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Withdrawal of 200 volunteers worsens situation Suffering of service-seekers at Mirpur BRTA has multiplied after the recent withdrawal of around 200 yellow-jersey volunteers, who used to assist 30 officials and staff at the understaffed office. Officials at the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) said work is now piling up

The Daily Star yesterday celebrated its 19th founding anniversary through a programme attended by country’s leading personalities, including ministers, politicians, academics, celebrities, businesspersons, and members of the diplomatic corps, the media and the civil

Bangla, which is the state language of Bangladesh, is still neglected in courts even 58 years after the language movement of 1952 as only one of the High Court benches conducts its procedures, including the delivery of verdicts and orders, in Bangla and English continued to be used in proceedings in

Branches of six Palash trees on the Central Shaheed Minar premises in the city have been chopped off for ensuring easy telecast of the Language Movement Day programme in the early hours of February 21. Visiting the spot yesterday afternoon, this correspondent found the six trees standing without any

Italy has donated a prime piece of land in the heart of Rome to construct a Shaheed Minar, a foreign ministry official said. ‘After a lot of effort the Italians have given us a site near our embassy to construct a permanent Shaheed Minar,’ the official in

Garments workers beat up a traffic policeman on duty at Banani Chairman Bari in Dhaka on Friday afternoon. Witnesses said the workers of Shika Garments, located at Banani, beat up constable Rafiqul Islam who allowed a car to go allegedly in exchange for bribe from the vehicle owner after the car had dashed one of ... Read more

The deprived candidates of the 27th BCS in a press conference yesterday demanded implementation of the High Court verdict over their appointment. They said in the press conference at the National Press Club that the High Court had earlier on November 11 passed an order directing to appoint the

Estimated cost Tk 13,121cr; tender for Dhaka elevated expressway next month The government is going to construct a second bridge over the Padma River in Paturia at an estimated cost of Tk 13,121 crore or $1.9 billion with private initiative and without foreign assistance. The cabinet committee on economic affairs at a meeting approved in ... Read more

CID completes probe, ready to file chargesheet The trial of the February 25-26 massacre culprits of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) is set to be started next week with police saying they were now ready to submit the chargesheet ahead of the first anniversary of the carnage that killed 57 army officers serving the paramilitary

Seminar told River management failure has put the capital Dhaka “on the verge of extinction” just like other ancient capitals in the area that also went extinct for similar failures. The warning was voiced by a paper presented at a seminar yesterday in celebration of 400 years of

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed the launching of a new innovative Magic Scheme in WFP supported schools with a view to promoting its feeding programme and helping students to develop positive health behaviour. The launching of the magic scheme has been made possible with the support extended by the

Princess Sirindhorn returns to Dhaka hrs earlier Thai Minister Counsellor Pannee Lickanajule, also the deputy chief of Thai Embassy in Dhaka, was killed in a road accident at Mirzapur in Tangail yesterday. As an entourage of Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Pannee was returning to Dhaka from Gaibandha. She was in a microbus of the

Machine-readable Passport, Visa Stopgap measures to meet April 1 deadline The government is desperately looking for a temporary measure to start producing machine-readable passports and machine-readable visas from April 1, deadline set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. However, the temporary measure, whatever it may be, would deal with urgently-needed

Prime minister tells parliament Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina forewarned that earthquake could strike the capital city as the groundwater table here is going down 2-3 meters gradually due to massive withdrawal of the water. In reply to a question from Nasimul Alam Chowdhury (Comilla-8), she said the subsiding of the underground water level is causing ... Read more

The government is yet to start printing English-version textbooks for four lakh secondary and primary students, more than a month and a half inside the beginning of the academic session, reports NewAge. Finding no other means, some students have collected one or two copies of used books, had them photocopied, or bought some old versions ... Read more

Four retired police officers have been awarded post-facto promotions to the rank of Inspector General of Police (IGP) by a court after being held back by the previous BNP-led government. The court awarded them full compensation, ruling that the officers had been denied promotions for

Brac founder and chairperson Fazle Hasan Abed was knighted on Tuesday in a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London for his contribution in tackling poverty and empowering poor. The investiture ceremony was held by Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales. Prince Charles represented Queen Elizabeth II in the

Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn and other members of the advisory board of Bloomburg School of Public Health of John Hopkins University, USA passed busy time in the district on the second day. Today Thai princess Maha along with other delegates went to Kamarpara area under Sadullapur upazila in the district and visited the

Students from North India, Bangladesh and Nepal wishing to study in a higher education course will from 1 March 2010 again be able to apply for an UK student visa. This will help thousands of students who have been unable to apply for a student visa since 1 February 2010, according

The government has taken an initiative to release prisoners who were sentenced to life term and have already served 20 years in prison in order to reduce pressure on the stifling space in the 67 jails across the country. Some prisoners who have been in jail for petty crimes, including theft and pick pocketing, would ... Read more