-By Raquib Siddiqi Captive in the hands of vested interests of certain quarters, Bangladesh has so far failed to evolve a smooth and efficient functioning of Annual Hajj Operations. The vested quarters are so powerful that they have successfully foiled…
A man who sustained bullet wounds in an attack by extortionists in the capital’s Rampura area succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday, a day after the incident. The victim was identified as Abdus Selim…
The education ministry has issued a set of directives that educational institutions will have to follow when sending out students on study tours or picnics. The guidelines contained in a ministry circular issued on Thursday makes it mandatory for students…
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader has said that there are some one million motorbikes in the country out of which only 38,000 are licensed. Quader referred to the statistics of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to reporters while visiting Bangladesh Machine…
The apparel sector has demanded the waiver of duties on the import of building and fire safety equipment in the next budget to ensure safer working condition in readymade garment (RMG) factories. They said the exemption would enable them to…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Japanese national Kazuhiko Higuchi as the new Country Director for its Bangladesh resident mission. Mr. Higuchi succeeds M. Teresa Kho, who moved to become the Country Director for ADB’s resident mission in New…
A supply line of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd caught fire after it developed a leak on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Sreepur upazila on Thursday night. Witnesses said the fire erupted around 6:30 pm while Titas employees were working…
Six top officials of the state-owned Bangladesh Small Industries and Commerce Bank (BASIC) Limited have been has suspended for alleged malpractices. The bank’s Deputy Managing Director Monaem Khan is among them. The decision taken by the nationalised bank’s Board of Directors…
“Dictators and frauds” have tried to rewrite the history of Bangladesh, but have not succeeded, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy has said. Joy made the remark in a Facebook status on the occasion of Mujibnagar Day.…
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on Thursday declared three ministers persona non grata on the university campus for their derogatory remarks against the Zia family, including former president and BNP founder Ziaur…
Eminent poet and writer Farhad Mazhar on Thursday expressed his suspecion that there could be a hand of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) of India in the abduction of Rizwana Hasan’s husband Abu Bakar Siddique. He expressed the doubt while…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been suffering from a nagging sinus pain which is forcing her to cut short her schedule programmes. She did not attend any programme on the occasion of Mujibnagar Day on Thursday. She left early from…
The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), a regional human rights body, on Thursday expressed grave concern over the abduction of Abu Bakar Siddique. The human rights group urged the Bangladesh government to expedite efforts to ensure the…
Disappointed at the reply to the contempt of court charge submitted by David Bergman, the International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Thursday further asked him to explain properly his stance releasing ‘contemptuous’ writings and ‘distorted’ judicial order of the tribunal in his…
The High Court has acquitted all the four death-row convicts over the sensational murder of eight people including some Bangladesh Chhatra League activists in Chittagong 14 years ago. The bench of justices Md Abdul Hye and Krishna Debnath delivered the…
A Dhaka court on Thursday refused bail to Destiny 2000 Limited Chairman Mohammad Hossain and Managing Director Mohammad Rafiqul Amin in two money laundering cases.
The local administration of Saint Martin’s Island has temporarily banned tourists from swimming in the Bay of Bengal. The decision follows a tragedy at the island that took the lives of four private university students when they went swimming last…
The High Court will deliver its order on Sunday on a revision petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking to quash the trial court indictment orders against her in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases.…
Bangladesh’s exports earnings have reached $22.24 billion, showing a 13 percent rise in the first nine months of the current 2013-2014 financial year over $19.68 billion earned in the corresponding period the previous fiscal. The exports earnings reached to the…
Voicing utter dismay over the non-rescue of its missing leader M Ilias Ali in two years even after the Prime Minister’s assurance, BNP on Thursday vowed to wage a united strong movement to “take revenge on the government for his…
The alliance of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) jointly launched their three-day ‘Teesta march’ after a rally in front of the National Press Club on Thursday afternoon. The CPB-BSD jointly orgainsed the ‘Teesta March’ programme…
India’s decision to abstain at the UNHRC vote on the resolution against Sri Lanka in Geneva on March 27 this year came as a surprise to many who have looked at India’s Sri Lanka policy only through the prism of…
Participants’ brain scans revealed that artists had increased neural matter in areas relating to fine motor movements and visual imagery.
The Security Council has approved my proposal to deploy a United Nations peacekeeping mission to the Central African Republic – opening the way for 10,000 troops and almost 2,000 police to bring a semblance of order to a nation in…
Berlin-based Security Research Labs fooled the equipment using a mould it had previously created to spoof the sensor on Apple’s iPhone 5S. The researchers said they were concerned that thieves could exploit the flaw in Samsung’s device to trigger money transfers via…
Mike Leigh and Ken Loach have had their new films selected for competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
The teachers can create mass public awareness for preventing the completely curable disease of tuberculosis that still kills 70,000-people annually in Bangladesh, speakers at a views-sharing meeting said yesterday.
Speakers at a training course here have stressed for enhancing capacities of all stakeholders including public representatives in strengthening the village courts to ensure justice at the grassroots.
Three artists have been shortlisted for this year’s BP Portrait Award at London’s National Portrait Gallery, in a record-breaking year for entries.
Gareth Bale has targeted the treble after his “dream come true” winner in the Copa del Rey final.