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Staff Correspondent Convicted former BNP state minister Ziaul Haq Zia, who entered the country on February 13 dodging immigration officials at Zia International Airport (ZIA), was arrested in the capital early yesterday. Sources said members of Rab-4 and intelligence agencies arrested him at his relative’s house at Mohammadpur Geneva Camp at about 4:00am and produced ... Read more

BNP’s MK Anwar, Joynal Abedin to head two committees Staff Correspondent The House yesterday constituted the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and 10 more standing committees, completing formation of 32 out of 48 committees so far. BNP lawmakers MK Anwar and Joynal Abedin were appointed chiefs of the standing committee on the environment and forest and ... Read more

“I am aware of this corruption”: Attorney General Staff Correspondent Attorney General office has become a den of corruption due to a section of uns-crupulous law officers and staffs engaged in taking bribe from litigants and manipulating cases. Since long a section of unscrupulous law officers have been indulging in corruption by way of taking ... Read more

UNB, Dhaka UNDP Assistant Secretary General Ajay Chhibber on Tuesday said although the impact of global economic meltdown on Bangladesh has so far been limited but it could be strongly felt in the future as the international news about the current recession gets worse everyday. “Hope for the best but be prepared,” he told a ... Read more

Staff Correspondent The High Court on Wednesday asked the government to submit a list of the unprotected level crossings across the country to the Supreme Court’s registrar within four weeks. The court also asked the government to explain why a directive should not be made to take steps for sufficient traffic system in the level ... Read more

Staff Correspondent The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission is not likely to allow the Dhaka Electric Supply Company to increase the price of electricity for consumers, commission officials told New Age after a public hearing on Wednesday on the company’s proposal to hike power price. ‘Most of the participants at the hearing opposed the DESCO proposal ... Read more

Bdnews24.com . Dhaka The finance minister had some tough words for loan defaulters on Wednesday, warning them of ‘drastic’ measures. ‘I don’t want to see loan defaulters getting away. The government is going to get harsh in dealing with them,’ AMA Muhith told reporters after a meeting at the Bangladesh Bank. ‘I was the first ... Read more

Gets warm reception in Indonesia Ap, Afp, Jakarta US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton moved yesterday to boost US ties with the world’s most populous Muslim nation and its neighbours, pledging a new American willingness to work with and listen to Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia. Her message was received warmly by ... Read more

Staff Correspondent, Ctg The authorities of Little Jewels English Medium School here yesterday lodged a general diary (GD) against the terminated teacher who kicked a class VII student, leaving him seriously injured on Tuesday. Principal Dilruba Ahmed said she lodged the GD with Panchlaish Police Station as a precaution for the safety of students and ... Read more

bdnews24.com, Dhaka The long-overdue Dhaka City Corporation elections will be held in April, chief election commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda said on Wednesday. EC officials say they are likely to be held in the second week of April. “We are thinking of holding them in April, but before fixing the schedule we will take the opinion ... Read more

Stabs 3 others before fleeing A Correspondent, Kishoreganj A sub-inspector (SI) of police was stabbed to death and three other policemen, including another SI, were injured by a mugger at Bhairabpur of Bhairab upazila headquarters last evening. The deceased was identified as SI Mustafizur Rahman while the injured were SI Mizanur Rahman, constables Ruhul Amin ... Read more

Hasan Mahmud tells CNN-IBN Star Report Bangladesh has for the first time admitted that its territory and porous borders may have been used by terrorist groups to target India and says it is committed to acting against them. The Harkat-ul-Jehad (Huji), the anti-Indian militant group, continues to function in Bangladesh though it has been banned, ... Read more

Bdnews24.com . Dhaka The founder of Facebook says the social network will return to its previous terms of service regarding user data, according to BBC Online. In a blog post Mark Zuckerberg said the move was temporary ‘while we resolve the issues that people have raised’. Users had complained after new terms of service seemed ... Read more

A Correspondent, Dinajpur A truck loaded with goods worth Tk 5 lakh was looted allegedly by the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of Awami League (AL), at Ghoraghat in Dinajpur on Tuesday. The cumin-laden truck was heading for Bogra when the BCL activists came from behind on four motorcycles and stopped ... Read more

Cabinet okays numerous ordns, legal amendments UNB, Dhaka Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said those who were involved in formulating the voter list ahead of the cancelled January 22, 2007 election should be brought to justice as it was “full of fake voters”. She made the remark at Monday’s marathon cabinet meeting at Bangladesh secretariat, which ... Read more

JS special body states in draft report; blasts Iajuddin for stepping beyond constitution Shakhawat Liton A draft report of the parliament’s special committee calls the formation of immediate past caretaker government and many of its activities extra-constitutional. The report is likely to be placed in the House today. It also accuses immediate past president Iajuddin ... Read more

JU Correspondent At least 40 activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit were injured in clashes between the two rival groups of the organization yesterday turning the campus into a virtual war field. To avert any

Fresh bill being drafted to cover Jan 22 polls, let MPs meddle in development activities Shakhawat Liton The efforts to free the local government bodies from political control might go in vain as provisions in the ordinances concerned requiring the public representatives-elect to resign from their party positions before taking oath are likely to be ... Read more

Bdnews24.com . Dhaka The leader of the opposition in parliament, Khaleda Zia, has accused ruling party of failing to show broadmindedness despite its huge majority in parliament. ‘We want to cooperate with the government by joining the current session of parliament. But the ruling party is barring us from contributing by snatching our seats,’ the ... Read more

Primary Education in Shambles-3 Govt faces big task to get total literacy 7 lakh new teachers, 30,000 schools needed Suranjith Deabnath and Raihan Sabuktagin The government faces a great challenge in realising its election pledge of total literacy in the country by 2014 because of the heavy dropout of children from primary schools and acute ... Read more