Bdnews24.com . Dhaka The government will investigate the failure of state-run fixed and mobile phone operators to woo new customers, the post and telecommunications minister has told Bdnews24.com. ‘Land phone was out of reach of the people in the past. The people had to wait for two-three years after submitting application. They had to pay ... Read more
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26 passengers still missing
Launch Tragedy 26 passengers still missing Our Correspondent, Barisal A day after launch ML Fahmida Happy Express went down in the Kirtonkhola near Barisal, at least 26 people are still missing. Hundreds of relatives were seen waiting at the riverbank for missing people. Many of them were searching for their dear ones by boats, trawlers, ... Read more
$30m project to maintain voter roll
bdnews24.com, Dhaka The Bangladesh government and the United Nations Development Programme took on a $30 million project on Thursday to further strengthen the electoral system and ensure the sustainability of the voter list with photographs “I am confident that this project will make a significant contribution to sustaining the achievements of the Bangladesh Election Commission ... Read more
Ekushey book fair witnesses boost in sales
Staff Correspondent Ekushey book fair witnessed rush of visitors and boost in sales at Bangla Academy on Wednesday with one day away from Amar Ekushey February and International Mother Language Day. Arrival of new titles also increased with
27 killed as cargo ship rams launch
Over a dozen still missing; capsized vessel salvaged Rafiqul Islam, Barisal Twenty seven bodies were recovered and more than a dozen are still missing after an overcrowded launch, being hit by a cargo vessel, sank in the Kirtonkhola in Barisal yesterday. The launch was carrying over 100
Nation set to observe Amar Ekushey
Staff Correspondent The nation pays homage to the martyrs of the language movement one minute past midnight today amid heightened security at and around the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on the occasion of Amar Ekushey. The president, Zillur Rahman, will first place flowers at the Central Shaheed Minar followed by the prime minister, Sheikh ... Read more
Stinky water sickens residents of 6 cities
Shahidul Islam Chowdhury Residents of six cities are not only angry at the acute shortage of water, but are disgusted that the little amount of tap-water they get is contaminated, malodorous and tastes awful. Many of them have been suffering from waterborne diseases after drinking the contaminated water which stinks even after prolonged boiling. Mindless ... Read more
Mojahid, Babar barred from going abroad
Staff Correspondent Immigration officials at Zia International Airport (ZIA) yesterday prevented Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid and former BNP state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar from leaving the
Cabinet okays five bills
Anti-Terrorism Bill empowers police to detain any suspects Staff Correspondent The cabinet on Thursday approved five bills for enacting as laws some of the many ordinances, including the Anti-Terrorism Ordinance, promulgated by the military-controlled interim government. Fakhruddin’s government on June 9, 2008 promulgated the Anti-Terrorism Ordinance containing many harsh provisions, including the death sentence for ... Read more
Balance of power in Upazila-level stressed
Role of MPs & UZ Chairmen in local dev Balance of power in Upazila-level stressed Sahidul Islam Rana There should be a ‘balance of power’ between the Upazila Parishad Chairmen and the Member of Parliament (MPs) to ensure smooth functioning of different development works in local levels throughout the country. Hoping for massive development, including ... Read more
Tk 7.74cr spent for 51 lawyers, claims ACC
M Moneeruzzaman The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday claimed that it had spent Tk 7,74,41,566 to pay retainers to 51 lawyers engaged to deal with more than 500 graft cases filed by it in the last two years. Some newspapers have alleged that it paid the lawyers more than Tk 14 crore to punish 156 corruption ... Read more
RMG workers passing inhuman life
Work in miserable environment Staff Correspondent Around 20 lakhs workers work in the city’s at least three thousand garment factories in harmful environment about 12 hours per day to earn livelihood. As a result they are being affected with various disease including jaundice, gastric, heart disease, reproductive health problem, sexual, ear and eye related diseases. ... Read more
Jatiya Kabita Utsab begins
Staff Correspondent With the slogan ‘Joy Janatar Joy Kabitar’, Jatiya Kabita Utsab began on the Dhaka University Central Library premises yesterday. Poet Syed Shamsul Haq inaugurated the three-day festival organised by Jatiya Kabita Parishad by hoisting the national flag
Fertiliser shortage worries Moulvibazar farmers
Boro saplings threatened for scanty supply Our Correspondent, Moulvibazar Boro farmers in Rajnagar upazila under Moulvibazar district are worried as supply of fertiliser is too scanty to meet their requirement. Boro saplings are now turning reddish for want of fertiliser, said farmers of Kawadighi Haor areas in
Separate ministry and separate budget indispensable for dev of railway
A.T.M.Nurun Nabi Separate ministry and separate budget are indispensable for development of Bangladesh Railway (BR) and time has arrived to reintroduce the tradition of presenting separate railway budget in the Parliament and to have a separate ministry named ‘Ministry of Railway’. In India, there is separate ministry and separate railway budget for ages and that ... Read more
Bold steps emphasised to adapt to climate changes
Int’l conference on climate begins Staff Correspondent Bangladesh must take bold steps to adapt to the climate change at the community level to reduce the risks and vulnerability of the common people, said speakers at an international conference on Wednesday. The six-day conference on community based adaptation to climate change aims at educating the Bangladeshi ... Read more
Indian Hilsa importers demand price-cut of Bangladeshi Hilsa
Our Correspondent, Barisal The Indian Hilsa importers of West Bengal have demanded price-cut of Bangladeshi Hilsa or to face stoppage of export from Bangladesh. Ajit Das alias Monu Babu and Md. Yunus Sikdar, President and Secretary of Bangladesh Fish Exporters Association of Barisal, informed this correspondent that their counter part Atul Das, Chairman of Hilsa ... Read more
SCC organogram finally okayed after 4 years
Iqbal Siddiquee, Sylhet At long last, the ministry of LGRD has approved the organogram of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC), four years after submission of the same. However, the approved organogram allows a 650-strong manpower for 31 departments and sections of the SCC while the SCC had proposed for 850 staff to manage matters related to ... Read more
Fake examinees flee scene
Our Correspondent, Kushtia Fifty-six fake Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinees under Jessore board fled examination hall and did not turn up yesterday at Daulatpur (D-pur) centre. Thirty-five of them were giving proxy at the centre on Tuesday as examinees from Kamalpur High School while 21 others as examinees from Kalyanpur High School. Two headmasters, Abdus ... Read more
Bhutan offers Bangladesh surplus power
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka Bhutan offered Bangladesh opportunity of importing surplus electricity from the Himalayan country to feed its power-hungry national grid in the wake of huge demand. As the Bhutanese ambassador in Dhaka made the offer Wednesday, the commerce minister, Faruk Khan, said Bangladesh would sign trade agreement with Bhutan within May ... Read more