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The government initiative to demolish all illegal structures from the riverbed of Buriganga is facing obstruction from some influential quarters. People residing on the banks of the river alleged that people with political connection have been grabbing the Buriganga River over the years. But all government efforts to recover grabbed lands have so far failed ... Read more

The nation Friday observed the fifth anniversary of the grisly grenade attack on an Awami League rally in Dhaka demanding exemplary punishment to the perpetrators of the carnage that had left 24 people dead. Thousands of mourners thronged the Bangabandhu Avenue, the scene of the attack, in the afternoon and paid rich tributes to the ... Read more

BNP Secretary General Khondaker Delwar Hossain on Friday demanded fair trial of all killings, including the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on an Awami League rally. “We are against all killings, including the August 21 carnage. When we were in power, there was an investigation into the tragic incident of August 21. Now a reinvestigation ... Read more

The High Court verdict fell on deaf ears of the government and autonomous authorities as none has so far initiated any move to protect women from being sexual harassed at workplaces and educational institutions. Some ministry executives cited excuses of not receiving the court order even in three months after it was delivered while autonomous ... Read more

Submitting upazila polls expenditure info The Election Commission (EC) will file cases against about 2,500 candidates of the January 22 upazila polls for not submitting their election expenditure statements in time. The EC has already directed deputy commissioners, who were also the returning officers of the polls, to file the cases by August 31, EC ... Read more

The holy month of Ramzan begins tomorrow (Sunday), as the moon was not sighted anywhere in Bangladesh yesterday. This was announced after a meeting of the National Moon-sighting Committee held at the Islamic Foundation at Baitul Mukarram in the city yesterday. Throughout this holy month, Muslims around the world will observe self-restraint and sanctity, two ... Read more

Prices of essentials witnessed a sharp rise in both wholesale and retail markets in the capital yesterday, a day after the commerce minister had fixed the wholesale prices of some daily necessities. Taking the opportunity of weak market monitoring, traders in kitchen markets are charging higher prices at will on the eve of Ramadan, alleged ... Read more

The global spread of swine flu will endanger more lives as it speeds up in coming months and governments must boost preparations for a swift response, the World Health Organisation said yesterday. There will soon be a period of further global spread of the virus, and most countries may see swine flu cases double every ... Read more

When the people of the country particularly the people of greater Sylhet area are concerned of the adverse impact of proposed Tipaimukh dam at the upper reaches of rivers Surma and Kushiara, at that time cannels, bills, hoars and small rivers of the area are facing water crisis even before the beginning of the construction ... Read more

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Nur Mohammad yesterday called for police investigation and inquiry into cases without interference of the government . Operational independence of the police will help carry out investigation into cases smoothly and fairly, he said while talking to reporters after attending a programme . The programme on ” Findings Dissemination ... Read more

Traffic system almost collapses; illegal rickshaws, buses throng roads; DMP seeks closure of schools after mid-Ramadan Traffic situation across the capital keeps worsening every day much to the plight of city residents while the authorities sits on various projects to improve the city’s infrastructure. The capital experiences gridlock before 9:00am on almost every working day ... Read more

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned specially the BIWTA to take strict measurers to evict illegal structures from the riverside and prevent the grabbers from further occupying those lands in future. “The government’s programmes to evict illegal structures from riverside would be

Zia Orphanage Trust fund embezzlement Khaleda, Tarique asked to appear in court on Aug 30 A Dhaka court on Wednesday asked the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s chairperson, Khaleda Zia, her eldest son Tarique Rahman and four others to appear before it on August 30 to face charges of embezzling Tk 2.1 crore from the Zia Orphanage ... Read more

Aug 21 Grenade Attack 2 confessed criminals given shocking bail When the nation is keenly awaiting justice in cases for the grisly August 21 grenade attacks to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to two accused who even confessed to their roles in implementing the terror plan. Arif Hassan Sumon, ... Read more

A soaring car selling, bucking a gloomy global trend in the auto industry, in the last five years has been causing severe traffic congestion in the city. “Such a huge growth in car sales has already started to take a heavy toll on the capital. Traffic jams are getting bigger and lasting longer. Already we ... Read more

The law and order situation has deteriorated sharply in recent weeks in capital Dhaka and elsewhere across the country though the state minister for home affairs, Shamsul Haque Tuku, on Tuesday reiterated the government’s resolve to root out crime. The law enforcing agencies have totally failed to contain the rising crimes like murder, mugging, snatching, ... Read more

The leader of the fact-finding parliamentary delegation on Wednesday said they had been cleared by India on three matters over the controversial Tipaimukh Dam, including the main one that it will be purely a hydroelectric scheme without any component of water withdrawal from the common river Barak for irrigation. The two other clarifications were that ... Read more

Trial of BDR mutineers An inter-ministerial meeting, held at the Law Ministry with law minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed in the chair, yesterday finalised the draft of a reference to be made by the President to the Supreme Court for its opinion on the specific law under which the BDR mutineers should be tried. Director General ... Read more

Any foreign investor will receive Bangladeshi citizenship if he or she invests $75,000 at the newly constructed hi-tech park at Kaliakoir in Gazipur. The government is going to take decision to accelerate the foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country, sources in the Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technology (SICT) said. Series of ... Read more