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Teenage thugs new social menace Over a dozen crime syndicates are now active in the city — which are involved in murder, mugging, robbery, extortion and other criminal activities, police sources said

The World Health Organisation is urging the planet to brace for a second wave of the swine flu pandemic as the heavily populated northern hemisphere edges towards the cooler season when flu

Body of Dubai expat found in ZIA Two housewives were killed and four people injured in four incidents in the city yesterday while body of an expatriate was recovered from Zia

The Power Cell will start evaluation to select a qualified power producer company from tomorrow (August 25) for installation of 450MW Power Plant at Bibiyana in Habiganj, Director General of Power Cell

India has asked Bangladesh to deport outlawed ULFA leader Anup Chetia, whose jail term is going to end soon, and hopes the Sheikh Hasina government would accede to the request in view of its tough resolve against

In a startling disclosure, the detained LTTE chief Kumaran Pathmanathan has told investigators that the rebels had tried to acquire nuclear arms and know-how to be used against the Lankan army. A media report said Pathmanathan

Prime Minister’s Adviser on Economic Affairs Dr Mosihur Rahman on Sunday dispelled concern over possible inflationary pressure beyond the target of 6.5 percent due to excess liquidity in the money

Bangladesh’s exports to India will reach at least $1 billion by the end of 2011 as customers in that India now find several of its neighbour’s products attractive, a business leader told a news agency in Dhaka on

Former state minister Shafiqul Ghani Swapan passed away at a city hospital yesterday. Ghani, son of prominent politician Mashiur Rahman Jadu Miah, served as state minister during the tenures of former presidents Ziaur Rahman

Steps have been taken in Chittagong to contain swine flu, which has afflicted over a hundred people in the country till today. Although no case of the H1N1 virus has been detected in Chittagong yet, several beds have been kept isolated in all the public hospitals

The local administration and Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) have taken measures to prevent unrest in the readymade garment (RMG) sector in the port city Chittagong in the month of

The Khulna city mayor, Talukder Abdul Khaleque, has threatened to call strike and blockade if the killers of the city corporation councilor Shaheed Iqbal Bithar were not arrested by September 10. The mayor’s threat came while

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared a cash award of Tk 3 lakh each for the members of the triumphant Bangladesh cricket team who recently clinched test and one-day international series wins in a row against West Indies and

Opposition leader and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday urged the government to keep the prices of essentials within the purchasing capacity of the commoners during the holy month of Ramzan. In a statement on the eve of

1,200 project officials unpaid since May The government has stopped disbursing stipend money without any notice to more than 16 lakh secondary schoolgirls in 302 rural upazilas. More than 1,200 officials and employees, engaged in monitoring the stipend money in schools, have also not been getting their

PPIFA recommends no PPP in education, health sectors The finance ministry will this week finalise the draft guideline for Public Private Partnership, an initiative to implement a number of infrastructural mega-projects, including Dhaka-Chittagong highway, skytrain, city subway,

Bangladesh Airline Pilots Association yesterday called for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s intervention to solve the problems confronting Biman, the national flag carrier. At a press briefing, the association also presented several demands

The number of diabetic patients in Bangladesh is apprehended to increase from the present 60 lakh to 1.11 crore by 2030. The shocking information came from a press conference of Bangladesh Diabetic Association (BDA) at the city’s BIRDEM Hospital

Bangladesh does not perceive it necessary now to recognise Kosovo as an independent Balkan state as Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes yesterday indicated that Dhaka weighs its geopolitical and other

Seven advisers and two special assistants have been appointed by the government so far though they have no constitutional basis regarding their appointments. They are also failing to exercise their authority as they are devoid of