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Cabinet okays 9:00am to 3:30pm Office hours during Ramadan will be from 9:00am to 3:30pm for government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous organisations. The cabinet at its regular weekly meeting at Bangladesh Secretariat yesterday fixed the new

The High Court on Thursday asked the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority to dismantle in a month a ‘recreation centre’ being constructed on a char in the middle of the River Buriganga at Kamrangirchar in

Bangladesh joins hand with 12 other Tiger Range Countries (TRC) to save global tiger population. Tiger is treated as one of the most critically endangered animals fast disappearing from the world. Only 3,200 big cats [Penthera Tigris] of five sub-species exist in the wild of 13 countries including

Environmentalists urge govt Environmentalists yesterday demanded that the government dismantle illegal establishments erected on the Shuvadda canal to protect it from the grabbers. They made the demand from a rally organised by the Poribesh Bachao Andolon (POBA) in front

The wage board has recommended raising the minimum monthly pay for garment workers to Tk 3,000 from Tk 1662.50. The proposed raise is 80 percent on the present wage of an entry-level worker, board Chairman

The land ministry has finally leased out a stretch of 103.66 acres of the Mukteshwari river for fish farming for the next six years. A meeting of the National Water-body Management Committee took the decision on July 26

Suspects can be arrested, remanded during investigation, offences made cognisable, non-bailable The International Crimes Tribunal, formed on March 25, has framed rules for the trial of crimes against humanity committed during the country’s war for independence in 1971 empowering the investigation officer to arrest any suspect on a warrant issued by the

Japan’s Fukuoka city mayor teams up with Yunus Japan has established a social business hub in Asia in collaboration with Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, Yunus Centre said in a statement yesterday. The hub launched in Fukuoka city on Kyushu Island, Japan, will promote social business, a

Liberation War Govt to honour foreign friends on Independence Day 2011 The government has decided to accord honour to distinguished foreign nationals and organisations from the Independence Day next year for their extraordinary contribution in the War of Independence in 1971. The decision to honour the heads of state and government, philosophers, litterateurs,

Environmentalists demand The government must go for implementation of Detailed Area Plan (DAP) to make the capital liveable, said noted urban planners and environmentalists yesterday at a discussion. It is bad that a section of land businessmen is opposing the DAP and mislead the people with

A young man stabbed his friend to death at Kazirkhola of Surma upazila yesterday as the victim’s family failed to pay the young man Tk 18 lakh in ransom. Deceased Zamrul Hossain was a 30-year-old businessman of Kajolshah area in

The Dhaka City Corporation will soon press into service 100 environmentally friendly garbage trucks to reduce pollution and carbon emission in the capital. Of the vehicles, 35 are trash compactors with a capacity of up to five tonnes. They also include 20 arm-roll carriers with a capacity of seven tonnes and 45 containers

At least 40 people were injured after three compartments of a Nilphamari-bound passenger train derailed at Parbatipur upazila yesterday. According to sources, Titumir Express heading for Nilphamari from Rajshahi got derailed

July 17: The oath taking ceremony of the newly elected Mayor of the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC), M Manzurul Alam, will be held tomorrow (Sunday) at 10 am in Dhaka. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lead the oath taking ceremony at her office in

The national committee to protect oil, gas, mineral resources, power and ports will hold a long march from Dhaka to Phulbari-Barapukuria in Dinajpur in October 24–30 to push for its seven-point demands. The demands include enactment of a law banning export of mineral resources, cancelling the

Polashbari area of Ashulia saw violence Saturday morning as infuriated garment workers vandalised vehicles and put barricades on the Nabinagar-Kaliakoir road after a fellow worker was killed in a road accident in front of his work place in Savar. Hundreds of garment workers took to the street and went on the rampage, blocking the

A young girl burned to death as a fire broke out at a city restaurant on Saturday night. Police and fire service officials said a devastating fire broke out at Déjà Vu Café and Lounge on the second floor of 118 Gulshan Avenue at around

Private diagnostic centres and clinics set charges for pathological tests at their whim as the government has no control over the matter. Against the backdrop, diagnostic centres and clinics in the capital charge varying prices, even by a degree of six times in some cases, for similar medical

Bangladeshi workers’ hassle ends The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has started accepting Bangladeshi manual passports again two weeks after imposing a restriction. “The UAE authorities have started to allow manual passports along with machine-readable passports (MRP) from Sunday [July 11],” said

Murder Follow-up Kabir confesses killing Menoka The youth who stabbed the Eden College student Menoka to death in the capital on Thursday confessed the murder before a Dhaka court yesterday saying he did it because the girl cheated on him, police said. Meanwhile, police checked out the call lists of cell phones of the victim ... Read more