Teenager Suhana (not her real name) felt the pressure of a very tight HSC exam schedule was too much. She did not want to drop out. Instead, she figured, if a national crisis arises, the authorities would have to postpone the upcoming chemistry exam on April 21 and she would get a few days more ... Read more
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7 killings in 12 days panic Rajshahi people
Seven people were killed in 12 days in Rajshahi which panicked the city dwellers. People alleged that the law and order was deteriorating and crimes such as killing, mugging and extortion were on the increase every day as the law enforcement agencies are not active enough to check crimes. They urged to the law enforcement ... Read more
‘Friend’ stays out of arrest
Russell Murder ‘Friend’ stays out of arrest Sabbir Hossain, a prime suspect in Natore youth Russell murder case, is still at large, as police raids on several places yesterday went in vain. Sabbir, a final-year student of Rajshahi Medical College, was last seen at a seven-storey building in the capital’s Mohakhali where Rapid Action Battalion ... Read more
Meghna death toll rises to 33
Some still missing; sunken launch salvaged Five more bodies were recovered from the sunken launch MV Bipasha yesterday, raising the death toll to 33. The launch sank around 1:30am on Thursday after colliding with a stone-laden trawler that had already tipped over in the Meghna at Char Kakoria under Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria. Salvage vessel MV ... Read more
e-textbook for students
PM launches tomorrow govt website with 106 books The government is going to launch a website with digital versions of textbooks for primary and secondary students to give them free access to textbooks online. At least 106 textbooks of primary and secondary levels have been converted to e-books, electronic version of textbooks, published by the ... Read more
Murder for money
Rajshahi Medical College student held for ‘killing’ friend; dumped body recovered 18 days after murder A bone-chilling story about how two would-be doctors murdered their friend has been revealed 18 days after the killing in Rajshahi Medical College. Rapid Action Battalion personnel and police recovered the decomposed body of Mahbub Alam Russel, 24, behind a ... Read more
11 nations unite to fight malpractice
Miseries of Migrant Workers 11 nations unite to fight malpractice Eleven Asian labour-sending countries yesterday agreed to eliminate shady practices in labour migration process and any discrimination against migrant workers. This was stated in the 10-point Dhaka Declaration the nations adopted after a two-day ministerial consultation on contractual labour migration, known as Colombo Process, at ... Read more
Appoint Yunus as chairman
Grameen Bank employees urge govt Employees of Grameen Bank yesterday urged the government to appoint Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus as chairman of the microfinance bank to ensure its smooth running. “If Prof Yunus cannot be allowed to work as managing director for crossing retirement age, he should be appointed chairman,” said Md Shamsul Alam, ... Read more
Actor Shakib Khan sued
Actor Shakib Khan sued A Dhaka court yesterday summoned film actor Shakib Khan Rana asking him to appear before it by May 19, hours after filing of a case for misappropriating Tk 40 lakh. Metropolitan Magistrate SKM Tofail Hassan passed the order after Monowar Ehtesham alias Shish Monowar, a film producer filed the case against ... Read more
HC asks govt to publicise share scam report
The High Court on Tuesday asked the finance ministry to publicise within ‘reasonable time’ the probe report on the recent share market scam in which thousands of investors lost their money and many small investors became bankrupt. The High Court vacation bench of Justice Syed Mohammad Ziaul Karim and Justice
Dhaka, Colombo agree to remove trade barriers
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka agreed to remove barriers to bilateral trade and explore the scope for further connectivity in the region, according to a joint statement issued simultaneously from Dhaka and Colombo on Tuesday. The two countries agreed to boost bilateral trade that was ‘far below the potential and
Polls to 3,813 UPs in May 31-July 5
The Election Commission on Tuesday announced a 36-day timeline for elections to 3,813 union parishads in 414 upazilas across the country starting on May 31. ‘A committee comprising the deputy commissioner, election officers and upazila executive officers for each district would set the dates for polling in between May 31 and July 5 in the
Fakhruddin, Moeen given time again to face JS body
The parliamentary sub-committee on the education ministry on Monday gave another six weeks to the former chief adviser of the caretaker government, Fakhruddin Ahmed, and the former army chief, General Moeen U Ahmed, to appear before it. They will now have to appear before the committee’s seventh meeting to be held on June
Soft loan on offer
Overseas Job Seekers Soft loan on offer Launch of Expatriates’ Welfare Bank tomorrow Expatriates’ Welfare Bank is set to begin its journey tomorrow aiming to provide low interest loan to overseas job seekers and help them invest in businesses after returning home. The interest rate has not been fixed yet, said Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Khandker ... Read more
Chinese company cutting Ctg hills
DoE seizes trucks, equipment A team of the Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday in a drive seized five trucks, a pump machine and an excavator of a Chinese company and arrested one person for cutting hills and destroying the ecosystem in Sonapahar area of Zorarganj under Mirsarai upazila of Chittagong. Acting on a tip off, ... Read more
Khagrachari violence kills 4
At least four were killed and six villages of ethnic minority people were burnt on Sunday in violence centring on land disputes in Khagrachari. Sources in the area said that the violence had spread to Ramgarh and Manikchari in the district. The administration banned gathering, rallies and carrying firearms by ordering Section 144 of the
Fakhruddin asks JS panel to read JIC report
The former chief adviser to the military-controlled interim government, Fakhruddin Ahmed, on Sunday asked a parliamentary panel to read the report of the Judicial Inquiry Commission, formed by the emergency regime, to probe the clashes between army personnel and students in August 2007. He made the suggestion in his reply to the letter sent to ... Read more
Temple, cremation ground grabbed
Developer in Ctg selling plots on arable land without CDA nod, but denies wrongdoings A housing company has grabbed and earth-filled a temple and a cremation ground in Chowdhury Hat area under Hathazari upazila of Chittagong. Elite Land Limited, the developer, encroached on the nearly one-acre cremation ground and a large portion of Laxmi Narayan ... Read more
Pot smoking was a factor
Trapped in Container Pot smoking was a factor The two Bangladeshis, who were discovered in a cargo container shipped from Chittagong to Singapore, had smoked marijuana in the container before being locked in. “For some time, we forgot that we were in a container,” said port worker Din Islam, who was lucky to survive after ... Read more
Share splitting used as a tool to inflate prices
Stockmarket Probe Report Share splitting used as a tool to inflate prices Split of shares used as a tool to sweep up small investors’ money had been a major reason behind the massive price inflation on the stockmarket, said the government probe committee on the recent market debacle. Market capitalisation of the companies, which split ... Read more