State has right to interverne A.T. M. Nurun Nabi Onion is now selling at taka 40 per kilogram, an increase of taka four over last week’s selling rate while potato sells at taka 24 only, marking a rise of taka four in last seven days against the fall of rice price through out the country. ... Read more
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45 female candidates on hectic campaign for vote in upazila polls in Sylhet
UNB, Sylhet Some 45 female candidates, who are contesting for female reserved vice chairman post in upazila elections in 12 upazilas, have been carrying out hectic campaigns to get voters’ support in the polls to be held on January 22. The 12 upazilas are Sadar, Jointapur, south Surma, Fenchuganj, Companyganj, Goainghat, Bishwanath, Balaganj, Golapganj, Bianibazar, ... Read more
Naked money-making trap in city schools: The unheard of readmission fees
Tania Sultana Renowned Schools and Colleges in the city are making brisk business in the name of readmission fee every year taking advantage of the absence of any proper monitoring by the government in this regard. Even the school authorities are increasing these fees every year in the name of session fee, development fee, examination ... Read more
BB puts private sector credit on leash
Star Business Repot In a bid to ease pressure on inflation, Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday fixed the target of private sector credit growth at 18.5 percent, bringing it down by 6.44 percentage points. The BB took the decision at a time when different countries have taken steps to increase credit flow amid global financial crisis. ... Read more
Dhaka, Ctg bourses see losing day
Staff Correspondent Dhaka stocks finished lower on Wednesday as investors, downcast by the recent dullness at the market, scurried to sell off their holdings, market operators said. The general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange lost 13.62 points, or 0.50 per cent, to close at 2712.66, while its blue chips index, DSE20, shed 4.20 points, or ... Read more
Fertiliser prices halved
Markdown to give Boro major boost; govt subsidy for non-urea fertilisers will now stand at Tk 2,700cr Staff Correspondent The government yesterday slashed the prices of non-urea fertilisers to almost half per kilogram to help farmers during the country’s biggest crop season, Boro. From now, farmers will be able to buy 1kg TSP (triple super ... Read more
News analysis: Siemens bribery: The whole story
Hasanuzzaman Khan A source close to the US embassy in Dhaka said they have ascertained only 3 million dollar deposited in a Singapore Bank in the account of Arafat Rahman Koko which was described as Siemens’ kickback. When asked about the 200 million dollar in kickback reportedly deposited in Koko’s name in a Singapore bank, ... Read more
Govt to sue Siemens over Koko graft
Md Hasan The government has decided to take legal actions against Siemens Bangladesh Ltd, following the international scandal of bribery and money laundering involving Germany based industrial giant Siemens, and Arafat Rahman Koko, younger son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia. The actions might include blacklisting of Siemens Bangaladesh Ltd, barring it from doing business ... Read more
Govt moves for speedy disposal of Mujib murder case
Staff Correspondent The government will take steps immediately to appoint two new judges to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for speedy disposal of the appeals in the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman murder case, said law minister Shafique Ahmed on Wednesday. ‘The Awami League government initiated the trial process in 1996. But no other government ... Read more
Dhaka condemns attacks on Gaza
Staff Correspondent Bangladesh on Wednesday strongly condemned the continued Israeli attacks on Gaza of Palestine as it entered into the 3rd week, and called for immediate halt of the attacks, which caused casualty to hundreds of Palestinians, mostly the women and children. The government of Bangladesh also urged the Israeli authorities to comply with the ... Read more
Osama bin Laden calls for jihad over Gaza
Reuters/Bdnews24.com . Dubai Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden called for jihad (holy struggle) over the Israeli offensive in Gaza in a new audio tape that appeared on Islamist web sites on Wednesday. The Saudi-born militant said the global financial crisis had exposed the waning US influence in world affairs and would in turn weaken its ... Read more
Four-party MPs to take oath today
Staff Reporter BNP-led four-party alliance MPs is going to take oath today at 4:00 pm at the Jatiya Sangshad Bhaban. The outgoing speaker Barrister Jamir Uddin Sircar would officiate the oath taking ceremony. All preparations have been completed for conducting the oath, Speaker office sources said. Talking to the New Nation senior leaders of BNP, ... Read more
NBR asks CAAB to clip Best Air wings
Tk 2cr travel tax remains unpaid Unb, Dhaka The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has requested the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) to cancel permission for all Best Air flights as the private airlines has failed to pay travel taxes amounting to Tk 2 crore. In a letter sent to the CAAB on January ... Read more
Illegal blood bank busted in city: 2 held
Staff Correspondent Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two people yesterday from Barobagh area of Mirpur in the city on charge of preserving and selling blood illegally to different city clinics and hospitals. The arrestees are Mijanur Rahman Milon, owner of a blood bank and his brother-in-law and partner of his illegal business, Mohammad Sujan. Acting ... Read more
Opportunity for skilled BD workers in UK
Staff Correspondent Bangladeshi origin British businessmen on Wednesday sought cooperation from government to set up a curry school in Dhaka to produce skilled manpower for curry industry to fulfill the growing demand of BD workers in Britain. “In Britain, there are 12 thousands restaurants which are mainly operated by the Bangla-deshi migrants. As many as ... Read more
Global meltdown hits overseas job
Bangladeshi workers in Singapore feel the crunch Porimol Palma Bangladeshi expatriates have started experiencing job cuts in Singapore due to slowdown in businesses, especially in the shipping and construction sectors, following the global financial meltdown. “We’ve received information from the Bangladesh mission in Singapore that a good number of our workers are jobless because of ... Read more
BKSP, Barisal starts admission though construction work incomplete
Our Correspondent, Barisal Barisal center of Bangladesh Krira Shiksha Pratisthan (BKSP) a sports institute, has started admission procedure while the construction work of the institute remains incomplete, even after expiry of dead line. Although the construction of the project remains incomplete, materials and fittings used in the construction work are of sub- standard, local people ... Read more
Pro-AL teachers lobbing for posts of RU VC, Pro-VC
Teachers having ‘active role during AL’s crisis period’ sortlisted as per desire of education ministry RU Correspondent Pro-Awami League (AL) teachers of Rajshahi University are lobbing with government high-ups for appointment as vice-chancellor and pro-vice-chancellor of the university. The lobbing increased after the education ministry recently got a list of pro-AL teachers who performed active ... Read more
Ershad in dilemma over candidate nomination
JS by-election at Rangpur-3 Ershad in dilemma over candidate nomination Rangpur Correspondent A competition between Jatiya Party president of the district unit and former MP Karim Uddin Varosha and secretary of the unit and former MP Moshiur Rahman Ranga is underway to please the party chief H.M Ershad to get party ticket in the JS ... Read more
Hectic upazila polls campaign in districts
BSS, Rajshahi The candidates for the post of chairman, vice-chairman and vice-chairman (female) have geared up their election campaign in all 16 northern districts under Rajshahi division for the upcoming January 22 upazila parishad polls. With only 10 days remaining for the local body election, the candidates and their supporters have been making efforts to ... Read more