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A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver who sustained burn injuries in a bomb attack by hartal supporters in Savar on November 3, the day before the second spell of the 18-party enforced 60-hour hartal, died at DMCH burn unit early Saturday, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Asad Gazi, 35,

Three days of escape into a world of words, languages, thoughts and imagination came to an end at the Bangla Academy yesterday, with hopes that the Hay Festival Dhaka 2013 will help the Bangla language cross boundaries. Coming as a respite after back-to-back hartals, the festival offered the young and old an opportunity to revel in ... Read more

The authorities have failed to implement a High Court order to prevent greedy land-grabbers from filling up river-beds and encroaching the banks of rivers around the city. These unscrupulous people are running their businesses in connivance with some Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) officials, a sand trader on the bank of the

At least 25 people, 10 with bullet, were injured as local BNP activists clashed with police and BGB members in Sitakunda upazila headquarters in the district on Saturday, reports UNB. The injured were admitted to different hospitals of the area. Sitakundu Muradpur union BNP president Mohorom Ali,

Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad on Saturday said that his party was no longer with the Awami League-led grand alliance. “We will formally clear our position soon through a press conference. But we are no longer with the AL-led 14-party grand alliance. Our presidium member GM Quader has already resigned from the cabinet,” ... Read more

The US wants to see the continuation of democratic process and a free, fair and credible election in Bangladesh, Nisha Desai Biswal, US assistant secretary of state, said yesterday. She was talking to civil society representatives at the residence of US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan Mozena in the evening. Biswal also said

Bangabandhu Bridge Govt’s money gobbled up  Probe finds 2 firms pocket Tk 1.16cr Two local firms working at the Bangabandhu Bridge have gobbled up Tk 1.16 crore between November 2010 and March this year, according to an official investigation. Shamim Enterprise Ltd and UDC’s job is to operate and maintain the bridge. The companies embezzled ... Read more

HUGE number of brickfields is operating in the country flouting relevant laws and polluting the environment. It is causing the biggest threat to the public health and we urge the government to stop the running of faulty brickfields to save the people. Estimates suggest that the number of brickfields may run over 11,000 and many ... Read more

GLOBAL civil society leaders at a climate seminar now in progress at Warsaw in Poland have said industrialized nations are responsible for global climate refugees and these refugees must have their right to be rehabilitated in the industrialized countries. We agree with their observations, share their concerns and urge the global community to formally recognize

A Dhaka court on Thursday rejected the bail pleas of five senior Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders and placed them on remand for eight days in connection with two cases filed over violence in the capital. The five leaders are BNP standing committee members MK Anwar, Maudud Ahmed and Rafiqul Islam Mia, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said, “The members of the cabinet have only expressed their desire to resign, but they will remain in their posts until their resignation is accepted by the president”. The prime minister made the comment while addressing a function after inaugurating six new buildings at the Dhaka University on Thursday.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and leader of the opposition, Khaleda Zia, has once again rejected any chance of compromise with the government and the ruling Awami League regarding her demand for a poll-time non-partisan caretaker government. “There is no scope for compromise as our

Pvt School Admission Fees HC says charging extras illegal The High court on Thursday declared excess fees charged by private schools while admitting students to Class 1 in the 2011–2012 academic session as illegal. The alleged irregularities came to light during the hearing of a mandamus writ petition filed by the Campaign for Popular Education ... Read more

Workers file objections The government on Thursday announced that the new minimum wage of Tk 5,300 fixed for an apparel worker would come into effect December 1 this year amid workers’ objection to the revised scale. ‘The revised minimum wage for a readymade garment worker would be Tk5,300 with effect from December 1 with five ... Read more

Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Thursday said that his party would quit the ruling ‘grand alliance’ in a day or two and form a new political alliance. `We have discussed [the plan] with some parties, including Islam-based ones. An announcement of a new alliance will be made very soon,’ Ershad said

The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain (RA), grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SM), is being observed in the country on Friday with due religious solemnity. On this day in the Hijri year of 61, Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) along with his family members and 72 followers embraced martyrdom in the hands ... Read more

Two more hartal victims, who sustained critical burn injuries during the 84-hour-long countrywide hartal at Phulgazi of Feni and Mohammadpur in the city, succumbed to their injuries at burn and plastic surgery unit of the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) early on Thursday. So far, four persons have died of burn injuries. The deceased were

Hay Festival Begins A day out with great minds  Hay Festival Dhaka 2013 got under way yesterday in the morning with a celebration of human sensibilities and the courage to speak out, drawing to the capital literary minds from all over the world. At the inaugural session of the festival hosted at Bangla Academy, its ... Read more

Students urged not go to brokers for visa assistance The number of students from Bangladesh in the United States has marked a rise by 15.5 percent to 3,828 in 2012-13, says the 2013 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, reports UNB. Overall, the number of international students at colleges and universities in the United ... Read more

Azmeri Osman, son of Nasim Osman, a Jatiya party lawmaker, led a team that brutally killed Tanvir Hossain Toki, said an accused in his confessional statement. Shokat alias Vromor gave the confessional statement before the court of senior judicial magistrate KM Mohiuddin under section of 164 on Tuesday. The