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CPD presents to govt energy-sector overhaul plan

Scrap quick-fix power laws and capacity payment to cure crises and drain on public finance, policy think-tank CPD suggests while presenting to the interim government its energy-sector overhaul plan. The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Sunday placed a package of reforms with an emphasis on repealing the 'Quick Enhancement of...

RMG exports to EU witness 5.0pc negative growth in H1 2024

Bangladesh's ready-made garment (RMG) export to the European Union registered about a 5.0-percent year-on-year negative growth during the first half of this year.It fetched 8.72 billion euro from RMG exports to the EU during January-June period of 2024 compared to 9.17 billion euro during the corresponding period of last year,...

Public woes mount as rallies trigger traffic jam in city

Dhaka city witnessed nagging traffic congestion and commuters faced immense suffering as a number of organisations held rallies and formed human chains blocking important roads and intersections on Sunday to press home their various demands.Besides, closure of metro rail service and full-fledged reopening of the educational institutions have led to...

BNP to give support for treatment of those injured in movement: Zahid

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will provide all sorts of cooperation for treatment of those injured in the anti-quota student movement.BNP standing committee member Dr Zahid Hossain made the announcement after visiting the injured persons admitted to the National Institute of Ophthalmology (NIO) in the capital.He said that he visited the...

626 people took refuge in cantonments for safety, says ISPR

A total of 626 people, including members of the deposed Awami League government, took shelter in different cantonments of the country after the government collapsed on August 5, according to ISPR on Sunday.Following a significant political shift when the law and order situation across the country deteriorated drastically, several political...

BFIU freezes bank accounts of ex-DB chief Harun, his wife

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has frozen the bank accounts of former Additional Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Harun-or-Rashid and his wife Shireen Akter.BFIU, the financial intelligence agency of the Bangladesh Bank, on Sunday issued a letter to all commercial banks and financial institutions instructing them to freeze...

Ctg airport on high alert to check Mpox

CHATTOGRAM, Aug 18: The authorities of Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram have been on high alert to prevent spread of the Mpox virus since Saturday night. Three doctors are deployed on each shift, while officials are screening all incoming passengers with thermal scanners to identify any suspects.Wing Commander Taslim...

Ex-senior secretary Shah Kamal arrested

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested former senior secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Shah Kamal from the city's Mohakhali area, reports BSS.Members of the DB conducted a raid and arrested Shah Kamal from a house located in Mohakhali DOHS area of the...

Case filed against Justice Khairul Haque for verdict tempering

A case has been filed with the Shahabagh Police Station in Dhaka against former Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque for corruptly and maliciously rendering an illegal judgment.Muhammad Muzahidul Islam, a Supreme Court lawyer, filed the case on Sunday.In the case statement, Mr Islam said the Appellate Division of the Supreme...

New curriculum not implementable: adviser

Education adviser of the interim government Prof Wahiduddin Mahmud on Sunday said it is seemed that the new curriculum, especially the evaluation method, is not implementable, reports BSS."We will return to the previous curriculum in phases as implementation of the new curriculum is not possible in the country," he said...