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Shahidul Islam Chowdhury Severe air pollution is choking the citizens in the Dhaka and Chittagong cities with poisonous particles in the air exceeding the permissible level of human toleration. The citizens are at a serious health risk due to the highly-polluted air. ‘Many patients, both elderly and young, are coming to us these days with ... Read more

Julfikar Ali Manik with Kailash Sarkar Law and order is witnessing a slide with an increase in criminal activities in the city and elsewhere in the country, although law-enforcement agencies and the government claim to have the situation under control. Despite such claims of the police, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and other law-enforcement agencies, a ... Read more

Staff Correspondent Silent extortions by different group of outlaws under the shadow of political influentials have been going on in the city’s different areas and recently it has intensified keeping city’s small businessmen and traders in anxiety. In the name of ruling political party activists, the terrorists are issuing threats to the owners of different ... Read more

Reforms, absence of political interference seen as reasons; loans with pvt banks rise Rejaul Karim Byron Defaulted loans with state-owned banks (SoBs) decreased for the first time last year because of absence of political interference and reforms initiated by the immediate past caretaker government in the last two years. However, default loans with the private, ... Read more

Staff Correspondent Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon on Wednesday said promulgating three ordinances relating to garments industry and workers by the immediate past caretaker government, the rights of around 25 lakh garments workers was smashed illegally. He said this at a discussion meeting organized by an apex body of 21 different garments workers federation ... Read more

Feud over beer supply suspected as reason Staff Correspondent A feud over liquor dealing resulted in a clash among friends that caused tragic death of a student of Shanto-Mariam University in the city’s Uttara Tuesday night. The deceased Mahfuzur Rahman alias Nasim, 20, a second semester student of Fashion Design Department, was brutally beaten up ... Read more

Staff Correspondent BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain on Wednesday alleged that in absence of the main opposition party from the parliament, the government is trying to humiliate BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and her family. On February 16, Awami League law maker Meher Afroz Chumki from Gazipur- 5 wanted to know from the finance ... Read more

Staff Correspondent Narsingdi BNP leaders on Wednesday jostled in front of the party’s central office in Dhaka over the presence of followers of the expelled party secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan during the interview with grassroots leaders. The leaders and activists of Narsingdi, home district of Mannan Bhuiyan, chased some leaders who were known to ... Read more

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