Vandalism, once again
Jamaat-Shibir men blocked the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Sitakunda upazila and vandalised some vehicles yesterday, soon after a local Jamaat leader’s body was recovered. Vehicular movement came to a...
View ArticleDismal end of JS
Amid the growing political tension over the next national election, Jatiya Sangsad wrapped up its sittings yesterday setting a new record of House boycott by the opposition lawmakers. The ninth...
View Article1.6 lakh kids absent on first day
The primary terminal examinations 2013 for class five students of schools and madrasas began yesterday with more than 1.6 lakh examinees out of over 29.50 lakh absent on the first day. Three students —...
View ArticleHartal may spoil whole next week
Amid the unity factor looming overhead, the 18-party opposition alliance is planning to enforce another spell of four to five days’ countrywide hartal next week demanding a non-party election-time...
View ArticleNot enough
Opposition activists have to do much more than just vandalising one or two vehicles on the street to have the BNP-led alliance’s demands met, acting BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir...
View ArticleMinistries in a mess
It was a workday and a middle-aged man went to the secretariat around lunchtime. He was looking for Iqbal Parvez, personal aide to State Minister for Public Works Abdul Mannan Khan. But Iqbal was...
View ArticleAbandoned bomb hurts 2 more kids
Two more children fell victim to an abandoned crude bomb explosion inside the civil aviation staff quarters in the capital’s Shaheen Bagh yesterday. Eleven-year-old Tofazzal Hossain lost index, middle...
View ArticlePortfolios of ministers finalised
The portfolios of the polls-time cabinet members were finalised last night and would be announced today, three days after eight new faces were sworn in as members of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s...
View ArticleNo policy decision, only routine work
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the ministers of the interim cabinet would not make any policy decisions and would only be doing routine work during the election period. During her speech in the...
View ArticleGrand assembly to debate US-Afghan pact
An assembly of more than 2,000 Afghan elders is due to discuss the text of a long-awaited bilateral security agreement with the US. The deal to be debated at the Loya Jirga will determine the presence...
View ArticleSecond day of Iran nuclear talks
Negotiations between world powers and Iran on the future of Tehran’s nuclear programme are entering a second day. It follows a “positive” first meeting between chief negotiators Catherine Ashton and...
View ArticleUK ‘let NSA store email addresses’
The UK allowed the US National Security Agency to keep the mobile phone numbers and email addresses of ordinary Britons from 2007, reports say. The reports are based on documents leaked by...
View Article24-hr countrywide transport strike progresses
Transport workers went on a 24-hour countrywide strike this morning to press home their demand for immediate release of its central committee Joint Secretary Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas. Bangladesh...
View ArticleMasterCard sees Bangladesh e-payments growing 20-fold
Electronic payments in Bangladesh may increase 20-fold over the next five years as mobile-phone transactions increase and the government pulls citizens into the formal financial system, MasterCard Inc....
View ArticlePSC recommends 8,529 for govt cadre services
The Public Service Commission has recommended 8,529 qualified candidates to be appointed to different government cadre services. The recommended 8,529 qualified through the 33rd Bangladesh Civil...
View Article‘Bangladesh may face pressure for violations of rights’
Bangladesh could face pressure, including perhaps sanctions, from the international community if violations of rights continue, according to an editorial in The New York Times. The editorial titled...
View ArticleFurther hearing on 5 BNP leaders’ bail Nov 28
A Dhaka court will hold a hearing on November 28 on bail petitions of five BNP leaders, including MK Anwar, Moudud Ahmed and Rafiqul Islam Miah in two hartal violence cases. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions...
View Article2 PCJSS leaders, local shot dead in Rangamati
Unknown miscreants gunned down three people including two leaders of Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS), a pro-peace agreement organisation, in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati this...
View ArticleTime until polls schedule, Quader about BNP’s joining govt
Main opposition BNP has time till the announcement of schedule for the upcoming parliamentary election to join the polls-time cabinet, if it wants, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader said today....
View ArticleUS concerned over political situation
The United States has expressed grave concern over the prevailing political stalemate in Bangladesh centring the upcoming parliamentary elections. Rigid stance of the major political camps led by Awami...
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