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The Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission on Friday shut down all operations of the Ranks Telecom Ltd, brand-named RanksTel, for its alleged involvement in illegal voice over internet protocol business and arrested three of its top executives. The arrested officials of RanksTel, a public-switched telephone network operator, are general manager

Thirty-one Bangladeshi students secured the highest marks worldwide in 14 subjects in GCE O-level examinations and another 21 in six subjects in A-level exams in 2008-2009 academic session. Two students obtained A grade in 11 subjects in the 2009 O-level exams and three others in six subjects in the

More than 1.27 lakh out of about 7 lakh students enrolled in Class XI in the 2008–2009 academic session to take the HSC and equivalent exams of 2010 have dropped out, reports NewAgebd. Of the total 1,27,844 lakh students who dropped out, 61,796 are female, according to statistics available with the

National vitamin A plus campaign-2010 will be observed on May 29 with feeding over two crore under 5 children vitamin A capsules and de-worming tablets with a view to preventing childhood blindness, reducing child mortality and strengthening immunity. Children aged 1-5 years will be fed a high powered

The government has nominated 10 distinguished persons and an organisation for Swadhinata Puroshkar (Independence Award) 2010 in recognition of their glorious contributions to the nation. The nominated persons and organisation are AKM Samsul Haque Khan (posthumously), Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury and Belal Mohammad in the

The finance minister, AMA Muhith, on Wednesday said that the contract for the much talked about Elevated Expressway might be given by this fiscal year (2009-10). ‘One big project is ready under the Public-Private Partnership and there are also some 2-4 projects. The contract for elevated expressway may be

Everything was okay on Tuesday morning at the gate of Registrar Building of Dhaka University. Result of 4th semester examination of the Department of Islamic History was published. All students were gazing on the board to find their much awaited results. But gazing sight on the result sheet, everybody was geting quiet No celebration, no

Two men were found dead, one with the throat slit and another strangled, in the waiting room of a bus company at Arambagh in Dhaka early Tuesday. On of the deceased was Ilias Hossain alias Kanchan, 25, an employee of the bus operator Saudia S Alam, located in the Eden Complex at Arambagh. The other ... Read more

Offenders cash in on HC order that stays dismantling of rooftop hoardings Four out of every five hoardings in the capital are unauthorised, posing threat to public safety in inclement weather, says the Dhaka City Corporation, reports The Daily Star. DCC Estate Officer Khalil Ahmed told The Daily Star Tuesday that almost 80 percent of ... Read more

Elevated Expressway 9 foreign firms show interest Nine foreign investors have shown interest in the government’s plan to construct an elevated expressway in the capital, Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain said yesterday. Replying to queries in parliament, he also said the government will build railways to connect Mongla and

HC asks govt also to obtain WHO report on purity The High Court yesterday directed the government to get water supplied in eight areas of the capital tested by Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution and Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, and submit the test reports to it within two weeks. The areas include Azimpur, ... Read more

Election commissioner M Sohul Hussain said yesterday that the election commission (EC) would announce schedule for the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) election at mid-April and the schedule for the by-poll to Bhola-3 constituency will be announced within a day or two. “The local government ministry started the works of delimitation of DCC wards last week. ... Read more

Despite the government’s hectic diplomatic efforts, the country’s manpower export witnessed a drastic fall by 58.80 per cent in the first eight months (July-February) of the current fiscal, official sources said. Some 285,242 Bangladeshis secured overseas jobs during July-February period of the

Govt apparently knows nothing about 21 absconding criminals The home affairs minister, Sahara Khatun, revealed in the Parliament an updated list of the country’s 42 top criminals who are believed to have fled abroad. Sahara, answering a question from Hafiz Uddin Ahmed of the Jatiya Party, said that there is a list of 42 top

Illegal VoIP business A Dhaka court yesterday sent five top officials, including chairman of a private land phone operator Dhaka Phone, to jail, hours after their arrest on a charge of running illegal Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) business. Police produced company chairman ATM Hayatuzzaman, director general (engineering) Harun-al-Atahar, director KM Shahidullah, senior

NEW DELHI, Mar 15: The visiting Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff General Mohammad Abdul Mubeen began his official engagements here Monday by placing a wreath at the Aamar Jawan Jyoti (AJJ) at the India Gate, in memory of the members of the soldiers who laid down their lives during India’s

A Brahmanbaria court yesterday granted bail to the managing director of Rid Pharmaceuticals Ltd in a case filed for manufacturing adulterated paracetamol syrup that caused the deaths of 28 children last year. District and Sessions Judge AFM Mustafa passed the order after the counsel for the Rid Pharma

Unplanned and unauthorised construction of hotels and motels in Cox’s Bazar town and adjoining areas have blurred the beauty of the world’s largest sea beach. Mayor and local administration, two main custodians of the 105-km long natural beach, said the beach town has 400 hotels, motels, resorts and guest houses, but only

The 16th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) will be held in Bhutan on April 28-29 this year. Leaders of the eight-nation group will focus on climate issues at the summit, an apparent regional follow-up of the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in

Fire at different places of Madhupur forests in Tangail district is wreaking havoc on forest resources including its biodiversity for the last five days. Local said the fire has already damaged about 300 acres of the forest. The forest department sources, however, could not say anything specific about the damage