be changed slightly
The map of Bangladesh is likely to be changed slightly as Dhaka and Delhi are expected to settle the international land border by June, senior government officials said. The two countries on Saturday began signing 1,129 strip maps legalising most of the 4,156km working land boundary. The total process that includes resolution of disputes regarding ... Read more
Coal power project with India goes slow
Bangladesh and India’s move for a $1.5 billion joint venture coal-fired power plant in Khulna has somewhat slowed down due to various hitches, and a feasibility study has scaled up cost of civil construction at the project site due to poor soil condition. Despite this, Power Development Board hopes to sign a joint venture agreement ... Read more
Govt plans to cash in on Bimstech initiative
Electricity Import Govt plans to cash in on Bimstech initiative Bangladesh plans to import of another 500 megawatt of power from India under the Bimstec framework. Officials said the proposal will be formally placed at the Bimstec technical committee meeting scheduled for August 23-24 in Dhaka under a trans-power exchange initiative. The Bimstec (Bay of ... Read more
Govt targets 7 power plants
Eyes hard-term overseas loan The government plans to set up seven power plants partly with hard-term loans from abroad to lessen pressure on the foreign exchange reserve. The plants of a total of 1,455 megawatt capacity will cost Tk 10,230 crore, with Tk 6,770 crore or $900 million coming from overseas as supplier’s credit, according ... Read more
Deaths that made no headlines
As the nation mourns the killing of acclaimed filmmaker Tareque Masud and media personality Mishuk Munier in August 13 road crash, it appears that three others who also lost their lives with them are going into oblivion. People know little about the dreams of Jamal, Mustafiz and Wasim crushed in the
Humiliated, girl commits suicide
Village arbitrator held A teenaged girl killed herself on Friday, failing to stand the humiliation of being flogged at a village arbitration in Madaripur Sadar upazila. Police yesterday arrested Mohsin Akand, a former union parishad member, who led the arbitration. Shirin Akhtar, 15, a class-10 student of Barail Bari Dakhil Madrasa in Aoj village, had ... Read more
Tickets home remain elusive
While the Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan warns the launch owners to sell the advanced launch tickets in scheduled routine to make hassle free journey, thousands of passengers are suffering for want of a ticket for a ride back to their home to enjoy the Eid-ul-Fitr with their near and dear ones as the tickets are ... Read more
Dhali Mamun flown to Thailand
Painter Dhali Al Mamun, who was injured in a fatal road crash on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Manikganj last Saturday, was yesterday flown to Thailand for better treatment. He was admitted to Bangkok General Hospital last night. An air ambulance left with the painter from Dhaka around 3:30pm, said Mamun’s relative Syed Iftekhar
West Bengal renamed as Paschimbanga
The Indian state of West Bengal will get a new name– Paschimbanga. The decision was taken yesterday at an all-party meeting. Now a resolution would be moved in the House for adoption of the new name, and then referred to the federal Indian government, said Partha Chatterjee, state parliamentary affairs minister, to reporters after the ... Read more
Lab Aid provides Tk 50 lakh to Mridul’s family
Labaid Hospital yesterday provided Tk 50 lakh for the family of Mridul Kanti Chakrabarty, a Dhaka University professor who died at the hospital on August 15 allegedly due to negligence in his treatment. Dhaka University Vice Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique said the Labaid authorities handed him over a cheque for Tk 50 lakh at his ... Read more
Highway repair to take months
RHD officials say they can now only fill potholes to make roads suitable for transport before Eid Although Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday gave a firm directive to repair all dilapidated highways before Eid-ul-Fitr, Roads and Highway Department (RHD) officials said practically it is not possible. They said the huge task cannot be completed ... Read more
Gas-field discovered in Noakhali by Bapex
The state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company after 15 years has finally discovered a new gas-field located at Sundulpur in Companyganj upazila under Noakhali district. Bapex, which is a subsidiary of the state-run Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources Corporation, Petrobangla, discovered the Saldanadi gas-field in 1996 in
Problem lies in setting priorities
Muhith says funds no problem for road repair Road maintenance and many other important works were not done properly as numerous projects have been taken without priority and with small allocation of funds, said Finance Minister AMA Muhith. Muhith was speaking with the media yesterday after a meeting with Ukrainian Agriculture Policy and Food Minister ... Read more
Probe body finds faults in road
The investigation committee for Saturday’s road crash, which killed filmmaker Tareque Masud and media personality Mishuk Munier, found that the poorly maintained Dhaka-Aricha highway was too narrow at the spot and had incorrect road markings. The total road width at the spot should have been 10.3 metres, standard for a straight