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Almost 500 children were abducted from Britain and taken abroad last year, the Guardian newspaper said Monday, highlighting Pakistan as a hotspot. An estimated 470 youngsters were abducted in 336 separate cases reported to authorities in 2008, a 20 per cent increase on 2005

The education ministry has received numerous allegations of the taking of bribes by a ‘syndicate’ for including the teachers of new educational institutions in the list of those who will get salaries from the public exchequer, said officials

The 3rd Dhaka Tourism Fair-2009 (DTF) begins at Plaza Center of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on August 12 to promote tourism industry of Bangladesh as a thrust sector. This was stated at a press briefing at the National Press Club in the city yesterday organised by Weekly Parjatan Bichitraa, also

The Government has plan to import 1,500MW of electricity under cross boarder trade from India and Bhutan, sources in Ministry of the Power, Energy and Mineral Resources said. Under the cross border trade, a team of power division had already talked with the Indian counterpart to import electricity

Three suspected operatives of outlawed Biplobi Communist Party were brutally killed by their rivals in Kushtia. The severed heads of Ayub Ali, 35, of Boritupi, Joad Ali, 27, of Bangshitola under sadar upazila, and Abdul Kaiyum, 45, of Bhabanipur

About 200 Nepalese women gathered in the capital Kathmandu on Monday to protest against government plans to pay men to marry widows. The government said last month it would introduce a 50,000-rupee (650-dollar) grant for marriages involving a

Poor services, mismanagement, schedule failures and harassment by ticket black marketeers make the Kamalapur railway station unwelcoming for train passengers. Though computerised ticket selling has eased off the hassles of buying tickets for express trains, passengers of local and commuter

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh could not yet complete its procedures to import essential food items, whose retail prices saw fresh rises with private importers and wholesalers blaming each other for the pre-Ramadan

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the High Court order that had granted bail to Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Niko corruption case. The four-member full bench of the Appellate Division, headed by chief justice MM Ruhul Amin, passed the order dismissing

Death of a Maldives returnee at Uttara Bangladesh Medical College and Hospital (BMCH) yesterday sparked concern as doctors wrongly diagnosed him with swine flu. Panic broke out when death certificate of the deceased Sanawar Hossain provided by the BMCH, where he got admitted on Saturday

The government would start market monitoring from today to contain price spiral of essential commodities during the holy month of Ramzan. The first consignment of imported essential commodities by the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will reach the country within

State minister for water resources Mahbubur Rahman yesterday said the government did not think that the proposed Indian Tipaimukh dam would be harmful for Bangladesh. Talking to reporters at his secretariat office he said, “I don’t find any problem if India constructs the Tipaimukh dam. This dam will

Education Minister Nurul Islam Naheed yesterday said the historic March 7 speech and declaration of Independence of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the true history of the War of Liberation would be

Three construction workers died after falling from 15-storey Bell Tower in the capital’s Dhanmondi area yesterday. M Mintu, 40, Shaheen, 24, and Ali Ahmed, 25, fell from a makeshift ladder on the rooftop of a four-storey adjacent building at

A suspected mugger was killed in a shootout between police and a gang of criminals at Pallabi in the city yesterday afternoon. Two people including a housewife and taxicab driver were injured, as the criminals fired gunshots at them and snatched Tk 2.10 lakh

In compliance with the Awami League (AL) election manifesto that pledged to implement Vision- 2021, the Ministry of Industries has taken up three fresh projects for implementation in the next five

“Not a private vehicle, rather we prefer a public bus to ride in for easy traffic movement in the city” was the slogan raised by several civic groups while staging a ‘sit in programme’ in front of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban here

A Dhaka Court on Sunday framed charge against Bidisha, the divorced wife of former President H M Ershad and issued a warrant of arrest against her in connection with a criminal misappropriation case. Meanwhile, getting the information, Bidisha surrendered to the Court through her lawyer and obtained

A husband allegedly killed his wife for dowry just a day after their marriage at West Jabra village in Manikganj on Saturday. Runa Akter is a student of class ten in Jabra Shahid Sarani High School. Hasan Khan, Runa’s husband, passed SSC this

The CNG pump owners yesterday brought out a car rally in the city to press home their 6-point demand that calls for reducing price of compressed natural gas (CNG) used by motorised vehicles. The car rally, organised by Bangladesh CNG Filling Station & Conversion Workshop Owners Association (CNG association), passed