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May 20: Finally Ahsanullah Master flyover at Tongi of Gazipur  is ready for inauguration. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to formally open the flyover on Sunday. After the inauguration ceremony the fly over will be opened for all. The authority expected that communication will be easier without using the Dhaka

Govt Opening up VoIP 3,500 new licences in three months The government has decided to issue more than 3,500 licences to the local entrepreneurs for handling international calls to and from Bangladesh through voice over internet protocol technology, which is still prohibited under the existing

Power production to rise to 9,426mw by 2015 Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) will submit a proposal to Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) in a month or two to increase the electricity prices. “The BERC will decide the extent of rationalising the tariff,” Prime Minister’s Energy Adviser

Doctors: avoid direct sunlight, take more fluids and fruits People across the country are suffering from various midsummer ailments either because of exhaustion or because they have failed to get acclimatised to the oppressive heat, said physicians. Health experts said that people generally suffer from diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, heat stroke,

Passers-by and commuters are suffering endlessly as roads, footpaths and frontal space of other establishments have been occupied by hawkers and mini shoppers in the port city. Piling of construction materials by a number of land owners and even govt and semi-govt organisations on the roads for days adds another dimension to their untold

Regional Climate Conference of Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) will be held in Dhaka on May 30- 31, official sources here on Thursday said. European Union (EU) will provide support for Bangladesh to arrange the conference to be attended by Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Yemen and

Blistering summer makes Dhaka life unbearable The mercury is threatening to hit a new height this summer making life in the capital utterly miserable amid the prevailing power, gas and water crisis. Except for the north-eastern region, people all over the country have been experiencing moderate heat wave since the beginning of this week. The ... Read more

Administrator may be appointed  The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) yesterday cancelled the licences of five private telecommunications firms for violation of telecommunications rules. The companies are: Dhaka Phone, World Tel, Peoples Tel, RanksTel and National Phones Limited. Five different circulars of cancelling the licences of the five private telecommunications

Army to be deployed June 14-18: CEC The Election Commission on Tuesday announced the election schedule for Chittagong City Corporation polls, fixing the polling day on June 17. ‘Election to the CCC will be held on June 17 amid the presence of army,’ said the chief election commissioner, ATM Shamsul Huda, while announcing the election ... Read more

Offers to invest heavily ahead of Hasina’s trip South Korea will increase its quota for Bangladeshi workers from this year and make an investment that will generate jobs for 3.5 lakh people in the country. Newly appointed Korean Ambassador in Dhaka Taiyoung Chao said this yesterday at a press conference called ahead of Prime Minister ... Read more

The High Court yesterday directed the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to decide within seven days whether it will cancel the licences of RanksTel and National Telecom Ltd. The BTRC had shut down operations of these landline operators in March this year on charges of running illegal Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

The High Court yesterday issued a series of directives to different government agencies to take effective measures to stop use of chemicals by dishonest traders for ripening and preserving seasonal fruits. The court also directed the government to file cases under the Special Powers Act, if necessary, against

EC to deploy army on limited scale for peaceful polls The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the elections to the Chittagong City Corporation today, said Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda on Monday. ‘The schedule of the polls will be announced on Tuesday and the elections are expected to be held before June ... Read more

The visiting Italian deputy foreign minister Stefania Craxi on Monday praised Bangladeshi workers but was unwilling to make it clear whether or not her country would employ more of them. After meeting foreign minister Dipu Moni, at her office, she, however, told reporters that Bangladeshis already became a huge community in Italy, and many of ... Read more

Modern treatment facilities for cancer are scanty in the country where every year two lakh people are getting this deadly, but preventable and curable scourge, experts at a city seminar said yesterday. Besides, they said, the country now bears a burden of 10 lakh cancer patients and 1.5 lakh people die of the ailment every ... Read more

Dev Budget Glitch Delay for faulty design Tongi overpass is complete 2 years past deadline Overshooting the deadline by two years, the newly constructed Tongi overpass is a classic example of how development projects are delayed for bad designs and a lack of foresight, ultimately taking a heavy toll on the

Government efforts to cleanse the River Buriganga continues to be frustrated as the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority’s plan to set up five treatment plants so that about 10,000 tonnes of wastes flowing into the river every day could be treated before dumping is yet to get going. The supply water agency managing director, ... Read more

RUSHANARA Ali regained the Labour seat from Respect to become MP for Bethnal Green and Bow in what was called an “historical moment” for East End. Rushanara won 21,784 votes to become the first Bangladeshi MP in Westminster. The Oxford graduate regained the Labour seat that was lost to George Galloway in the 2005

Potential candidates in the upcoming Chittagong City Corporation election are busy lobbying for the support of both Awami League and BNP. The Election Commission is set to hold the polls before the CCC’s tenure expires on June 25. CCC Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, who had been elected to the post thrice, is the favourite to

The 149th anniversary of the birth of Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped the Bangla literature in the late 19th and the early 20th century, will be observed in Bangladesh today. Tagore, who became Asia’s first Nobel laureate when he won the 1913 Nobel prize in literature, was a poet, playwright, novelist, educationist, social reformer, nationalist, business