Decides not to allow opportunists to take advantage of KL’s amnesty The government is going to tighten visits of Bangladeshis to Malaysia following allegations about some jobseekers leaving for Kuala Lumpur as students and tourists to take advantage of an amnesty to the undocumented expatriate workers. “We have decided to deploy three teams at Shahjalal ... Read more
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WB’s green light to Padma Bridge
Project to gather pace finally The World Bank has finally given the go ahead for the Padma bridge construction tender process with five pre-qualified firms, communications ministry officials said. The government sent documents of the five pre-qualified firms for the bridge construction job to the World Bank headquarters in Washington in January. The lead financier ... Read more
Most affected poultry farmers yet to get compensation
Most poultry farmers who had to exterminate their chickens that had been infected by bird flu (avian influenza) in the last fiscal year have still not received any compensation from the government as the Department of Livestock has reportedly run out of money. The director general of the DLS, Md Ashraf Ali, told New Age ... Read more
Mother dies 4 days after her 2 kids
Burnt For Dowry Mother dies 4 days after her 2 kids Ending her grim battle for life, dowry victim Shazia Begum succumbed to her burn injuries yesterday, four days after both her children had met the same fate in a classic example of human brutalities. The 32-year-old housewife and mother of two breathed her last ... Read more
Sacked Viqarunnisa teacher on 5-day remand
Police have got five days to question Viqarunnisa Noon School and College teacher Parimal Joydhar for sexually abusing a 10th grade girl student. Magistrate Shamima Parvin of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on Thursday granted the remand upon an appeal for 10 days from Badda Police Station inspector
Culprit caught
Sexual Assault Culprit caught Victim mum, father in hospital, mother falls sick The sacked teacher of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College Porimol Joydhor was arrested in Keraniganj just outside the capital yesterday for allegedly molesting a class X student. Detective Branch of police (South) picked him a day after the victim’s father filed a case ... Read more
7 bodies recovered as launch capsize
50 feared missing in Sitalakhya Seven bodies, including those of two women and a baby, were recovered till 10:30pm on Wednesday after a launch capsized in the River Sitalakhya near Madanganj in Narayanganj, with 50 others feared missing. The launch from Chandpur, ML Madinar Alo, with around 150 passengers capsized in the river at about ... Read more
Ailing cooperative sector needs to be revamped
The ailing cooperatives sector needs a fresh lease of life as well-managed cooperatives can be the best way for both rural and urban people to improve their livings standard with wider and organised access to technology, finance and public property, economists and rights activists believe. They stress the need for adequate support and strong monitoring ... Read more
Only 12 drug units follow WHO rules
Only 12 allopathic drug manufacturing companies out of 261 are producing quality drugs by following the World Health Organisation’s good manufacturing practice (GMP) guidelines, according to the parliamentary standing committee of the Health and Family Welfare ministry. Also, 10 companies are producing quality drugs, albeit not following the WHO guideline, the committee pointed out. It ... Read more
Mobile courts jail 17 on first day
Four out of 10 mobile courts, despite widespread criticism by the human rights activists in the country, have jailed 17 persons including activists of the various political parties for reportedly disrupting public security and, according to officials on Wednesday, beating up police officers. Ten mobile courts led by 10 executive magistrates were engaged by the ... Read more
Lafarge gets green light
Mining in India Lafarge gets green light Cement manufacturer Lafarge will be able to mine limestone in Meghalaya for its plant in Bangladesh, as India’s Supreme Court yesterday gave a green light ending a 17-month ban. A three-judge bench headed by Indian Chief Justice SH Kapadia allowed Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd to resume mining under ... Read more
Man who raped teenager while asleep walks free
A man in Britain, accused of raping a teenage girl walked free from court today after successfully arguing he suffered from sexsomnia. Stephen Lee Davies, 43, of Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, claimed he was innocent because he could not stop himself from having sex while
BNP, allies begin 48hr strike today
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies begin a general strike for 48 hours this morning in protest at the scrapping of the caretaker government provision from the constitution and in demand for some other issues. The BNP and its four allies — Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh Jatiya Party (Naziur), Islami
9 vehicles burnt, processions foiled
Eight vehicles were burnt in pre-strike violence in the afternoon and at night in the capital on Tuesday while the police foiled processions and arrested people drumming up support for the 48-hour general strike the BNP and its allies are enforcing from today. The police arrested supporters of the strike and a mobile court jailed ... Read more
Minibuses, buses not following govt fare chart
The city’s buses and minibuses are reportedly charging more from passengers than the prescribed minimum fare of Tk 7 and Tk 5 respectively set by the government after the price-hike of compressed natural gas in May. The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, which is carrying out regular drives against bus companies charging extra fare, have filed ... Read more
Some cooperatives flourish despite neglect
Groups of people have made notable success by improving their living standards with their collective efforts overcoming negligence to and lack of policy supports for the cooperative sector. Some cooperative societies, formed in the capital with small subscriptions of members, are now viably running small and big businesses ranging from tailoring and grocery shops and ... Read more
Mobile courts to check anarchy: Sahara
Mobile courts would protect public life and property during the 48-hour hartal called by the opposition, home minister Sahara Khatun told reporters at her secretariat office Tuesday. She said that besides the police, mobile courts would operate just as they did during last month’s hartal called by the main opposition BNP and its
Sahara claims traffic jam reduced in city
Although home affairs minister Sahara Khatun was late in joining the parliamentary session on Tuesday and attributed the delay to traffic jam, in reply to questions by a lawmaker she claimed that traffic congestion in Dhaka had been reduced considerably as the police had brought about some discipline in the traffic flow. Responding to a ... Read more
Sexual assault charges rock leading school
One teacher fired, 2 others suspended Viqarunnisa Noon School and College authorities yesterday fired a teacher of its Bashundhara branch on allegation of molesting a class X student. Porimol Joydhor, the sacked teacher of Bangla department, went into hiding after the alleged assault. Of the same campus, two other teachers — Barun Chandra Barman of ... Read more
JS panel to prepare report implicating Fakhruddin, Moeen
A parliamentary body is likely to implicate Fakhruddin Ahmed, former chief adviser to the military-controlled interim regime, and the then army chief, Moeen U Ahmed, in the clashes between the students and army personnel at Dhaka University in August 2007. The parliamentary subcommittee that was formed to investigate the clashes decided on Tuesday