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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

An educational institution with a diffference is first in Bangladesh where poor and helpless female students get completely free education with the opportunity to study as residential students. The institution is Bangladesh Female Academy (BFA). BFA situates on 8 acres land in Derai upazila headquarter in Sunamgonj, adjacent to

HC also asks govt to explain why all sewer lines into river should not be sealed The High Court wants the government to police the banks of the Buriganga to stop disposal of waste into the river. It yesterday directed the authorities to deploy police along the river banks immediately. It lso ordered them to ... Read more

SC clears way for govt to knock down all illegal structures; rejects appeal of 7 companies against HC verdict A Supreme Court (SC) order yesterday cleared the way for removing all structures, excluding the government ones set up to serve the public interests, from the rivers around the capital. The rivers are Shitalakkhya, Balu, Turag ... Read more

Recent initiatives to amend the rules of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Act would weaken the Anti-Corruption Commission, said the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). It is also contrary to the election pledges of the Awami League government, said TIB leaders at a press conference at the National Press Club on

Barrister Mainul Hosein leaves the Daily Ittefaq as an agreement was signed yesterday among the directors and shareholders of the company reaching a settlement about the management of the daily. Barrister Mainul Hosein and his family members have decided to resign as Directors. The Daily Ittefaq shall be controlled by Mr Anwar Hossain and other ... Read more

May Day Promises broken, forgotten Elaborate arrangements by successive governments for religious ‘celebrations’ of May Day turn out to be a farce as they have deliberately violated the spirit of the day by refusing to implement major features of agreements they have signed with labour organisations. The religious observance of the day also means nothing ... Read more

The Maldives, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, will host the 17th summit-level meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. The Maldives’ President Mohammed Nasheed offered to host the next summit at the plenary of the 16th summit of the regional grouping in