Barua tells New Age The government is working on offloading shares of several state-owned companies to support the capital market, the industries minister, Dilip Barua, said on Saturday. The work on offloading shares of the Chittagong-based state-owned company Pragati Industries Ltd is in final stages, he said in an exclusive interview with
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HRC chief doubts ‘self-defence’ claim
‘Crossfire’ Killings HRC chief doubts ‘self-defence’ claim Only the judiciary can determine whether self-defence is a reason for law enforcers to commit extra-judicial killings, National Human Rights Commission Chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman said yesterday. “There have been claims that law enforcers shoot in self-defence. Only the judiciary can determine if such shootings were done in ... Read more
Muhith admits to failure in offloading shares of state-owned cos
The finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, in the parliament on Wednesday said that he had failed in the offloading of shares of state-owned enterprises and hoped that the capital market would better in coming months as some initial primary offerings are coming soon. ‘I feel no hesitation about admitting that I have failed in ... Read more
DU students launched movement for Bangla
A significant development in the gathering movement for Bangla to be adopted as the state language, or one of the state languages, of Pakistan was the move made by a dedicated band of left-leaning students of Dhaka University soon after the details of the Basic Principles Committee report came to light. In April 1951, the ... Read more
Power prices go up
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission at a press briefing in its office on Tuesday increased both the retail and bulk prices of electricity with effect from February 1. The commission increased the retail price of electricity without any open meeting and public hearing. Consumers will now need to pay to the power distribution agencies
Cruel twist of fate
Bubbly little boy turns immobile while playing in front of under-construction house Six-year-old Maruf used to frolic and keep everyone busy around him all the time. But not anymore. He now lies paralysed on a bed at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, as his skull has been damaged when some bricks fell on his head ... Read more
Investors run riot again
Small investors went on a rampage at Motijheel commercial area on Tuesday, vandalising scores of vehicles and business establishments after the general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange plunged again in mid-day trading. Police detained three investors, while 15 investors and police were injured in two-hour
Buriganga freed of 6 grabbers
Inland waterways and district administration authorities stopped earth-filling and removed boundary walls built by some encroachers on the river Buriganga at the city’s Mohammadpur yesterday. Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) along with Dhaka district administration conducted the drive along around 700 metre embankment of the river in Ramchandrapur mouja as
Grand goal lacks bucks
Unhappy education minister presses for doubling budgetary allocation Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday decried shortage of budgetary allocation for education sector and said it is impossible to achieve the goals of this sector with such allocation. During the question hour in parliament, the minister said allocation for education sector is now 14 to 15 ... Read more
Local admin slaps ban on rallies around Felani’s house
Tension mounted in the bordering Ramkhana village in Nageshwari of Kurigram as the local unit of Awami League has called a programme at the venue where some BNP leaning freedom fighters and intellectuals are scheduled to hold a rally today in protest at the killing of Felani, a teenage girl, by the Indian border guards. ... Read more
Chandpur rapist held
Madrasa teachers try to bury crime by asking the 11-yr-old victim’s father to marry her off to the 60-yr-old rapist Police yesterday arrested a madrasa teacher from Hajiganj Bazar in Chandpur on charges of raping an 11-year-old girl. Chandpur Additional Police Super Amir Jafar said the accused, Abdul Jalil, had
UP elections schedule this month
The Election Commission at the end of this month will announce the union parishad polls schedule, said Election Commissioner Muhammed Sohul Hussein yesterday. He said the staggered elections would kick off with polls to union parishads in coastal and haor areas. The last elections to over 4,000 union parishads were held in January-March of
Students block road over fellow’s death
Government BL College students on Tuesday blocked the Khulna-Jessore Highway for an hour after one of their fellows died and another was injured in a road accident in the Khulna city. The deceased was identified as Md Abu Shahin, 20, son of Abu Sufian of village Uttar Bdhkashi under Koyra in Khulna and also a ... Read more
Hena’s body exhumed on HC order
The High Court on Monday asked Shariatpur deputy commissioner and civil surgeon to immediately exhume the body of Hena Akhter who succumbed to injury reportedly by whipping in Shariatpur on January 23. The bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain also asked the civil surgeon to conduct post-mortem of the ... Read more
Power crisis, low groundwater levels raise farmers’ fears
Farmers in different parts of the country fear that severe power cuts and low groundwater level could hamper irrigation for boro farming. They said scanty rainfall this year was responsible for low groundwater levels in parts of the country and that they would have to face acute irrigation problems from mid-March, the time
Bryan Adams to star in ICC World Cup opening ceremony
Popular Canadian singer Bryan Adams will perform in the inaugural ceremony of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup on February 17 in the city. According to Adam’s personal website, he will be staying in Dhaka on February 17 and 18. The singer’s two-day visit to the Bangladesh capital follows a six-day tour in India to
Investors run amok
Stocks continue to plunge Agitated share market investors went on a rampage on Monday afternoon vandalising scores of vehicles and business establishments at Motijheel in the city as the general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange continued to plunge, shedding 324.51 points on the day. The angry investors took to the streets of Motijheel, the commercial ... Read more
Nipah kills another in Rangpur
Nipah encephalitis claimed one more life in Rangpur yesterday raising the death toll to 25. Moyez Uddin, 45, of Annodanagar in Pirgachha upazila, died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital around 5:00am. He was admitted to the hospital on Saturday. In Kurigram, two people are suspected to have died from the virus on
Police, post-mortem miss injury marks
Raped Girl Whipped to Death Police, post-mortem miss injury marks Neither the police inquest nor the post-mortem found any injury marks on Hena’s body though the entire national media quoting numerous witnesses reported she had been whipped to death following a fatwa at Chamta village of the district. The Daily Star studied both the reports ... Read more
Stock plunge sparks fresh protests
Hundreds of general investors took to the streets and blocked the busy road at Motijheel in the capital on Sunday as the general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange plunged by 406.29 points three weeks after another massive collapse on January 20. Investors came out of brokerage houses to assemble on the road passing by ... Read more