Gas field trouble over
After terrorising workers of US oil company Chevron in Moulvibazar gas field for five days, a group of five contractors yesterday withdrew its blocking of the movement of Chevron vehicles in Srimangal....
View ArticleJesun new Spelling Bee champion
Sunjack Jesun, class-X student of St Joseph Higher Secondary School, Dhaka, has been crowned champion of this year’s The Daily Star Spelling Bee. The finale, held in front of a capacity audience in the...
View ArticleFinal bid for Teesta deal
In an effort to seal the Teesta river water sharing deal and ratification of the land boundary agreement with India, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni goes to New Delhi today. Even though she was invited by...
View ArticlePrepare for polls without army
The deputy commissioners (DC) have been asked to prepare for the next parliamentary elections in a free, fair and credible manner without the help of the army. “The government has repeatedly proved...
View ArticleATM forgery unearthed
ATM card users are a new target of fraudsters as the use of plastic money is on the rise. The Detective Branch of Police on Tuesday night busted a gang of four fraudsters for stealing around Tk 2 crore...
View ArticleMany families still wait for compensation
Alif is only two and a half years old and he has already lost the dearest person of his life — his mother — who would, otherwise, have been by his side teaching him all the childhood lessons. He...
View ArticleRony arrested
Embattled Awami League MP Golam Maula Rony was arrested yesterday, shortly after a Dhaka court cancelled his bail and ordered his arrest for beating up two TV journalists. After his arrest from the...
View ArticleUS House votes to continue NSA’s phone surveillance
The US House of Representatives has narrowly voted to continue collecting data on US phone calls, in the first legislative move on the programme. In a 205-217 vote, lawmakers rejected an effort to...
View Article77 die as Spanish train derails
A train has derailed in north-western Spain, killing at least 77 of its 218 passengers and injuring more than 100, officials in the Galicia region say. All eight carriages of the Madrid to Ferrol train...
View ArticleUS delays delivery of jets to Egypt
The US says it is delaying the delivery of four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt amid unrest following the army’s overthrow of Mohammed Morsi as president. Pentagon spokesman George Little said the decision...
View ArticleMilitants kill 14 Shias in Iraq
Militants shot dead 14 Shia tanker-drivers after checking their identity papers at a makeshift roadblock on the main route leading north from the Iraqi capital late on Wednesday, police said. The...
View ArticleAzharul’s war crimes charges accepted
A tribunal in Dhaka accepted charges of war crimes against Jamaat-e-Islami Acting Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam on Thursday. The charge framing hearing will begin on August 18, Justice ATM Fazle...
View ArticleStocks back to the red
The prices of the most shares on the country’s premier bourse dipped on Thursday, the last trading day of the week. DGEN, the general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed 96 points to reach at...
View ArticleBB aims to cut inflation rate to 7pc
Bangladesh Bank aims to bring average inflation down to 7 percent using the 1995-96 base year and to ensure a credit growth that stimulates inclusive economic expansion. The objectives were outlined as...
View ArticleAttacking media unforgivable offence: Inu
Attacking the media is an unforgivable offence, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said on Thursday. “The attacker whoever he is, a minister or a parliamentarian, must face the court,” Inu told...
View ArticleGhulam Rahman’s continuing office valid: HC
The High Court Thursday ruled that it was not illegal for Ghulam Rahman to continue as chief of the Anti-Corruption Commission till June 23. The ruling came in the mode of rejection of a writ petition...
View ArticleRony sent to jail
Ruling party parliamentarian Golam Maula Rony landed in jail Thursday, a day into his arrest in the capital for beating up two journalists. A Dhaka court turned down his bail prayer and ordered...
View ArticleSC clears way for holding BCB polls
The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for holding the election of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on the basis of its amended constitution. The SC however said the legality of the elected BCB...
View ArticleScrap amendment to electoral code: BNP
The BNP has asked the election office to drop a proposal which, once approved, will enable the ruling party chief and 20 leaders enjoy the privilege to lead electioneering if the general election is...
View ArticleFitra fixed at Tk 66
Fitra has been fixed at minimum Tk 66 and maximum Tk 1980 per head this year. Islamic Foundation fixed the amount at a meeting on Thursday with Prof Maulana Mohammad Salahuddin, Khatib of Baitul...
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