The Eid shopping is getting momentum with the shoppers crowding the city’s different shopping malls for buying dresses of their choice and other necessities on the eve of the Eid ul Fitr, the biggest Muslim festival which is only two weeks away. Shopkeepers are wooing customers by displaying different categories of men’s, women’s and children’s ... Read more
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Third session of JS begins without BNP
Obituary Reference on Saifur, Kennedy adopted, Speaker calls BNP to join The third session of the Jatiya Sangsad began yesterday in absence of the opposition BNP. As in the previous session the BNP-led four-party opposition did not take part in this session’s opening day pressing for various demands including arrangement of seats in the front ... Read more
Bill in JS to stop malpractice in real estate business
The government brought a new law before parliament on Monday for passage that is designed to stop malpractices by the private real estate companies and secure interests of the consumers. Parliament adjourned until 11am on Tuesday. It recei-ved another bill for passage, adopted an obituary reference and discussed various issues. The Real Estate Development and ... Read more
El Salvador detains 25 Bangladeshis
Found in US-bound boat in Pacific The navy in El Salvador on Saturday detained 76 migrants, including 25 Bangladeshis, aboard a boat in the Pacific on their way to the USA. The others detected by the Salvadoran navy about 80 kilometers off the coast include 25 Nepalese, 21 Eritreans and five Ecuadorians, reported news agency ... Read more
NHRC dysfunctional as body not reconstituted
The National Human Rights Commission has virtually ceased to exist as the government is yet to reconstitute the quasi-judicial body in line with the National Human Rights Commission Act enacted by the
RMG gets today Tk 111cr out of Tk 500cr boost
BKMEA set to clear salaries, bonuses of its workers for Eid In the wake of the demand from different trade organisations, Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday made it clear that the disbursement of the stimulus fund would be made only through the decision of the
House to decide steps against ACC bosses
In the absence of specific rules against contempt of parliament, the speaker of Jatiya Sangsad now intends to place in the house a panel’s recommendations for measures against those defying
90 more pleas sent for govt review
JS body works on unfair sacking, retirement of defence officials A parliamentary committee yesterday sent 90 applications of armed forces officials to the defence ministry for verifying who were “deprived or harassed or sacked on political grounds” in the last
No extrajudicial killing taking place: Sahara
Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun yesterday said that the ongoing drive in the country’s south-western region was continuing in accordance with the list prepared by the law enforcing agencies to contain the
Two more killed in ‘crossfire’
Two suspected criminals were killed in separate ‘crossfire’ with the members of Rapid Action Battalion and police in Faridpur and Kushtia early Sunday. Of them, Tofazzal Hossain alias Tapu Khan, a local Juba League leader, was killed in a gunfight with the
Yunus denies any political links
Nobel laureate and Grameen Bank Managing Director Prof Muhammad Yunus totally denied his involvement with any political party in Bangladesh. “I am not involved with any political party,” Prof Yunus told UNB over
Tributes pour in for Saifur
Burial today Leaders, workers and supporters of BNP and other political parties, colleagues and well-wishers yesterday paid homage to veteran political leader Saifur Rahman, who died in a road crash
Khaleda to appear in court today
Zia Orphanage Trust case Leader of the opposition in parliament and BNP chairperson, Begum Khaleda Zia will appear before the metropolitan session judges court today (Monday) at 1.00pm for hearing of charge, in the
Dipu Moni leaves for Delhi today
Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni leaves for New Delhi today to discuss with her Indian counterpart S M Krishna all of the bilateral issues between the two neighboring countries, such as trade and investment,
Manmohan shocked at Saifur’s death
I have lost an old friend, he says Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh expressed his profound shock at the sad demise of former Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman. In a condolence message sent Saturday to his son Naser Rahman, the Indian Prime Minister said
Police start probe into road accident
Ashuganj police started investigation into the deadly road accident on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Brahmanbaria that killed former finance minister and BNP standing committee member
VGF rice to be sold at Tk 3 per KG
The distribution of Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) rice for Tk 3 per KG across the country is being contemplated by the government. VGF rice was so long distributed free of cost among the extreme poor
Aila damage blamed for dam breaches after rains
Twenty-four hours of incessant rain, caused by a low in the Bay of Bengal, has left hundreds of thousands marooned as some 65 villages in Khulna and Barguna districts inundated, WDB officials said on
Two BFDC enterprises running poorly in Ctg
Two enterprises of the Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation (BFDC), Fish Harbour Complex and Fish Landing Centre, situated in Chittagong are now running very
Solar water pumps can help save fuel, power: experts
The use of solar water pump for agricultural irrigation can boost country’s food production three times and cut the increasing demand of fuel and electricity significantly experts of Renewable