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Asks authorities to take action against offenders The High Court on Thursday declared illegal all kinds of corporal punishment of students, such as canning, beating, chaining, forced haircut and confinement, in primary and secondary schools and madrassas. The bench of Justice Md Imman Ali and Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif also asked the authorities concerned to ... Read more

The chairman and executive director of the Transparency International, Bangladesh on Thursday hoped that they could convince about their findings the Supreme Court’s committee looking into the TIB’s recent survey which found the judiciary to be the most corrupt of the service sectors. ‘We have tried to answer the committee’s queries about the method of ... Read more

Businesses urge to let policemen work without political influence, lead graft-free life with better pay Business leaders yesterday came down hard on policemen who turn to crime but get away with it using political links. They also brought allegations of bribery and snatching against law enforcers during an exchange of view on law and order ... Read more

Renowned civil engineer Dr M Shamim Z Bosunia approached The Daily Star with an innovative plan to solve the capital’s traffic problem last Wednesday, in which he designed an expressway providing for a far greater use of railway land. He designed the expressway following the same route of the currently planned expressway, on

An alleged member of notorious Dakat Shahid gang was killed in a “gunfight” between his cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion near Chitra Cinema Hall in the city’s Kotwali early yesterday. Sheikh Shah Alam Apu, 27, son of late Sheikh Ahmed of Bangshal in Old Dhaka, was a close aide of Dakat Shahid, said ... Read more

Almost a year-old Afsana, a victim of an acid attack drew her last breath yesterday afternoon at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) after suffering indescribable agony for a month. The baby who was burnt along with her mother and aunts, at Baherchar village in Keraniganj on December 11 last year finally ... Read more

A man was killed while scuffling with his brother and father over share of profits from a family shop early yesterday in the city’s Begunbari. The body of the deceased, Al-Amin, 32, was sent to Dhaka Medical College morgue for autopsy while police arrested younger brother Alamgir Hossain, 30, and their father Khorshed Alam, 55, ... Read more

Following are the unofficial results of the municipal polls gathered till 2:am: Pabna: At Bhangura, BNP-backed Noor Mujahid Swopon (2,782 votes) was unofficially elected mayor; AL-backed candidate Abdur Rahman Prodhan (2,297) lost. At Faridpur, AL-backed KM Kamruzzaman Majed (3,483) defeated BNP-backed Enamul Hussain (2,797). At Sujnagar, rebel AL candidate Mofazzal Hossain Tofa (4,917) defeated AL-backed ... Read more

6 die, communications disrupted Chilly wind and dense fog battering the country for the last two days have claimed six lives, disrupted communications and caused public sufferings. The weather office said the cold wave may ease tomorrow. At least three people died due to exposure to the biting cold yesterday, raising the cold wave

Just two weeks after reaching Mauritius, 11 Bangladeshi garment workers were killed and three others injured in a traffic accident yesterday. All the workers hailed from Comilla and Brahmanbaria. According to information received at the foreign ministry sent by Honorary

Says committee chief on Grameen Bank It is not a probe against any individual but a review on institutional, economical and legal perspectives of Grameen Bank and its sister concerns, said chief of the government’s Review Committee on Grameen Bank. “We will submit an analytical report to the government after pointing out the weaknesses,

The Supreme Court yesterday invited three top officials of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) to a tea party today for talks on the questionnaire and replies of its recent household survey. The survey report released on December 23 last year said judiciary was the “most corrupt” service sector in the country last

The general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange on Tuesday gained by a record 1,012.66 points as investors went for a buying spree following the moves of Bangladesh Bank and the Securities and Exchange Commission to halt the massive slides. The general index of DSE gained by15.58 per cent to close at 7,512.09 points on Tuesday ... Read more

The government on Tuesday extended the period of maternity leave to six months from the existing four months. The finance ministry issued a gazette notification amending Rule 197(1) of Part-I of the Bangladesh Service Rules extending the maternity leave with effect from

Ecnec okays project at Tk 20,507cr The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) yesterday approved seven projects involving Tk 22,520 crore including the revised Padma Bridge Project. Construction cost of the bridge has been revised at Tk 20,507 crore which is more than double the initially estimated cost of Tk 10,161 crore, approved ... Read more

15 killed in 10 days Murder of over 15 people coupled with frequent robberies and gun attacks in the capital within the first ten days of the new year mark an alarming slide in law and order. A sense of impunity evolved among the criminals due to the government’s recent recommendations for releasing the accused ... Read more

Hundreds of small investors fought running battles with police at Motijheel and its surroundings in Dhaka and also staged violent protests elsewhere in the country on Monday after the Securities and Exchange Commission stopped trading amid the biggest crash in the country’s capital market history. The SEC, scrambling to find a way out of the ... Read more

Economists on Monday said the record fall in stock markets that took place in the last two days was inevitable as value of shares had gone up irrationally. They blamed too much focus of banks in stock markets and manipulations by insider trades were mainly responsible for the bubble in the market that allured innocent

Agreement in a week The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs yesterday approved the Dhaka elevated expressway project paving the way for the government to sign a concession agreement with the project’s private investor. The approval came at a committee meeting at the Cabinet Division of the Secretariat. “It will take a week to sign the ... Read more

The cold wave in the country’s northern districts yesterday hit the lowest temperature of the season, 5.3 degrees Celsius in Rajshahi. The minimum temperature in Dinajpur was 6.7 degrees Celsius while it was 7.1 degrees Celsius in Syedpur, 7.2 degrees Celsius in Chuadanga, 7.6 degrees Celsius in Iswardi, 8.0 degrees Celsius