LMU license for non-EU students revoked Some 120 Bangladeshi students would have to drop out of London Metropolitan University and face deportation in 60 days after the UK Border Agency revoked the university’s license to teach non-European Union students, a Bangladesh high commission official in London told New Age on Thursday. The agency gave the ... Read more
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Survivor confirmed Kamaruzaman’s role in Mostafa killing: witness
The fifth prosecution witness against the detained assistant secretary general of Jamaat, Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, on Thursday told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 that though he did not personally hear Kamaruzzaman’s order to abduct and kill his freedom-fighter brother Golam Mostafa Talukdar, he was told of it by
South Korea introduces skills test
Migrant Workers South Korea introduces skills test South Korea has introduced a skills test aimed at assessing and improving the competence of Bangladeshi migrants to that country, officials of the country’s human resources development (HRD) said yesterday. The test involves evaluating Bangladeshi workers at three different levels — intelligence, physical fitness and language competence
Deal ‘as soon as feasible’
Manmohan assures Hasina of Teesta waters; Nam summit starts today Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday assured his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina of India’s firm commitment to ink the proposed Teesta water-sharing deal “as soon as feasible”. During their meeting at Grand Azadi Hotel in Tehran ahead of the Non-Aligned Movement (Nam) Summit, Manmohan also ... Read more
Enforced disappearance goes unabated
Int’l Day of the Disappeared today Enforced disappearance keeps taking place, with 67 cases reported in Bangladesh after the assumption of office by the Awami League-led government. International Day of the Disappeared will be observed today in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world. According to rights group Odhikar, although the number of people who disappeared ... Read more
Adviser’s shadow in Hallmark scam
Modasser Ali denies allegation; anti-graft body quizzes 5 Sonali Bank officials The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has information that Syed Modasser Ali, an adviser to the prime minister, allegedly influenced Sonali Bank authorities into granting a huge amount of loan to the controversial Hallmark Group illegally, said ACC sources. “The information came from different sources and ... Read more
SC’s no to Hallmark industrial park
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that had directed Hallmark Group not to set up an industrial park in Savar for the next four months. Chamber judge of the Appellate Division of the SC passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the firm seeking stay on the HC’s July
ACC to quiz Abul
Padma Graft ACC to quiz Abul The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will quiz former communications minister Syed Abul Hossain on September 3 on the alleged corruption and irregularities regarding appointment of a consultant for the Padma bridge project. The ACC issued a notice on Sunday asking him to appear before its two-member investigation
Mashiur must go
Padma Bridge Loan Revival Mashiur must go WB may tell govt today if it can give time until primary probe into graft allegation completes; US envoy upbeat; Muhith tight-lipped Mashiur Rahman, adviser to the prime minister, has to resign to meet the conditions the World Bank has laid down to revive its credit for Padma ... Read more
DU students continue protests
Several hundred Dhaka University students, in the wake of the death of a fellow in a traffic accident on Tuesday, continued holding protests on Wednesday. A bus of Rajdhani Express hit Tawhiduzzaman, a second-year student of international relations and resident of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall, on Tuesday afternoon and he died in
16 Rohingyas held at airport
Fake Passports 16 Rohingyas held at airport 12 Bangladeshis also held Law enforcers yesterday arrested 16 Rohingya refugees from Shahjalal International Airport. They were trying to go abroad with fake Bangladeshi passports. With this, the law enforcers have arrested 38 Rohingyas this month alone. They were all trying to go abroad with machine readable as ... Read more
Grameen Bank owners demand cancellation of ordinance amendment
Members of the Grameen Bank’s board and shareholders on Wednesday demanded cancellation of the amendment to the Ordinance which has stripped the board of its power to appoint the managing director. They said that since the inception of Grameen Bank, all changes in laws and regulations concerning it were aimed at empowering the women, but the ... Read more
Witness says his brother was killed by Kamaruzzaman
War crimes trial Witness says his brother was killed by Kamaruzzaman A prosecution witness on Wednesday testified that the detained assistant secretary general of Jamaat, Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, and his Al-Badr thugs caught his freedom-fighter brother and killed him on 23 August, 1971. Mosharraf Hossain Talukdar, who is the fifth prosecution witness against Kamaruzzaman, told the International ... Read more
1.3m children engaged in most hazardous jobs
NHRC workshop told Around 7.4 million children in the country are labourers, of which 1.3 million are engaged in the most hazardous work, said country director of Save the Children at a human rights review workshop yesterday in the capital. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) organised the workshop on child labour and trafficking as part ... Read more
Enforcement deadline now Sept 15
10-Sec Pulse Enforcement deadline now Sept 15 The telecom regulator yesterday said it extended the deadline to enforce its 10-second pulse directive for all carriers to September 15. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said it extended the deadline by one month following appeals from the
Bangladeshi woman tortured by BSF at Benapole
A Bangladeshi woman was badly injured from beating allegedly by Indian Border Security Force in the no-man’s-land at Petrapole border in Jessore on Tuesday evening. The victim was identified as Achhia Khatun, 42, wife of Swapan of Jhikargachha upazila. Achhia said she entered the area to buy fruits when the BSF jawans of Petrapole camp ... Read more
14 plundered Tk 1,448cr
Destiny Scam 14 plundered Tk 1,448cr Finds probe; anti-graft body arrests top official Fourteen Destiny Group officials, including its chairman Rafiqul Amin, were involved in a Tk 1,448-crore scam in the multilevel company’s cooperative wing, Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd. Of the sum, Rafiqul Amin misappropriated nearly Tk 130 crore, a government investigation has found. ... Read more
‘Rab source’ summoned
Int’l rights watchdog says abuse of Limon ‘adds gross insult to already grievous injury’ A Jhalakathi court yesterday asked “Rab informant” Ibrahim Hawlader to appear before it on September 26 for attacking Limon Hossain and his family and threatening them with death. Senior Judicial Magistrate Shahidul Islam issued the order after Rajapur police yesterday gave ... Read more
Mayhem over DU student’s death
Road Crash Mayhem over DU student’s death Protesters smash vehicles, set fire to police box A Dhaka University student was killed in a road crash in the capital’s Shahbagh yesterday, sparking violent protests from fellow students that left at least 60 vehicles damaged. The dead, Towhid Zaman, was a second-year student at international relations department, ... Read more
Yunus blamed to shift focus
Claims his centre about WB loan cancellation Yunus Centre, which promotes the work of Prof Muhammad Yunus, yesterday said the Nobel laureate is being blamed for the World Bank’s fund cancellation to turn people’s attention away from the real issue. The World Bank cancelled its loan for the Padma bridge project, saying it had proof ... Read more