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Our Correspondent, Dinajpur A minor boy was killed and three other children were wounded in gunshot as a bird hunter accidentally pulled the trigger in a beel in Parbatipur upazila yesterday. The dead was identified as Tanizul Islam, 8, son of Lal Chand Mia of Kalikapur village of the upazila. Police said Saidur Rahman, the ... Read more

UNB, Dhaka Popular film-star Kabori of the ruling party brought life and laughter in the otherwise dull and drab proceedings of parliament in the absence of the opposition. Her name appeared as ‘Begum Sarah Begum Kabori’ in today’s question-answer paper. This caught the eyes of humorous Speaker Abdul Hamid. “You are loaded with double Begums. ... Read more

Call for polls at all tiers, distance from Jamaat Shahidul Islam Chowdhury Grassroots level leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party have urged the leadership to democratically revitalise the party, instead of imposing committees from above. A section of the grassroots level leaders also suggested that the party should take a ‘right-of-the-centre position’ instead of being ... Read more

Shakhawat Liton The special committee of the parliament is trying to work out a way to give legality to the immediate past caretaker government’s rule of about two years, since it stayed in power beyond the three months timeframe allowed by the constitution. The high-powered committee which already opened talks on the matter, also plans ... Read more

Staff Correspondent The United States has hailed the proposed South Asian taskforce for addressing terrorism and militancy as a good idea and expressed its willingness to assist Bangladesh in this regard after assessing the views of other nations of the region. ‘I think it [South Asian anti-terrorism taskforce] is a good idea and we will ... Read more

Education minister iterates tough action Siddiqur Rahman Khan Private publishers and printers have missed the textbook supply deadline of Saturday, as set earlier by the government, according to statistics available with the National Curriculum and Textbook Board. ‘Only 35 lakh out of the total 74.62 lakh copies of textbooks have hit the markets till Saturday ... Read more

Primary Education in A Shambles- 2 One teacher for 55 students Suranjith Deabnath and Raihan Sabuktagin Lack of contact hours behind students and teachers at primary level is one of the main reasons behind poor quality education imparted at primary schools across the country. Lack of enough — and trained — teachers and insufficient

Emran Hossain Achhia and Kulsum wear ankle bracelets like many other girls, but the fashion becomes a source of embarrassment at lunchbreak as they must go outside the workplace barefoot. As the bell for luncheon rang yesterday, the

Staff Correspondent The parliament resumes its session on Sunday after a two-day weekend recess with the main opposition lawmakers still keeping off the house over the seating plan row. Scheduled to begin at 4.45 pm, the ninth sitting of the first session of the ninth parliament will deal with businesses such as regular question-answer session, ... Read more

Mamunur Rashid There has been a spurt in extortion, snatching and many other criminal activities particularly in those wards in Dhaka city which are without any ward commissioner at the moment. At least 23 ward commissioners, who had fled their areas since the emergency rule about two years ago on charges of corruption, are still ... Read more

Staff Correspondent Corruptions and irregularities in the transport sector have increased with realizing extra fares from passengers, snatching their goods, harassing them and making their lives unsafe. Transport owners in the capital and other parts of the country are realizing extra fare from the passengers although price of diesel has been decreased by the government. ... Read more

Ctg Correspondent At least eight workers of rival factions of the Awami League backed Chhatra League suffered wounds following a clash over establishing supremacy at the university train yesterday afternoon. Eyewitness said that supporters of two rival groups of BCL – Ulka and 69 – locked into heated altercation over taking control of the train’s ... Read more

UNB, Dhaka Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BHRC) chairman yesterday said inquiries would be held if there be specific complaints of human rights violation against former ministers, MPs and others while under detention during the immediate-past caretaker government’s rule. “If there are specific complaints, we will see…We will inquire,” Justice Amirul Kabir Chowdhury told UNB when ... Read more