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The government owes a whopping sum of Tk 30,832 crore as debt service liabilities to lenders, including foreign donors, for the power sector since 1972, though such massive funding failed to yield the desired improvement

The authorities of Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday cancelled two of its international flights and changed timetable of all its flights even three or four times in last

Finance and commerce ministers have pinned the blame on the media for the price hike of essentials after much-hyped market monitoring and TCB’s sales drives failed to prevent food prices from

People from all walks of life in the city yesterday thronged before the Iftar markets for purchasing Iftar items for breaking the first day’s fast of the holy month of Ramzan with their family

With the sale of various conventional iftar items, the seasonal street vendors and wayside restaurants yesterday made a brisk business on the first day of the holy month of

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