Govt to build 156 flood shelters
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) yesterday approved a project for the construction of 156 flood shelters at a cost of Tk 175 crore. The approval came at its meeting held...
View ArticleRony gets HC bail in 3 cases
The High Court yesterday granted bail to Awami League lawmaker Golam Maula Rony in three cases filed on charges of beating up journalists in Dhaka, and extortion and vandalism in Patuakhali. There is...
View ArticleBGB-BSF meet begins Sept 14
Border Guard Bangladesh will raise the issues of arms and phensedyl smuggling into the country and unauthorised construction by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) within 150 yards of the...
View ArticleHasina blames it on ‘propaganda’
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday blamed the opposition parties’ “false propaganda” for the defeat of the Awami League-backed candidates in all city corporation elections. She came up with the...
View ArticleNo polls under Hasina-led govt: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has reiterated that no election will be allowed in the country under a government led by Sheikh Hasina. “We want to state clearly that holding of a lopsided election will...
View ArticleNizami was seen in Pak army pickup
A prosecution witness yesterday told a war crimes court that he saw Jamaat Chief Motiur Rahman Nizami with Pakistani soldiers on a pickup carrying the headmaster of a Pabna school and two others...
View ArticleDhaka seeks clarification from Delhi
Dhaka has sought clarification from New Delhi regarding India’s plan to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), popularly known as drones, along its border with Bangladesh. “From our own communications...
View ArticleJS body for passage of bill in next session
A parliamentary body yesterday decided to recommend passage of a bill setting criteria for appointment as Supreme Court judges in efforts to stop politicisation of the process. The parliamentary...
View ArticlePadma bridge tender draws little interest
The construction of Padma bridge will face further delay as the communications ministry last week extended time for submitting bids for the main bridge component by almost two months. The last date for...
View ArticleAL stays rigid
The ruling Awami League remains rigid in its stance that the next parliamentary elections must be held in line with current constitutional guidelines, without paying much heed to the international...
View ArticleEU presses for dialogue
The visiting European Union delegation yesterday called upon the government and the opposition to immediately sit in a dialogue to find a solution to the crisis over the polls-time government. “We...
View ArticleNo consensus, no observers
The international community appears resolved not to send observers to monitor the next general election in Bangladesh unless the polls are to be inclusive and there is consensus about the election-time...
View ArticleTension over Syria eases
Syria accepted a Russian proposal yesterday to give up chemical weapons and win a reprieve from US military strikes, while major western powers began working on a United Nations resolution to create a...
View ArticleTropical Storm Gabrielle batters Bermuda: forecasters
Tropical Storm Gabrielle was battering Bermuda with heavy rains and powerful winds Tuesday, as US forecasters warned it was strengthening and moving closer to the popular vacation spot. Gabrielle, with...
View ArticleSpears, machetes used in attack on tourists in PNG
A group of Australian and New Zealand trekkers including one woman have been savagely attacked and injured by bandits in Papua New Guinea with two of their guides hacked to death, officials said...
View ArticleThailand sticks to peace talks despite cop killings
Five police officers were shot dead in an ambush in Thailand’s insurgency-hit south yesterday, officials said, but the government vowed the attack would not derail fragile peace efforts. The shooting...
View ArticleSaudi beheaded for murder: ministry
Saudi authorities yesterday beheaded a national after he was convicted of murder, the interior ministry said. Salem bin Hasan al-Essi was found guilty of shooting dead Omar bin Shami al-Shardi, the...
View ArticleIndonesian policeman shot dead in Jakarta
Motorcycle gunmen have shot dead a policeman as he escorted a convoy in downtown Jakarta, an official said yesterday, the latest brazen assault on an officer in the capital. It was the fourth fatal...
View Article‘Artificial egg’ made from plants on sale
A radical ‘artificial egg’ backed by Paypal billionaire Peter Thiel and Bill Gates goes on sale in US supermarkets for the first time today. Made from plants, it can replace eggs in everything from...
View ArticleOne third of world’s food wasted: FAO
One third of the food produced worldwide is wasted, costing the global economy around $750 billion a year, a new report by the UN food agency said yesterday. The Rome-based Food and Agriculture...
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