Fuel expert Professor Dr Anu Mohammad categorically said that the incumbent government is picking the pockets of the public through hiking fuel price. He came up with the observation while addressing a rally organized by National Committee on Oil, Gas,…
Day: January 5, 2013
Mozena hates hartal
US ambassador to Dhaka Dan W Mozena said he hates hartal. He made the comment in a programme organized by American Club in the city on Saturday. Dan W Mozena said that he hate hartal and there is no alternative…
Tazreen fashion fire: CID begins investigation
Two high profile teams of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police have started their investigation of Tazreen Fashions fire which killed 112 workers in Ashulia of the district. On Saturday afternoon two teams of CID visited the burnt building of…
13 Shibir women held in city
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Police personnel allegedly held 13 female activists of Chhatra Shibir from National Press Club area of the capital on Saturday afternoon. Three of the detainees are Joshna Begum, Fatema and Sadia. Wishing anonymity an RAB…
E-Commerce to reduce bank expense: Atiur
Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Atiur Rahman categorically said that the electronic commerce (E-commerce) system will reduce the infrastructure costs of the bank. “The system has also opened a new door and we all can work together now,” he added. He…
Directors’ recruitment in state-run banks: Process not transparent: CPD
Distinguished Fellow of Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) economist Debapriya Bhattacharya termed the process of directors’ appointment to state-run banks ‘not transparent’. “The director-recruitment is not transparent, rather they are being recruited basically upon political decision, he added. Debapriya Bhattacharya…
5 bombs explode in DU campus
Three locally-made crude bombs exploded in the Dhaka University campus in the evening ahead of Sunday’s countrywide dawn-to-dusk shutdown called by the BNP-led 18-Party Alliance. Proctor Amjad Ali said that the bombs went off between 5:15pm and 5:45pm. He said…
‘Govt corruption fuelled oil price hike’
The BNP has alleged that the government was forced to effect the fuel oil price hike due to its own corruption. The government raised the prices of diesel, octane, kerosene and petrol on Thursday for the fifth time in four…
Students seek raise in govt job entry age
Students from various universities and colleges on Saturday staged a demonstration at the city’s key Shahbagh intersection demanding raise in the current age limit for government employment to 35 years from 30. The three-hour demonstration by the students, united under…
4 vehicles torched on hartal eve
Four vehicles were torched in the city’s Ramna, Azimpur, Tejgaon and Mirpur areas on Saturday afternoon ahead of the countrywide dawn-to-dusk shutdown called by the BNP-led 18-Party Alliance for Sunday.
Econ Achievements look fragile: CPD
Dhaka – The declining private sector investment appears to be the potential risk for the economy in the coming months making the projected 7.2 percent economic growth unachievable in the current fiscal, said a civil society think thank on Saturday.
Delete them before they hatch…
Sudhirendar Sharma I’m no longer worried because I know many others feel the way I do and that is: the present-day gadget-friendly generation has run out of emotional mechanism they were born with! Else, why would bland text, passive status…