The tenth day of the ongoing eviction drive against the encroachers of river Shitalakhya went almost wasted yesterday because of confusion and dubious survey by the authorities and their contradictory stance. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) and Narayanganj district administration started the anti-encroachment drive at
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Hasnat lands in jail
A Dhaka court yesterday sent Awami League leader Abu Hasnat Abdullah to jail after he surrendered before the court in a tax evasion case in which he was earlier sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment in absentia. Judge AK Roy of the Special Court-2 passed the order when Hasnat along with his lawyers appeared before the ... Read more
Ctg arms haul Court order to complete TI parade for Liakat
A court here on Sunday ordered to complete Test Identification (TI) Parade for detained former Deputy Director (DD) of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) Major (Retd.) Liakat Hossain, a prime suspect in hiring trucks introducing him as Abul Hossain in the sensational ten truckloads of arms and ammunition haul case in
30,000 people in Cox’s Bazar are in fear of eviction
June 21: More than 30 thousand people of Cox’s Bazar town are in fear of eviction. People of Nazirartek, Kutubdiapara, Fadhanardail, and Charpara slums adjacent to Cox’s Bazar Airport are in fear of eviction following a visit by the members of JS standing committee on Civil Aviation and Tourism to Cox’s Bazar from June-18 to ... Read more
Country has 2.65 million child workers
The number of child workers aged between five and 14 in the country is 2.65 million, according to Bureau of Statistics survey of 2002-3 which is the latest survey report. Of them, 0.56 million children are engaged in risky jobs, Labour and Employment Minister Engineer Khondakar Mosharraf Hossain said in reply to a question asked ... Read more
2 sisters acid-burnt over marriage refusal
Two sisters were acid-burned in the early hours Saturday in a sequel to their parents’ refusal to a marriage proposal about one and a half years ago. Asadullah Akash, a pickup truck helper of Bogra, threw acid on Mahmuda Akhter Shimu, 16, and her sister Masuma Akhter Shantona, 25, in Kishoreganj upazila, Nilphamari. Both the ... Read more
Bangabandhu is proclaimer of Independence : HC
The High Court on Sunday acknowledged Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the proclaimer of 1971 Independence, declaring illegal the state-published documents naming Ziaur Rahman as its proclaimer. In a landmark judgment, a High Court bench comprising Justice ABM Khairul Haque and Justice Momtazuddin Ahmed ruled that Bangabandhu proclaimed the Independence of Bangladesh immediately before his ... Read more
BNP wants independent experts in Tipai team
BNP yesterday made it clear that it would not be part of the all party parliamentary team which is expected to visit the proposed Tipaimukh Dam project site in India if national level experts are not included in that committee. The BNP proposed five names of experts for inclusion in the team. They are Dr ... Read more
Cross digital divide to reach digital Bangladesh
Mobile operators told at The Daily Star roundtable The mobile industry in Bangladesh, which is still lagging at the bottom rung of tele-density in the region, is at the crossroads of growth where the huge untapped rural market beacons it. But the challenge is strong enough as the cost of owning a mobile set and ... Read more
Power outage turns severe
DST fails to improve supply situation Power outage turned severe across the country on Sunday and the daylight saving time introduced midnight past Friday failed to create any positive impact on the power supply situation. Most city areas faced outages for six to eight hours on the day, for one to two hours at a ... Read more
Summoning of Sircar, Hamid, Delwar: JS body cannot probe corruption charges
The appearance of former Speaker Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar, Deputy Speaker Akhtar Hamid Siddiqui and former Chief Whip Khandker Delwar Hossain before the parliamentary probe committee on June 27, seems to be uncertain. Akhtar Hamid Siddiqui talking to The New Nation said yesterday afternoon he did not receive the parliamentary sub-committee letter. The decision whether to ... Read more
No Int’l law can stop Tipaimukh Dam: Pinak says at friendship society meet
Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty yesterday said his country had consulted with Bangladesh on the construction of the Tipaimukh Dam. There has been a lot of agitation of the issue on Tipaimukh Dam. I reiterate that it is a hydro-electric multi-purpose project to produce electricity. There is no international law that could stop India ... Read more
National unity on Tipaimukh issue urged: India should shun big brotherly attitude
Speakers at a discussion yesterday emphasised the need to forge unity of the nationalist forces to protect the country’s interest. They also said that India should avoid big brotherly attitude to help improve bilateral relations with Bangladesh. This observation came at a discussion on ‘ Indo- Bangladesh Relations: Recent Developments’ organised by Centre for Strategic ... Read more
Govt recommends withdrawal of 46 more cases against ruling AL leaders
The government on Sunday recommended withdrawal of 46 cases filed against leaders and activists of the ruling Awami League during the BNP-led alliance government and the immediate past military-backed interim administration. The national review committee on withdrawal of politically motivated cases at its second meeting discussed some 58 cases—35 under the Bangladesh Penal Code and ... Read more
EC to deploy video camera against code violation in DCC polls
The Election Commission is planning to deploy a number of employees with video cameras to collect information and evidence of electoral code of conduct violation by major candidates in the Dhaka city Corporation elections likely to be held in December. ‘The persons deployed will be tagged with major candidates and follow most electioneering to collect ... Read more
ICC World Twenty20: Pakistan clinch title
Pakistan clinched the title of the ICC World Cup Twenty20 Cricket Championship when they defeated the runners-up Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final at Lord’s in London on Sunday. Coin-favoured Sri Lanka scored 138 for the loss of six wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. In reply, Pakistan sailed home in 18.4 overs ... Read more
Rajuk again misses deadline for finalisation of DAP
The deadline for finalisation of much-awaited detailed area plan for the capital city has been extended again by another six months apparently allowing a section of land developers to develop land during the period. After the extension of the deadline three times, the city development authority fixed June 30 to finalise the detailed area plan. ... Read more
Contest for software, info system dev for businesses launched
Fifty-four teams from 20 universities and institutes will participate in the ‘Financial IT Case Competition’ for software and information system development for financial institutions and other related sectors. In the first round, the teams will submit their projects on July 5 and make their presentation before the jury panel on July 11, said organisers in ... Read more
World Music Day June 21
Alliance Francaise in Dhaka is going to celebrate ‘World Music Day’ from June 21 aiming at encouraging musicians particularly amateurs. In collaboration with Dhaka University Cultural Foundation, The Gulshan Club and Classic Event Management will organise the ten-day event that will feature series of concerts. Saliha Lefevre, the director of Alliance Francaise in Dhaka, yesterday ... Read more
Govt plans to set up agri museum in city
The government is planning to set up a permanent agriculture museum in Dhaka aiming to make a link between modern and time-honoured farming system, said agriculture ministry sources. The ministry already has formed a four-member sub-committee headed by the director of the food crops wing of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), M Abdul Kuddus, ... Read more