Foreign diplomats in Dhaka have expressed their deep concern over the increasing number of criminal activities by which the diplomats, their family members and foreigners are being affected mainly in Gulshan and Baridhara roads. They have requested Bangladesh authorities to take urgent measures to provide for appropriate security in the areas where those incidents are ... Read more
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21m more slip into poverty on price hike, global gloom
More than 21 million people have joined the group of the chronically hungry in Bangladesh due to the fallouts from the price hike and the global financial crisis, bringing the figure to a 40-year high, a UN report revealed. The poor, who have borne the brunt of the economic trouble, desperately need support requiring the ... Read more
Around 3 crore disaster victims of costal belt will be refugee by 2050
Around three crore flood and cyclone affected people of country’s costal belts will become refugees by 2050 if proper and pragmatic rehabilitation plan and sustainable infrastructures at the areas are not ensured. The observation was made by speakers at a press conference on ‘recent Aila attack and rehabilitation strategy’ organised by Equity and Justice Working ... Read more
Taj changes his mind
Ending a three-day drama over his move to step down, State Minister for Home Affairs Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj has finally decided to continue in office. The decision came after he held a two-hour-long meeting with Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina and several ministers at the PM’s official residence Jamuna last night. “If I feel ... Read more
Pintu taken on 5-day remand
Former BNP lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu arrested earlier was taken on a five-day remand in connection with the Peelkhana carnage case yesterday. Members of the Taskforce Force Interrogation (TFI), however, have started interrogating Pintu at the cell, senior assistant superintendent of police (ASP) of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and investigation officers of the BDR carnage ... Read more
400 car thieves active in city
Brisk business of stolen motor parts in Dholaikhal area Thousands of motor parts shops at city’s Dholaikhal area are conducting their profitable business very often buying different types of motor parts from thieves and also allegedly giving them shelters in many ways. Different types of business like motor parts, reconditioned car body’s parts, ball and ... Read more
Tea growers struggle to keep up supply
Growers now struggle to maintain supply of tea in line with its growing demand, which ultimately pushes the beverage price up. Tea is widely consumed nowadays, from urban to rural areas, with around 7 percent domestic growth a year, says a senior official of the Tea Traders Association of Bangladesh (TTAB). According to the trade ... Read more
BoI turns into ‘abandoned’ body
Restructuring move stagnant, no meeting in seven months The Board of Investment, the government’s investment promotion agency, has virtually turned into an ‘abandoned’ organisation for lack of proper attention and serious manpower shortage when investment climate is plagued by the crisis of infrastructures. The board, headed by the prime minister as its chairman, has not ... Read more
Education in tatters at coast
Class-III student Khalid Hasan helps his father as much as he can to build a tiny shack on an embankment, taking time out from trying to get relief materials and catching fish. His mid-term exams were supposed to be held soon but his school is barely standing and he has lost all his books to ... Read more
Aila damages 150 km dykes
Repair needs Tk 430cr The government has allocated Tk 116 crore for repairing damaged embankments and the work began on Tuesday, reports UNB. Approximately Tk 430 crore would be needed to repair all the damaged dams. A total of 150-km embankments were damaged by the cyclone Aila. Army personnel will be engaged in repairing embankments ... Read more
Pintu held in BDR rebellion case
Former BNP lawmaker, Nasir Uddin Ahmed Pintu, was arrested at the premises of the High Court on Tuesday on charge of helping rebel BDR soldiers flee their headquarters at Pilkhana on February 25-26. A team of Detective Branch Police, with the help of Shahbagh police station, picked him up at around 5:15pm just after he ... Read more
Sohel Taj stays on after ‘talk’ with PM
Reported resignation issue of State Minister for Home Affairs Tanjim Ahmed Sohel Taj has become the talk of the town which prompted a huge gathering in front of his official residence in capital’s Baily Road on Tuesday. Although confusion still persists over the issue, a reliable source confirmed The Bangladesh Today that the State Minister ... Read more
Shohel Taj”s resignation remains a riddle
The resignation of state minister for home affairs Tanjim Ahmed Shohel Taj remained a riddle. On Monday evening Taj tendered his resignation, but the Cabinet Division senior official said that they did not receive any resignation letter from the state minister for home affairs. But the Prime Minister and the Awami League sources have confirmed ... Read more
JS panel getting tough with defiant ACC bigwigs
Ex-ACC secy clarifies position before watchdog The parliamentary standing committee on public undertakings Tuesday unanimously decided to take recourse to all legal actions, including issuing arrest warrant, to bring the defiant former ACC chairman and two incumbent commissioners before the committee”s next meeting, reports UNB. As the crusaders against corruption defied earlier summons to appear ... Read more
No consensus yet in JS seat row
Budget session begins tomorrow The treasury and the opposition bench in the parliament on Tuesday failed to reach any consensus on the sharing of the front-row seats, to the left of the speaker, only a day before the budget session is set to begin at 3:00pm Thursday. The parliament speaker, the chief whip and the ... Read more
Overseas employment drops to new low
Overseas employment outflow witnessed a five-month low in May this year, revealing another 57 per cent decline in yearly comparison. It was a net 8.19 per cent fall against the workers outflow recorded in April of the current year, official said on Tuesday. As the top job markets for Bangladeshi workers continued to face the ... Read more
Sleuths smell more Daud moles in country
Raids go on, another held The Detective Branch (DB) of the police has got vital information on that some more Indian nationals and accomplices of the International mafia don Daud Ibrahim are now residing in different parts of the country, even in the capital, Dhaka, police sources said. Following information extracted from the detained close ... Read more
400m hungry in S Asia
NEW DELHI: More than 100 million people have joined the ranks of the chronically hungry in South Asia in the fallout from the global financial crisis, bringing the figure to a 40-year high, a U.N. official said Tuesday, reports AP. The region”s poor, who have borne the brunt of the economic trouble, desperately need governments ... Read more
Clock goes 1hr ahead June 19 midnight
Cabinet fixes daylight saving time schedule The daylight saving time (DST) will take effect at midnight on June 19, setting the clocks an hour ahead. The decision came at a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday. Briefing reporters afterwards, the prime minister’s Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad said the clocks will be ... Read more
Aila sufferings to last for months
Repair of damaged embankments to take long time The survivors of cyclone Aila in Satkhira are unlikely to be relieved of their sufferings anytime soon as it will take several months to complete the repair works of the damaged embankments there. Although the authorities concerned began repairing small breaches in the dams, it might not ... Read more