State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid has requested the public to keep patience for next three days to learn about the actual reason behind the national grid failure that plunged the country into darkness for 11 hours on…
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Banned Bangladeshi umpire denied visa to India
Mumbai: Banned Bangladeshi umpire Nadir Shah has again been denied Indian visa on Thursday. The 51-year-old had approached the Office of the Indian High Commissioner in Bangladesh on October 28 and had submitted his passport – valid till May 26,…
‘Devils’, screams Mir Quasem
The man who unleashed a reign of terror in Chittagong against Bangladesh’s Liberation struggle sat unruffled when his verdict was being read out at the International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday. Senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali, believed to be one…
Power restored in most of Bangladesh: Questions remain
Power has been restored in most of Bangladesh, a day after the impoverished, energy-starved nation was plunged into a nationwide blackout. THE outage happened after a transmission line from neighbouring India failed, officials said. The blackout swept across Bangladesh at…
How Congress crippled the recovery
By Mark Whitehouse As the U.S. prepares for a new round of congressional elections on Tuesday, it’s worth keeping in mind the huge influence lawmakers can have over the country’s economic well-being. Consider, for example, the role of budgeting decisions…
Rosatom’s Mikerin arrest in US: Russia sees political motive
Russia’s state nuclear corporation – ROSATOM suspect political motivation behind arrest of Vadim Mikerin, Head of TENAM Corporation by US FBI. TENAM Corp is the US subsidiary of, Russia’s state owned exporter of enriched uranium and products- Techsnabexport, a sister…
Getting the most out of what we have!
In a world where growing knowledge confronts as much ignorance, the idea of scarcity offers clues on managing our lives better during abundance. When an economist and a psychologist come together to undertake an intellectual endeavor, the outcome shatters many…
Priorities of aviation for the new century
-By Raquib Siddiqi The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for airlines, governments, and industry stakeholders to guide the development of the commercial airline industry into its next century with a global mindset and based on a foundation of…
What Bangladesh’s secondary school categorisation has really achieved
Masum Billah The planning and developing wing of directorate of secondary and higher education has revealed a report tiled institutional self-assessment summery 2014 at the National Academy for Educational Management (NAEM) conference hall recently. With a view to finding out…
Violence against children: UN gets it wrong
Robert J. Burrowes The United Nations has just issued a report, ‘Why Children’s Protection from Violence should be at the Heart of the Post-2015 Development Agenda’ http://srsg.violenceagainstchildren.org/sites/default/files/publications_final/why_childrens_protection_from_violence_should_be_at_the_heart_of_%20the_post_2015_development_agenda.pdf This is a worthy ideal. Unfortunately, the UN Report does not identify the…
Separate outlay for persons with disabilities: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday said some ministries will have separate allocations in the upcoming budget for persons with disabilities. Responding to a demand of a delegation of Parliamentarians’ Caucus on Persons with Disabilities, he said it might be…
Kazi Zafar shifted to ICU at United Hospital
Kazi Zafar Ahmed, the chairman of his faction of Jatiya Party, has been shifted to the Intensive Care Unit of United Hospital after his condition worsened, a spokesman said on Monday. Kazi Zafar’s personal secretary Golam Mostafa said the JP…
HC stays REHAB elections
The High Court on Monday stayed for three months the elections to Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) scheduled to be held on May 31. An HC bench comprising Justice Dr Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice ABM Altaf…
Council of AL district units by Oct 30 next
The council of Awami League district units the tenures of which have already expired will be held by October 30 this year. The decision was taken at a meeting of Awami League joint secretaries and organising secretaries at Awami League…
Narendra Modi sworn in as Indian prime minister
Narendra Modi has been sworn in as India’s new prime minister in a ceremony in the forecourt of the presidential palace in Delhi. Mr Modi took the oath before thousands of guests, including his counterpart from rival Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif.…
CNG auto-rickshaw owners’ 72-hr strike in city Tuesday
Dhaka Metropolitan CNG-run Auto-rickshaw Malik Samity Oikya Parishad will go on a 72-hour strike in the city on Tuesday demanding the extension of economic lifespan of the vehicle by four years more. Nearly 13,000 CNG-run three-wheelers are now plying the…
Hasina, Abe for cooperation in global peace-building
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in a joint statement issued on Monday affirmed deepening bilateral and multilateral cooperation in peacekeeping and peace-building efforts across the globe. The 21-point joint statement came after a summit-level talk…
3 BASIC Bank branches barred from disbursing loans
The central bank has prohibited three BASIC Bank branches in the capital from disbursing loans on charges of irregularities and corruption. The branches are Dilkusha, Shantinagar and Gulshan branches, a Bangladesh Bank spokesperson said on Monday.
Economic disparity is intensifying: Serajul Islam Chy
Prof Emeritus of Dhaka University (DU) Serajul Islam Choudhury on Monday observed that the economic disparity is intensifying in the country despite a long struggle and many changes. In his deliberation of the ‘Nazmul Karim Study Centre Lecture 2014’ at…
Adel ordered attack on Ekram, Jahed tells court
Jahid Chowdhury alias Jahed, one of the masterminds of Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque Ekram killing, on Monday told a local court that ruling party leader Jahangir Kabir Adel alias Jahangir Adel had ordered physical assault on Ekram and vandalising…
2 missing schoolboys found dead in Dinajpur, Natore
The bodies of two schoolboys were recovered from separate places in Dinajpur and Natore districts on Monday morning after they had gone missing.
Man commits suicide in Sunamganj
man allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Rangagachhra village in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj district on Monday morning.
Jubo League leader injured in gun attack in Jessore
A local leader of the Awami League’s youth wing Jubo League sustained injuries in a gun attack by miscreants at Rajarhat in the district town on Sunday night.
Shibir leader wounded in police firing in Rajshahi
A local leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir sustained bullet wounds in a police firing during a clash in Chauddopai area near Rajshahi University in the city on Sunday night.
Crude bombs, pistol, liquor recovered in Benapole
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 10 live crude bombs, one pistol and 26 bottles of Indian liquor from Pachbhulot border area here early Monday.
11 back from India after jail term
Eleven Bangladeshi construction workers have returned home from India upon completion of their two and a half years’ imprisonment in that country.
Miscreants kill woman in Munshiganj
A woman was allegedly killed by some miscreants at Panchasar village under Sadar upazila of the district last night.
BSF nabs cattle trader in Baghadanga frontier
The border security force of India on Monday morning nabbed a Bangladeshi cattle trader from the Baghadanga frontier under Moheshpur upazila in Jhenidah. The arrestee was identified as Tufan Hossain, 22, son of Enamul Haque of village Baghadanga under Moheshpur…
55 school buildings constructed in Mymensingh
The government has constructed 55 secondary schools buildings last year in Mymensingh district for providing better education facilities to students.
150 lethal weapons voluntarily surrendered in Jhenidah
A large number of lethal weapons such as Dhal, Shorki, Bollom, Vela, Ram-da, Kaste and many other indigenous lethal weapons were voluntarily surrendered to police by the local people of Anipur village under Shoilkupa upazila on sunday after noon. The…