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The government will distribute 2.65 crore of Compact Florescent Lights (CFL) from March next to 1.33 crore households free of cost within 2013 to save 350MW of electricity across the country. State Minister for

In two separate incidents of “crossfire” in Khulna and Chuadanga, two more “outlaws” were killed and two cops were injured in the wee hours of yesterday. The deceased were identified as Abu Sayeed Sarkar

The Chittagong City Mayor Alhaj ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury has locked in a fresh row over the inclusion of five unions of Patiya Upazila under Chittagong-11 constituency that belong to

A wild male elephant was allegedly killed at a rubber garden near Alikhhong village of Baishari union under Naikhhongchhari upazila in Bandarban Thursday night. Locals suspect that miscreants poisoned

After 18 days of interval for Eid and Durga Puja vacations the adjourned 3rd session of the 9th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) resumes today (Sunday) at 4 in the afternoon. Opposition BNP will continue its parliament session

The Criminal Investigation Department of police have started interrogating former home secretary Omar Faruque in connection with the 2004 seizure of 10 truckloads of arms in the port city, an official

Tension mounted on Naikhangchhari border of the district as Myanmar restarted erecting barbed wire fence along its border with Bangladesh from Friday and deployed additional army personnel on their side

Awami League leader Abul Jalil, though retracted his London statement, has disclosed the truth about a deal to bring Awami League to power. This has been observed by the leaders of the opposition BNP, Jamaat and

The communication ministry has dropped the plan for imposing additional levy on phone users to raise about $200 million to fund the construction of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge because of the finance

A schoolgirl was raped at Ramanandapur village in Pabna Sadar upazila on Friday. The victim, a student of class three of a local primary school, was rushed to Pabna General Hospital in a critical condition

Even after 17 days of the second meeting of recession taskforce, the Ministry of Finance is yet to form a committee to determine how much money the apparel sector needed to overcome the crisis those are

Despite hints in the charge sheet that administration under the BNP-Jamaat alliance might have aided and abetted the August 21 grenade blasts, no investigation has been done along that line. The 41-page charge

Electricity to become costlier, PDB to lose more money The government’s costly venture to add 530MW electricity by August 2010 will not benefit farmers and consumers as both irrigation and summer seasons will be over before the rental power plants become

Ruling Awami League is likely to prepare plan of actions today to rein in the ongoing extortion and tender manipulations by its party men across the country and to ensure proper coordination in the activities of

None of the sugar hoarders are yet to be arrested despite directives from the commerce ministry given to the National Security Intelligence 7 days back. These dishonest businessmen dented consumers’ pocket by

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed deep shock and distress at the loss of lives and properties caused by the devastating earthquake in the island of Sumatra. In a message to President of

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has appealed for extension of time for submission of charge sheets of the biggest arms haul cases of the country. The CID was earlier scheduled to submit the charge

Problems of urbanisation, including influx of rural people towards cities and major towns, continue to aggravate the quality of life and environment as the authorities failed to implement policies suggested

Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited (CUFL), one of the major fertiliser producing plants of the country, resumed production today after  five months as gas supply was restored on a limited scale.  During the long

A CBA leader, who belongs to ruling Awami League felled and looted over 60 trees from Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College (BSBMC) campus during Eid vacation. Police yesterday detained Shahjahan, a day labourer,