Want to connect seven sisters, offer an access to alternative submarine cable Bangladesh can have access to an alternative submarine cable if it allows two Indian companies to build a fibre optic network to take low-cost telecommunication services to India’s seven
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Dipu Moni leaves for Delhi tomorrow: Bilateral issues to be reviewed
The Foreign Ministers of Bangladesh and India hold bilateral talks in New Delhi on September 8 for a review of the entire range of bilateral issues as well as finding out newer avenues of cooperation between
5 of a family killed in city road accident
Five members of a family including a one-year-old baby were killed when a CNG-run taxicab skidded off the road and fell into a roadside ditch after being hit by a truck at Birulia under Pallabi police station in the
101 more get appointed soon
The government has decided to appoint 101 assistant judges to lower courts in addition to 207 whose appointments are now almost at the final stage. Even the law ministry has already in a requisition letter asked the Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission (BJSC) authorities to
JS goes into session tomorrow
The third session of the 9th parliament begins at 11 am tomorrow. The parliament secretariat has already taken all preparations for the session. Its duration as well as proceedings will be finalised at a meeting of the Business
Population explosion may thwart dev process
Govt for reactivating family planning programme The country lost some 9.8 lakh hectares of farmland between 1981 and 2001 due largely to population growth which further resulted in doubling of urban population in 20
Three killed in ‘gunfight’ with law enforcers
Three listed criminals, including two outlaws were killed in three separate incidents of ‘gunfight’ with the law enforcers in Khulna, Kushtia and Pabna on Friday and
Ex-US soldier gets life in prison for Iraqi assault
A federal judge sentenced a former US Army soldier to life in prison without parole on Friday for the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the slaying of her
New problem grips Ctg port
Normal operational activities of Chittagong Port are badly affected due to introduction of delivery of bulk cargo from inside the port yard to the private Inland Container Depot (ICD) using trucks and
Depression gathers pace
Rain, wind batter coasts A monsoon depression in the northwest Bay and adjoining areas might trigger a heavy rainfall and 3-5 feet high wind-driven surge inundating low-lying areas of 14 coastal districts, offshore inlands
APUB against Pvt University Act
The Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB) yesterday opposed the proposed ‘Private University Act-2009’ saying that the enactment of the Act would create an adverse impact on the country’s
Lack of weather forecast causes fishermen’s death
Weak radio frequency in deep sea, lack of internal communication facilities in fishing trawlers and of attention to weather forecasts cause deaths of numerous fishermen during natural calamities
Fenchuganj power plant may start operation in 3 months
The 90-MW Fenchuganj power plant is likely to go into operation by next three months as the tax related dispute between the Power Development Board (PDB) and Chinese contractor Harbin has been
Saifur killed in car plunge: RAB recovers body from 7-foot deep water
M Saifur Rahman, veteran BNP leader who was Bangladesh’s longest-serving finance minister, died at Brahmanbaria General Hospital following a road accident yesterday. The most experienced former finance minister M Saifur Rahman died on the spot after a Pajero Jeep carrying him fell into a roadside ditch at Khairala in Ashuganj at 2:30pm as its driver ... Read more
Digital vehicle-tracking system introduced
Automatic Vehicle Tracking System was introduced at the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Headquarters yesterday with a view to reducing hijack of motor vehicles, especially private Full Article on The Independent
Safety still missing
5 burnt at ship-breaking yard; HC order stuck in legal tangle Five workers sustained severe burns at a ship-breaking yard in Sitakunda upazila yesterday. The victims–Hossain, 35, Ashek, 20, Md Kuddus, 32, Jahangir, 28 and Khokon, 22– were rushed to the burn unit of Chittagong Medical College Hospital. Fire broke out at Kabir Steel Yard ... Read more
Another death ups swine flu worry
A construction worker died of swine flu at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) early yesterday, raising the number of fatalities to two. Doctors clinically diagnosed 20-year-old Abdus Sobhan Sagar a swine flu victim, four days after the country’s first death at a city hospital. “Sagar turned up to the swine flu ward with high fever ... Read more
Poor maintenance, lax oversight make highways risky
Weak monitoring by the law enforcing agencies and lack of maintenance by road authorities leave the highways free for deadly race of long route vehicles, causing fatal accidents almost every day. A few weigh machines and speed detectors, set at different points on highways, remain either out of order or useless, and the highway police ... Read more
Screening slackens at land ports
Health screening at land ports has been sloth against the widespread occurrence of swine flu infection in the country. Every day thousands of people are checking in and out through the country’s 16 land ports for business and other purposes. But the heedless health screening at the ports is making people more vulnerable and exposed ... Read more
Greater unity needed to resist construction of Tipai Dam
Speakers stress at Roundtable discussion in city Underlining the importance of conducting a joint impact assessment on the proposed Tipaimukh Dam by the two neighbouring countries, speakers at a roundtable here Saturday said a national consensus is needed to resist India from constructing the dam. “Let’s get united… the matter should be discussed in parliament,” ... Read more