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Internal discord has been rife in both the ruling Awami League and the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party with senior leaders speaking out against respective party standpoints creating confusion and anguish in the rank and file. Impromptu and often unguarded statements made by some influential leaders to the media have exposed their personal grievances, rivalries ... Read more

Mayor, environmentalists decry bid to take over Dhanmondi public playground A limited company of powerful businessmen will soon take over Dhanmondi playground, earmarked in the city’s master plan as a common field, to build there a mini stadium with exclusive sports facilities much to the chagrin of local residents. Dhanmondi Club, now a limited company, ... Read more

She cites Jalil’s admissions as evidence of rigging Opposition leader Khaleda Zia deplored that the present government is not paying attention to public welfare nor fulfilling its pre-election pledges as Awami League “didn’t come to power with people’s vote but through rigging”. To underpin her observations she said that a former general secretary of the ... Read more

A school of gangetic dolphins have returned to the rivers Turag and Buriganga with the flow of fresh floodwater from the upstream. Several dolphins were sighted recently near Shoalmachi in the river Turag and at Jhaochar, a kilometre downstream in the river Buriganga, much to the delight of environmentalists and local

Last date for opinions on education policy today With the last date for the government invitation urging opinions from the general public — academics, guardians and students in particular, on the proposed Education Policy posted on website ending today, interested observers have come up with their views. As a number of the academics told this ... Read more

Despite protests and street agitation against awarding gas block to any foreign companies Petrobangla officials on Tuesday discussed with Tullow officials the modalities of signing a deal on gas exploration in the country’s territorial waters in the Bay of Bengal under a government decision, which has faced with raucous protests. According to official sources, Tullow ... Read more

The authorities of the country’s lone medical university, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), yesterday sacked 10 professors and one associate professor for, what they said, ‘unlawful’ appointments. University registrar Abdul Gafur who served the letter in this regard to the teachers told The Independent that the 11 had been relieved of their jobs because ... Read more

The national board of revenue on Tuesday extended the deadline for submission of tax returns by one month. The previous deadline for submitting tax returns for the current fiscal year was scheduled to expire on September 30. Now, the new deadline has been fixed on October 31. The extension of deadline came against the demands ... Read more

Govt officer dies of rabies A 35-year-old government officer died of rabies at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) recently. A dog bit him three months back, which he ignored and did not take any safeguard after the bite. He turned up at the hospital when he began to feel pain and numbness at the bite ... Read more