Govt wants to re-fix fares after further discussion, CNG price hike The government yesterday decided not to increase transport fares right now although transport owners have been pushing for a hike following the fuel price hike Thursday night. The fares will be increased, likely next month, after another round of fuel and CNG price hike, ... Read more
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Girl kills herself
A class-VII girl committed suicide yesterday after being subjected to stalking in Dakkhin Keraniganj area, alleged the victim’s family. Thirteen-year-old Amena Akhter, daughter of Md Habibullah, was a student of Baghapur High School and College. According to family sources, Amena’s mother found her hanging
Good news for Libya returnees
Employers may hire them again as rebuilding of the war-ravaged country needs massive workforce The Bangladeshi workers, who had to return from Libya due to a civil war early this year, might be hired again by their employers as part of efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation. Foreign companies that had left the North African ... Read more
UN chief arrives in Dhaka today
To attend int’l conference on climate change UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will arrive in Dhaka this evening on a three-day tour of Bangladesh. During his stay here, he will attend an international conference on climate change and visit Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training — dedicated to training of UN peacekeepers. Besides holding ... Read more
Ordeal at DMCH
Mismanagement, lack of care make patients suffer Rajibul Islam wants to forget his maiden visit to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. On Thursday, this 19-year-old took his father to the hospital in a serious condition. With them was his worried mother. Mofizur Rahman, Rajibul’s father and also a police constable, survived a massive stroke just a ... Read more
Let poor prove their ability
Prof Yunus tells Vienna Social Business Summit Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday said the poor people of Bangladesh were like Bonsai, who have been stunted by oppression. But they have the ability to grow if they are given the opportunity. He was addressing the concluding session of the third Global Social Business Summit, hosted ... Read more
Sundarbans voted out of 7 wonders race
The four-year-long waiting of the people in Bangladesh and India to see the Sundarbans, the world’s largest single-patch mangrove forest, among the new seven wonders of nature ended in frustration early today. According to the results announced, the new seven wonders in alphabetic order are Amazon, Halong Bay, Iguazu Falls, Jeju Island, Komodo, Puerto Princesa ... Read more
SC website hacked
Repaired after several hours The official website of the Supreme Court was hacked yesterday. Information technology experts of the court, however, recovered it around 8:00pm. Following the hacking, the webpage read “Oops…You Got Hacked” with rap music playing in the background. The hackers on the webpage identified themselves as “Bangladeshis Underground Hacker”
Dhaka Univ student arrested
The detective branch police on Thursday arrested a Dhaka University student in connection with the killing of a ramp model, Tahia Tabassum Adrita. The arrested was identified as Ashish Karmaker alias Rehan, 23, a 4th year law department student. A team of detectives arrested Rehan from the Doyel Chatar area on the university campus
Fuel oil prices rise again
Govt makes the move to cut subsidy on petroleum products The government for the second time in two months increased the fuel prices by Tk 5 a litre to reduce subsidy on imports of petroleum products. The new price hike came into effect last midnight, the Press Information Depart-ment said in a statement late last ... Read more
Voting for Sundarban ends today
Voting by SMS (short message service) to have Sundarbans as one of the seven wonders of nature ends on Friday. State minister for forest and environment Dr Hasan Mahmud has urged all to vote for the Sundarbans, to place it among one of the new seven wonders of nature. “If Bangladesh can get a place ... Read more
CNG price to skyrocket
Govt plans similar prices for CNG, diesel; experts argue justification; unhappy gas station owners mull strike Having hiked CNG prices twice this year, the government now mulls a third raise by December to close the gaps between CNG and diesel prices. “The price of CNG [compressed natural gas] is likely to increase by this year, ... Read more
Cattle missed markets
Helpless buyers forced to pay hefty prices, claim crisis was created Zafrul Hasan Babul, a resident of Mirpur-12, failed for the first time to buy any sacrificial animal due to severe supply shortage in all the 15 cattle markets of the city since Sunday morning, the last day before Eid-ul-Azha. Babul, who had been trying ... Read more
80 lakh animals sacrificed
Rawhide supply up 23pc, prices fall 10pc Supply of rawhide following Eid-ul-Azha this year is expected to be satisfactory, but its price will be lower than it was last year due to slack demand for leather and leather products in the global market, industry officials have said. The manufacturers, however, reckon the price drop will ... Read more
Alert call for Asia
IMF warns world economy at risk, urges Asian economies to be on guard International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde yesterday warned the world risked plunging into a “downward spiral” of financial instability and urged Asian economies to be on their guard. Lagarde said Asia was not immune to problems currently sweeping the eurozone, as she ... Read more
Dhaka’s groundwater drops 6m in 7 years
Study sees excessive withdrawal of water as the reason; saline water will make inroads if trend continues The groundwater level in the capital has dropped by six metres in the last seven years. The stunning slide is due to excessive withdrawal of groundwater to meet the needs of about 15 million city residents, and inadequate ... Read more
Move to split DCC gets cabinet nod
In a major move, the Cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to split the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) into Dhaka City Corporation (North) and Dhaka City Corporation (South) to ensure better administration and civic services in the fast growing highly-populated capital city. The proposal to amend the Local Government (City Corporation) Act, 2009 was approved ... Read more
Cell operators given a shock
Telecoms regulator asks for new fee for old bandwidth Telecoms regulator yesterday sent letters to four mobile operators in the country asking them to pay spectrum charges and renewal fees and have their licences renewed for the next 15 years. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) also sought papers related to tax, VAT and VoIP from ... Read more
Mob did not kill them
6 Students at Aminbazar Mob did not kill them Judicial probe report to SC suggests quizzing sand trader, drug peddlers The incident of killing six students and injuring another youth in the early hours of July 18, on the night of holy Shab-e-Barat, in Keblarchar of Aminbazar took place before villagers had reached the spot. ... Read more
HC questions sponsored TV news, headlines
The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of sponsored news and headlines on television. An HC rule asked the authorities concerned to explain in two weeks why broadcast of news and headlines, sponsored by different organisations, on TV channels should not be declared illegal. The bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Md ... Read more