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Protests Over Rampal Plant Admin bans gathering The National Committee to Protect Sundarban on Saturday could not hold its demonstrations against the installation of a coal-fired power plant near the mangrove forest at Rampal in Bagerhat as the local administration imposted restrictions. The upazila administration banned all sorts

Bangladesh Biman’s hajj flight schedules fell apart at the very beginning of hajj flight operations yesterday, causing immense sufferings to pilgrims. A total of 1,432 passengers were scheduled to fly to Jeddah on three Biman flights at 1:40pm, 4:30pm and 7:40pm. The first flight was supposed to

Children Under 5 36pc underweight Discussion told Almost 36 percent of the children under the age of five in Bangladesh are underweight, said speakers at a discussion at The Daily Star Centre in the capital yesterday. Citing data from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, 2011 they further said 41 percent of all children under the ... Read more

The Indian Border Security Force shot a Bangladesh national in Molani border at Haripur upzilla in Thakurgaon on early Saturday. The victim was identified as Anowar Hossain, 28, a cattle trader and son of Mohammad Shakil of Moradhor village of Haripur upzilla.

The lone accused of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in the case of killing a 15-year old Bangladeshi girl Felani Khatun was acquitted on Thursday by a BSF court, according to BBC Bangla Service. The court pronounced the verdict, saying that Indian border guard Amiya Ghosh, the only accused in the killing of Felani, had ... Read more

Illegal Workers Malaysia mulls amnesty again So far 444 Bangladeshis held in crackdown Illegal foreign nationals detained in the ongoing crackdown in Malaysia will be given another chance to be legalised, the Malaysian home minister has said. This move was in view of the country’s need for foreign manpower in certain sectors, Malaysian English daily ... Read more

Ruling Awami League leaders on Friday ruled out a compromise with the Opposition BNP on a caretaker government (GG) to oversee the next general election. “The CG system is a dead issue and there is no need for compromise on the matter. It will not return in Bangladesh even for an hour. The poll will ... Read more

Mentioning that her government always believes in maintaining communal harmony, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday hoped that those who tarnished the image of Islam as the religion of peace by unleashing militancy and terrorism will refrain from committing such misdeeds in the future. “I feel pity when they in the name of religion of ... Read more

The main opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance has warned that it would launch an oust-government movement after Eid-ul-Azha if the government does not resolve the prevailing political crisis over non-party caretaker government (CG) issue. “We will have no option but to intensify oust-government movement after the Eid if the ruling Awami League does not sit

Gana Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday expressed his optimism that there is still time to find out a way soon to restore the election-time impartial government to resolve the ongoing political impasse over the forthcoming general polls. Addressing a meeting of newly floated student organisation Oikyabadhya Chhatra Samaj at his Bailey Road residence,

Tea production and trading in Chittagong, currently the lone tea auction centre of the country, is likely to be affected following the government’s decision to start tea auction at Srimongol in Sylhet from the current year. This is causing concern among the business community of the port city. Sources said the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the ... Read more

District Jatiyatabadi Matsyajibi Dal president Aman Ullah Aman was killed and 15 people were injured in a clash between two factions of BNP during a workers’ meeting in the town on Friday. Locals said the workers’ meeting of the district unit BNP began at Shilpakala Academy around 10am where BNP international affairs secretary Nazim Uddin ... Read more

The flood situation in Rajshahi has been worsening day by day, with the water level of the Padma river rising to 18.67 metres on Friday morning as against the danger mark of 18.50 metres. Harun-Ur-Rashid, executive engineer of the Water Development Board (WDB), has identified five points of the Rajshahi town protection embankment as being ... Read more

The public sector quota for the employment of female drivers remains mainly unused as concerns for safety and the perceptions of family members deter woman from taking those jobs. There is a 15 per cent quota for women drivers in public offices, but the transport commissioner and additional secretary Mohammad Reaz Ahmed,

A college girl, who was injured in an attack allegedly by her lover on Sunday, died at a hospital here on Friday noon. The deceased was identified as Swarna, a first year student of Bangla Department of local Ananda Mohan College and daughter of Ataur Rahman of Hajibari area of the district town. Officer-in-charge of ... Read more

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will soon lay the foundation stone of the metro-rail project at Uttara here to ease the city’s chronic traffic congestion and ensure comfortable commuting. Communications minister Obaidul Quader told this to reporters during an inspection of the development work of Oxygen-Hathazari Road in Chittagong on Friday. The minister said

The next general election will be held under the present government, Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni reiterated while addressing a United States think tank in Washington on Wednesday. In her speech at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington DC, she said the present government was committed to the constitutional obligations that it had ... Read more

Killing of Barisal Girl Accused claims responsibility  Leaves notes before going into hiding Before going into hiding, Russell Mia left behind notes claiming responsibility for killing Saoda, a Barisal University student he sought to marry. He also blamed the girl’s parents and relatives for instigating the murder by breaking up “his relationship with Saoda”, police ... Read more

Al Tumuh School In Makkah Bangladesh mission asks DPE, DSHE not to issue licence The Bangladesh mission in Saudi Arabia has asked the primary and the secondary education directorates in Dhaka not to issue a licence to Al Tumuh Bangladesh International School at Makkah under the Bangladeshi curriculum, according to official documents New Age has ... Read more

Terming the Armed Forces as the symbol of the country’s unity and sovereignty, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said her government wants skilled, disciplined, well-equipped and strong Armed Forces. “Our government has a very clear and transparent stance about the Armed Forces, and we want skilled, disciplined, well-equipped and strong Armed Forces,”