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A number of rare objects including a gold cross of Queen Victoria and 17 old coins with archaeological value have been stolen from the National Museum. The museum authorities have filed a case with Shahbagh Police Station in this regard mentioning that a total of 26 rare objects were

The cabinet yesterday approved the Bangladesh National Anthem, Flag and Emblem (Amendment) Act, 2010 with provision of maximum two years’ imprisonment or Tk 10,000 in fine or both for disrespecting the national anthem, flag or emblem. Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad said this to reporters after the cabinet meeting

Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has requested some countries, particularly those receiving Bangladeshi labour, to recognise both Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) and manual passports for issuing visas, saying both are equally valid for Bangladeshi nationals during the transition from manual passports to

Finds The Daily Star investigation into 2 custodial deaths Although the police is denying the custodial deaths of Mizanur Rahman and Mujibur Hossain, The Daily Star investigation has found that the fact is quite the opposite to that of the police version of the incidents. Police picked up businessman Mizanur Rahman from his Badda house ... Read more

Some of the 52 ancient buildings built by Hindu landlords and merchants during the 16th century at Panam Nagar of Sonargaon in Narayanganj have either gone under illegal occupation or facing extinction due to lack of maintenance, reports The Independent. In 2003, the government declared the Panam Nagar, 27 kilometres southeast of Dhaka city, as ... Read more

The Wildlife Division of Forest Department rescued a river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) locally known as Shusuk from Bhurungamari upazila in Kurigram and released it in Dudhkumar river on July 1. Fishermen netted the dolphin from Dudhkumar river on July 1 and brought it at Chandipara

Bangladesh Bank (BB) is going to set up 10,000 digital centres across the country to bring the grassroots level people under the digital facilities so that the citizens can avail essential digital services. The objectives of the centres are to provide service like payment of different bills, e-top up, e-ticketing, e-commerce, online share trading and

Pak national held at airport with 1,000 rare birds Customs officials yesterday seized around 1,000 birds, mostly protected species, from a Pakistani at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital. The immigration police arrested Ahmmed Shaikh Wahid, 29, around 2:00pm. He was trying to

Poor marketing and management made WASA’s bottled water ‘Shanti’ unprofitable. WASA has been selling its bottled water ‘Shanti’ since 2006. Profit remains elusive, although, WASA has been investing Tk five crore a fiscal year since 2006 on its bottled water project, Shaheda Islam, microbiologist of the bottled water plant

15 lakh to get cash assistance, jute-rotting machines Fifteen lakh jute farmers in the country will get Tk 200 each and training on ribbon retting, a method of rotting jute plants in small amount of water, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury announced yesterday. Traditionally, farmers remove fibre after rotting jute plants in water for two to ... Read more

The graduation ceremony of the students of the O’ Level 2009-2010 batch of Scholastica School was held on Wednesday, reports The Independent. Scholastica honoured its graduates and achievers on the Graduations and Academic Award Giving Ceremony held on June 26, 28, 29 and 30 at the STM Hall from 4 pm to

Rajuk won’t allow unregistered realtors to develop plots, build apartments Private land developers and real estate companies, who are not registered with Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk), will not get its approval for developing plots and constructing apartments from July 1. Only nine, out of 728 members of Real Estate Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB), have ... Read more

Dhaka is the world’s 172th costliest city for expatriates out of 214 cities surveyed by a global consultant, Mercer, according to a report released on Tuesday. Luanda in Angola is the world’s most expensive city while Karachi in Pakistan became the world’s least expensive city taking 214th position, according to the latest Cost of Living ... Read more

The government will be appointing 30,000 teachers for primary schools next month to reduce the teachers-students ratio, said State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Motahar Hossain yesterday. “Currently, the ratio of teachers to students in primary schools is 1:50 which makes a teacher’s job next

Two high salinity-tolerant paddy developed by Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) are waiting release for cultivation at farmers level in next Boro season. Trials of the two salinity-tolerant rice under Seed Certification Agency (SCA) have been completed and now the verities will be placed before the technical committee meeting

Salinity due to the adverse impacts of climate change has already affected around 10.56 lakh out of 16.89 lakh hectares of land in the coastal region of the country. Soil scientists disclosed this at the inaugural session of an annual technical workshop, organized by Soil Resource Development Institute (SRDI), in the auditorium of Bangladesh

PM says design to be revised further Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the Jatrabari-Gulistan flyover, the biggest project taken up so far under Public Private Partnership, yesterday. The PM said she had directed to revise the design of the project to integrate with the projected traffic

Decision follows govt assurance for safety Garment manufacturers yesterday decided to reopen all factories at Ashulia today. The decision came after a series of meetings with ministers, lawmakers, worker representatives and officials of law enforcement agencies. “We have decided to resume operation upon an assurance of security from the government,”

Wishes to make ex-mayor his adviser Mayor-elect of Chittagong City Corporation Manjur Alam visited his predecessor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury yesterday morning and expressed his wish to make him his adviser. Mohiuddin received him when Manjur arrived at his Chasma Hill home around 10:20am. During the

Recalling the tragic loss of independence of this subcontinent, the 253rd anniversary of historic Plassey Day will be observed today across the country. On this day in 1757, the independence of this part of the subcontinent had been lost and British took over the power of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa defeating the last Nawab of ... Read more