US suggests action plan
The US government has recommended a set of action plans to Bangladesh to reclaim the GSP (Generalised System of Preferences) privileges that the Obama Administration suspended on Thursday over poor...
View ArticleNo major changes required for GB
Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman yesterday expressed disagreement with a number of recommendations of Grameen Bank Inquiry Commission, and said the microlender’s existing operational structure...
View ArticleUnified food safety authority on cards
The cabinet yesterday approved in principle the draft of the Food Safety Act, 2013 with a provision of up to 14 years’ imprisonment for food adulterators. The draft law also sought to form a unified...
View ArticleMove on to persuade JP
Awami League-backed mayoral aspirant Ajmat Ullah Khan is yet to get full support from Jatiya Party, a key component of the AL-led 14-party grand alliance, said JP sources. However, JP Chairman HM...
View ArticleAL desperate to retain stronghold
The opposition’s use of national issues like stock market crash, Hall-Mark scam, railway-gate scandal, and the alleged Padma bridge scam, has turned ruling Awami League-backed mayoral candidate Ajmat...
View ArticleLimon indicted
A Jhalakathi court framed charges against Limon Hossain in an arms case yesterday, a week after the country’s human rights chief requested, in odd fashion, the teenager to withdraw his case against Rab...
View Article19 people die in Siberia helicopter crash
Nineteen people died yesterday when a MI-8 helicopter crashed in Russia’s Yakutia region in eastern Siberia, the latest disaster to hit the country’s accident-prone aviation industry, an aviation...
View ArticleThai govt reverses rice price cut
Thailand’s premier yesterday reversed a decision to cut the price it gives farmers for rice, a fortnight after stoking anger from its rural heartlands by announcing a 20 percent reduction in the fee....
View ArticleNo asylum yet for US whistleblower
Several countries yesterday spurned asylum requests from Edward Snowden, the former US spy agency contractor wanted for leaking secrets, despite an appeal from Venezuela for the world to protect him....
View ArticleSuranjit bashes Prothom Alo
Awami League lawmaker Suranjit Sengupta yesterday criticised the Prothom Alo for an editorial over a decision of the Speaker during the passage of 2013-14 budget in parliament on Sunday. The editorial...
View ArticleWater babe
At just 16 months old, this baby is unlikely to have been walking for long, let alone mastered any other physical activities. But the incredible footage posted on youtube.com shows the tiny toddler...
View ArticleMorsi rebuffs 48-hr army ultimatum
Egypt’s political crisis deepened yesterday as Islamist President Mohamed Morsi snubbed an army ultimatum threatening to intervene if he did not meet the demands of the people, and five ministers led a...
View ArticleMore trouble for Limon
A day after maimed Limon Hossain’s indictment in an arms case, a court here yesterday transferred the second case against him to the chief judicial magistrate for hearing on framing charges. The...
View ArticleKishoreganj by-polls today
Voters of Itna, Mithamoin and Astagram upazilas will cast their ballots at the Kishoreganj-4 by-election today, with the BNP boycotting the polls. Voting begins at 8:00am, and will continue till 4:00pm...
View ArticleProsecutors may face trial
War crimes accused Salauddin Quader Chowdhury threatened the prosecutors that they might face execution in future on the last day of his deposition at the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday. He...
View Article2 brothers die for a cellphone
Two lives were lost yesterday just because of a mobile phone. Two siblings died after falling into a septic tank at Doljor village of the district. The dead were Sohel Rana, 18, and Rubel Islam, 15,...
View ArticleBuet student hacked by fellow dies
Buet student Dwip succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in the capital in the early hours of yesterday, and his 84-day-long battle for life thus came to an end. Arif Rayhan Dwip, 23, a third year...
View Article3 journos hurt in cop firing in Rajshahi
Three photojournalists received shotgun pellets while a policeman was injured by brickbats during a clash between law enforcers and Shibir activists in Rajshahi city last night. The clash began at...
View ArticleMega project on ICT okayed
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) yesterday approved a Tk 1,333 crore project to bring 17,500 government offices at the district and upazila levels under an ICT network....
View Article3 lakh workers get 4 more months
Saudi Arabia has extended by four months the amnesty period for illegal foreign workers to regularise their status, transfer jobs or return home without prosecution. A statement by Saudi interior...
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