Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has told all private mobile telephone operators to install equipment identify register (EIR) devices, by November this year, to track and identify handsets using fake International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers. According to a BTRC official, the regulatory body issued the instruction to the mobile operators following failure
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Nipah death toll reaches 25
Death toll from encephalitis caused by nipah virus at Hatibandha in Lalmonirhat reached 25 with two who died on Sunday, local people said. The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research director, Mahmudur Rahman, in Dhaka confirmed the death of two more patients at Hatibandha on Sunday, taking the
Climate fallout to trigger migration
ADB study focuses on more challenges for Bangladesh Bangladesh will face mounting challenge of resettling and rehabilitating the people displaced by climate change, says an Asian Development Bank study. The country is already at high risk of catastrophic environmental hazards and floods from sea surges, river flow, rainfall and coastal and riverbank erosion that are ... Read more
Retirement age to be increased to 60 years
Civil service law draft finalised The government has proposed to increase the retirement age of civil service members to 60 years from the existing 57 years in the draft of the Civil Service Bill 2010 as it has put the draft into the final form. The draft also proposes that the civil service members would ... Read more
Nipah kills 4 more
Prevention stressed as no specific treatment or vaccine available Nipah encephalitis claimed four more lives in Rangpur and Lalmonirhat, raising the death toll to 24. The government sources, however, said 16 people died of the disease in last few days and 23 people are taking treatment at Rangpur Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) and Hatibandha ... Read more
Floating people lose shelter
City facelift for Cricket World Cup With the capital city getting a facelift on the eve of World Cup Cricket the floating population were dislodged from their make shift shanties, mostly on the roadsides. The ultra poor numbering about 30,000 suddenly woke up to the stark reality of losing the last shelter. They have just ... Read more
95 soldiers jailed for BDR mutiny in Rangamati
Ninety-five soldiers of the 9 Battalion and the 18 Battalion of the then Bangladesh Rifles, now renamed as the Border Guard Bangladesh, were on Saturday sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for varying terms on charges of the February 2009 mutiny in Rangamati. Special court 15 of the Border Guard Bangladesh, presided over by the Chittagong
Govt works on policy to regulate MLM cos
The government is formulating a policy to regulate multi-level-marketing companies in the wake of widespread controversies centring on a number of companies including unipay2u. A law is also being drafted to create a legal basis for monitoring the companies. The draft policy proposes a ban on such companies to issue or trade in shares, to ... Read more
20 die in 4 days in Lalmonirhat
IEDCR says encephalitis caused by nipah virus The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research on Friday identified the disease that killed three more people in Lalmonirhat on the day as encephalitis, acute brain inflammation, caused by nipah virus. So far 20 people died of the disease in the place in four days, according to ... Read more
Quake jolts Dhaka, other places
People in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country rushed out of their home panicked at an earthquake which could be felt about 7:53pm on Friday. The earthquake was felt in Dhaka, Sylhet, Panchagarh, Nilphamari, Bogra, Jaipurhat, Netrakona, Sherpur, Bandarban, Feni, Bhola other parts of the country, said New Age
Eid-e-Miladunnabi on Feb 16
Eid-e-Miladunnabi, the day of birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Mohammed (S), will be celebrated on February 16. The decision was taken at a meeting of National Moon Sighting Committee as the moon of Rabiul Awal month of Hijri 1432 was sighted on the sky of Bangladesh Friday. That is why counting of Rabiul Awal ... Read more
Driver stabbed, car hijacked
Hijackers in the guise of passengers took away a rented car stabbing its driver on the Dhaka-Mawa highway early yesterday. Driver Nur Morshed, 30, with severe injuries was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Two youths around 4:30am hired the car from Airport to Mawa for Tk 2,000, Morshed
Buses, cars to have coats of paint before cricket World Cup
The government has decided not to allow rundown vehicles to ply roads in Dhaka and Chittagong metropolitan cities during the World Cup Cricket tournament to begin here on February 17. The communications ministry on Thursday asked owners of vehicles to have their vehicles painted bright by February 10 or face legal action from February
Govt mulls restriction on car use
Restrictions will be imposed on cars on city streets to reduce congestion, Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain said yesterday in parliament. The government is also mulling, among other measures, to enact a law to control the buying of cars and sports utility vehicles, he said replying to lawmakers’
Unknown disease kills 10 in Lalmonirhat
An unknown disease claimed seven more lives at Hatibandha upazila in Lalmonirhat on Wednesday raising the death toll to 10 in last two days, health officials said. Eight of them are minors. At least 24 patients suffering from the mysterious disease are undergoing treatment at
Visa exemption for VIPs high on agenda
Saarc Council of Ministers Meeting This Week Visa exemption for VIPs high on agenda The upcoming meeting of the Saarc Council of Ministers will be dominated by a proposal to exempt certain categories of people from visa requirement to travel within the eight Saarc countries, diplomatic sources said. To be held at Thimphu on February ... Read more
72 more BGB jawans jailed
Mutiny in Kushtia 72 more BGB jawans jailed Seventy-two jawans of 32 and 35 rifles battalions of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were sentenced yesterday to jail terms ranging from four months to seven years for their involvement in 2009 mutiny at Kushtia. The Special Court-17, headed by Commander of Kushtia BGB sector Lt Col Nazrul ... Read more
Govt sends letter to embassies, donors
The banking division of the finance ministry last week sent a letter to different embassies and donor agencies located in Dhaka, explaining its intention behind constituting a committee for reviewing activities of Grameen Bank. Following is the full text of the letter: Grameen Bank started its journey in 1976 to
Raped girl whipped to death
Fatwa enforcers find victim guilty Four arrestees were taken on remand yesterday for links with a fatwa (religious edict) that led to whipping of a rape victim and her death in consequence in Shariatpur. Fourteen-year-old Hena, daughter of farmer Darbesh Kha of Chamta village in Naria upazila, was raped by her cousin Mahbub, 40, Sunday ... Read more
No arrest warrant for defamation
JS passes bill amending CrPC The Jatiya Sangsad yesterday passed a bill scrapping the provision of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) for directly issuing arrest warrant against journalists, writers and others for writing or saying anything defamatory. The amendment to the CrPC, however, introduced a provision for issuing summons against