Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday directed the authorities concerned to complete a feasibility study on the selection of a new site for the proposed Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib International Airport within a week. The premier issued the directive while presiding over the weekly Cabinet meeting at the secretariat, a minister told New Age
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Foreign ministry clarifies
Indigenous Issue Foreign ministry clarifies The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has accepted Dhaka’s concerns on indigenous issue by consensus in its 2011 substantive session, said a foreign ministry press release yesterday. Bangladesh raised concerns at the session over two paragraphs of the 2011 Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII) Report about the ... Read more
HC summons Rajuk officials
The High Court on Monday asked all executive magistrates, authorised officers and inspectors of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha to appear in the court on August 4 along with the Rajuk chairman to explain what measures they had taken to enforce the safety rules on the buildings under construction in the capital. A bench of Justice ... Read more
8 officials charged with Tk 25cr graft
State-run Gas Company 8 officials charged with Tk 25cr graft The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday pressed charges against eight officials of Rupantorito Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL), a concern of state-run Petrobangla Ltd, for misappropriating Tk 25 crore petroleum products in five years between 2002 and 2007. They manipulated logbook and tampered with meters to show ... Read more
Business behind police boxes
Nexus of some advertising agencies and cops flout rules to set up about 350 structures on pavements, intersections for quick money A group of advertising agencies in connivance with traffic sergeants and police officials has started building unauthorised police boxes on pavements and roadsides to rent out space on those in advertisement market. As many ... Read more
UN rejects govt’s view
Indigenous People UN rejects govt’s view The general segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) session rejected the official position of Bangladesh government on the non-Bangalee people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), and adopted the report of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. The Bangladesh government, represented by Abul Kalam ... Read more
Power-cuts to greet Ramadan
As the power supply situation deteriorated in the recent days, the Power Division yesterday decided at power-cut during the Ramadan not more than half an hour in each spell in any area. Ahead of the Ramadan, the country’s power generation drastically fell to 4,400 MW from an average 4,800 MW. Many areas in cities and ... Read more
Special drives in Ramadan
Food Adulteration Special drives in Ramadan Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) will conduct special drives across the country to prevent sale of adulterated food during Ramadan, Industries Minister Dilip Barua said yesterday. The drive will also fine those responsible for food adulteration. “The BSTI will work with mobile courts at district and upazila levels ... Read more
Students go on holidays from Aug 4
Secondary schools, colleges and madrasas across the country will enjoy holidays during the Ramadan, announced the education ministry yesterday after a meeting at the Bangladesh Secretariat. Secondary schools will remain closed from August 4 to September 7 while the colleges and technical institutions from August 16 to September 7 and madrasas from August 2 to ... Read more
Tougher punishment in proposed traffic act
Reckless Driving Tougher punishment in proposed traffic act The government will amend the Motor Vehicles Act 1983 this year with a provision for tough punishment to the drivers responsible for road accidents, communications ministry officials said. The proposed act renamed ‘Road Transport and Traffic Act 2011’ is at the final stage and it will be ... Read more
BSF told to hold fire
Chidambaram speaks of Delhi’s firm instruction to border guards; deal signed to fight cross-border crimes together India yesterday said it has ordered its Border Security Force not to shoot anyone crossing Indo-Bangla border no matter what the circumstances are. Visiting Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram said this at a joint press conference with his Bangladesh ... Read more
Bulk electricity tariff goes up 6.66pc Monday
Bulk electricity tariff will rise by 6.66 percent, effective from Monday. Tariff of each unit of electricity at the bulk level will go up to Tk 2.80 from the existing Tk 2.63 now, according to an earlier decision of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC). On February 8, BERC raised the bulk electricity tariff in ... Read more
Gold price crosses Tk 50,000 mark
The Bangladesh Jewellers’ Association on Friday further increased the gold price by Tk 1,166 per vori (11.66 gram) to Tk 50,721 only 10 days after setting the price at Tk 49,555. Jewellers in the capital said the continued price spiral of gold on the global market and depreciation of taka against dollar compelled them to ... Read more
Promising singer Abid, his friend drown in sea
Close up-1 singer Abid Shahriar and one of his colleagues drowned in the sea at Cox’s Bazar yesterday evening. Abid, 26, a known face in the country’s music arena through the talent hunt show, and the other dead, Mostakim, 27, were in the beach city on a two-day tour with a team from advertising agency ... Read more
HSC Results: Dhaka College falls behind
Less-qualified teachers, students’ criminal activities blamed Dhaka College, one of the renowned educational institutions in the country, has drastically been falling behind other colleges in terms of the results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination. Meanwhile, educationists blamed the appointment of less-qualified teachers on political consideration and the students’ engagement in violent and criminal ... Read more
Bangladesh best in South Asia
Bangladesh delivered the best performance among all the South Asian countries who all bowed out in the second round of World Cup pre-qualifiers. The SAFF semi-finalists are the only nation in the region to post a win in the second round, though it came a little too late as they lost 4-2 on aggregate to
Hopes sparked as parents learn to handle autism
Workshop on autism ends today When Dooye was three years old and his mother found that he had problem speaking and communicating, the mother rushed to different doctors, but they took long two years to identify it as Autism. “Still I think, if it was diagnosed earlier, the chance of his improvement would increase”, said ... Read more
95pc Libya returnees face debt: Survey
Some 95 percent migrant workers, who returned recently from Libya, are burdened with debt, and almost half the returnees remain jobless, according to a survey report. The debt size keeps around below Tk 50,000 to over Tk 3.5 lakh, said the report of Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU),
18 killed, 30 injured in Bogra road accident
At least 18 people were killed and 30 others in injured in a road accident at Noimile in Shajahanpur Upazila of Bogra district on Thursday morning. According to Shajahanpur police, the accident took place at 5:45 am when a Joypurhat bound bus named “Zaker Enterprise” from Dhaka collided with a truck coming from opposite direction ... Read more
NHRC chief terms it an ominous sign
“The torture on Quader is an ominous sign for law and order in the country…. The state is responsible for incidents of torture of civilians by law enforcers.” National Rights Commission Chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman made the comment before the High Court yesterday during the hearing on a suo moto rule over police torture on