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US assistant secretary for south and central Asian affairs Nisha Biswal will visit Dhaka on November 16-18 mainly to discuss with government and opposition figures challenges relating to the coming general election. US has been encouraging the ruling party and opposition leaders to end the election disputes through dialogue as Washington wants a free, fair,

Two foreign diplomats yesterday said they will urge the government to change the controversial provision in the Anti-Corruption Commission law, which requires the ACC to get government permission before filing a graft case against any public servant. German Ambassador to Bangladesh Albrecht Conze

Finds survey on RTI law Around 80 percent of the respondents in a survey said they had hardly received any information they had requested from officials concerned, who are bound by law to provide information in 20 days. The respondents said they had to wait 25 to 30 days only to receive partial or vague information ... Read more

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday filed a case against two police officers for allegedly taking one crore taka from a businessman in bribe. ACC director Nasim Anwar filed the case with Ramna Police Station. The two accused are suspended sub-inspector of the detective branch (DB) of police (North) Abul Hasnat Khandaker and sub-inspector of ... Read more

Leaders of the National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas, Port-Power and Mineral Resources on Wednesday demanded halting the construction of 1320 MW Rampal coal-fired power plant and relocating the project to somewhere in India. Bangladesh and India is implementing the project at a location close to the world’s biggest mangrove forest Sundarbans under

Shafique, Inu give contradictory views Amid controversy over the effectiveness of resignation by cabinet members, law and information ministers on Tuesday gave contradictory views on the issue. Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu on Tuesday said they have submitted their resignation letters as per constitution but Law, Justice and

Sporadic incidents of violence in the capital and elsewhere in the country marked the third day of the nationwide 84-hour non-stop hartal, enforced by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 18-party alliance, on Tuesday. Asadul Islam (28), a Juba Dal activist and son of Azizul Islam of Adarsha Gram in Pabna, was killed when he fell ... Read more

100 hurt as RMG workers clash with police Garment owners at Ashulia have decided to keep their factories shut on Wednesday after a series of clashes between workers and police that left over 100 injured on Tuesday. Abdus Salam Murshdi, former president of Bangladedsh Garment Manfacturers and Exporters Associations ((BGMEA), told The Independent that

Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam was on Tuesday handed a six-count indictment for his alleged complicity in 1971 crimes against humanity. Standing in the dock throughout the hearing in the International Crimes Tribunal-1, Azhar, 60, pleaded not guilty of the multiple charges of genocide,

Branding Khaleda Zia as a ‘master killer’, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday aired an apprehension that the opposition leader may again try to kill her as she wants a Hasina-free Bangladesh. “She (Khaleda) wants a Hasina-free Bangladesh, she failed to kill me earlier… she might try to kill me again,” Hasina said addressing a ... Read more

The government on Tuesday celebrated its power generation capacity of over 10,000 MW in a grand style and cheerful jubilation as Bangladesh had to suffer from a nagging power crisis barely five years back before the AL-led Grand Alliance government assumed office in January, 2009. Inaugurating the celebration of ‘Alok Utsab’ (illumination festival) and the

The ongoing political unrest and the Opposition’s hartal programmes have severely affected trade and commerce, including maritime trade, exports and imports. As a result, the country has lost crores of takas in revenue while businessmen, too, are losing crores everyday. Sources said the prevailing political situation has created tension among local businessmen.

Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Tuesday slammed the main Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for “unleashing brutal attacks on the common people” in the name of observing hartals during the last couple of weeks. “Whatever I saw today was truly horrifying. I cannot believe that a political party could unleash ... Read more

The BNP’s joint secretary general, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, has made it clear that the resignation of cabinet ministers will not resolve the current crisis. The Opposition will withdraw the hartal only if the Prime Minister resigns. “We will call off the nationwide hartal if Sheikh Hasina resigns to pave the way for dialogue and hold ... Read more

At least 30 people injured in a head-on collision between two express trains at Phulbari railway station in Dinajpur early Tuesday. Witnesses said that the accident took place at around 3:40am when Dinajpur-bound Ekota Express train coming from Dhaka collided head-on with Khulna-bound Simanta Express train which was standing at Phulbari railway

Delay attributed to change in design The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) is going to sign fresh agreement with its private foreign partner for the Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) project next week. The new accord is needed as the entire design of the public-private partnership (PPP) project was changed from the one under the first agreement ... Read more

Several hundred readymade garment (RMG) makers expressed their inability to implement Tk 5300 as the minimum wage as recommended by the government-formed Wage Board (WB) for workers and pressed the leaders for initiating negotiation with the government for reviewing the same. They also sought policy support from the government to leave

The customs officials seized 320 gold bars weighing around 37 kilograms from a flight of Qatar Airways at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital Tuesday morning. The estimated worth of the seized gold bars will be Tk 15 crore, said Bikash Dev Roy, assistant commissioner of customs. Cabin crew found the gold bars

Bangladeshi housemaids are facing multiple challenges in Hong Kong due to obvious cultural, communication and language gaps, a government fact finding team identified during a recent visit. The perspectives on food are different, officials said on Sunday. The programmes to prepare the expats

Meeting someone new isn’t always the easiest of tasks, so spare a thought for China’s young women who face intense parental pressure to find the right man. As a result, women terrified of returning home without a handsome other half resort to hiring ‘boyfriends’ for the duration of their visit.