Nine houses gutted in Ctg

CHITTAGONG, Aug 23 (BSS): A total of nine houses were gutted in fire at Babul Colony of Charkigirpur village under Bolakhali Upazila of the district today. Fire Brigade sources said the fire was originated from a cooking oven at about...

Obituary

Khurshida Begum, elder sister of BSS deputy chief news editor Halim Azad, died at the National Cardiac Institute in the city Saturday morning at the age of 65, reports BSS. She was suffering from cardiac disease. She is survived by...

Buddhist leader Prof Shilobroton Chy passes away

Eminent Buddhist leader Prof Shilobroto Chowdhury died of cardiac arrest in the city's BIRDEM Hospital Saturday. He was 73, reports BSS. Former president of Bangladesh Bouddha Yubo Parishad central committee, Chowdhury left behind two daughters, a large number of professional...

Campaign on disabled children’s rights

Nari Unnayan Shakti (NUS) organised Saturday a campaign programme on rights of children with disabilities at Banasree NUS's Training Centre. International Culture University, Forum for Culture and Human Development and Fatema Kamal Foundation jointly supported the campaign programme, says a...

weather

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions today (Sunday). Moderately heavy to heavy falls are also likely at places...

Photo: A goods-laden van turned turtle in a pothole on the road

Protecting arable land

Arable land all over the country is disappearing fast in the wake of population boom, unplanned housing and illegal grabbing. The rate of decrease has been estimated at 1.0% of total farm land annually. Experts say that if the present...

More mega projects on cards to reduce traffic jam in city

The Ministry of Communication (MoC) has prepared a list of mega projects mostly on introducing mass transport system to be implemented as Vision 2021 aiming at reducing severe traffic jam in the mega city of Dhaka. Sources said though mass...

BTRC fails to realise Tk 18b dues from IGW operators

Repeated efforts of the telecom regulator to realise nearly Tk18 billion outstanding dues from some international gateway (IGW) operators went in vain due to poor response from most of the defaulters. According to the BTRC sources, until August 20, the...

PM for signing Teesta water deal quickly

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina put emphasis on Saturday on signing the much-awaited Teesta water sharing agreement between Bangladesh and India quickly, reports UNB. "Teesta water sharing deal should be inked as soon as possible as Bangladesh needs more water in...

Team to visit Beijing next month

The government is sending a delegation to Beijing early next month to know about the detailed modalities of the proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), proposed by China, officials said Saturday. The ministry of finance (MoF) officials said a delegation...

Indiscipline in financial sector worries economists

Noted economists of the country expressed Saturday their concern about the prevailing indiscipline in the financial sector, specially in the growing non performing loan (NPL) saying it will ultimately enhance the macroeconomic vulnerability. They stressed on immediate reforms of the...

TIB for amending constitution based on public opinions

The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the government to take public opinions on its move to amend the Constitution to restore the parliament's authority to impeach Supreme Court judges for misconduct or incompetence, reports UNB. The Cabinet has approved...

Photo: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina talking to people

Rules yet to be formulated to implement labour law

The government has failed to formulate the rules to implement the labour law even one year after it has been amended, sources said. Moreover, it has also missed the revised deadlines as it says it still needs some more time...

Dhaka writes to sponsors to become NDB shareholder

The government is desperately trying to contact the five big and fast- emerging economies -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- to become a shareholder of the BRICS Bank (now known as the New Development Bank). Bangladesh has...

Pakistan crisis shows no signs of catharsis: What is in store?

Pakistan passes through a fast-developing situation on the political front. The political crisis stemming from the demand for resignation of the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has somewhat unexpectedly brought the nation to a kind of standoff, which is...

Businesses’ worry over hassles at Ctg port, CCH

CHITTAGONG, Aug 23: Businesses have expressed deep concern over different activities of Chittagong port and Chittagong Customs House (CCH) and the transportation problems that act as deterrent to the business-friendly environment in the country. President of Chittagong Metropolitan Chamber of...

Forex smugglers now enjoy heyday in BD

Local and international syndicates are using country's airways for the smuggling of foreign currencies and carrying out underworld financial deals which have crossed all previous records in recent times, official sources say. Different intelligence agencies can trace and catch hardly...

BD-India business conclave today

Policymakers, economists and businessmen from Bangladesh and India are meeting in the city today (Sunday) to discuss the ways of strengthening further the connectivity and business ties between the two countries, reports BSS. India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI)...

Photo: The Matuail area of the Dhaka-Chittagong highway

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Nazrul\\\'s wife wins NCC ward-2 poll

Selina Islam Beauty, wife of slain Narayanganj City Corporation councillor Nazrul Islam, has won the Ward-2 councillor election by a big margin. The ward's councillor post fell vacant after the killing of Nazrul in April. After presiding officers of all...

City building catches fire

A fire broke out in a five-storey building near the Hossain Market in the city's Chawkbazar area on Saturday noon. Fire service officials said the fire had broken out on the third floor of the building around 2:20 pm and...

Youth held with Tk 1.0b venom

BENAPOLE, Aug 23: Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a young man in possession of cobra venom worth Tk 1.0 billion (100 crore) in Amrakhali area on Friday night. The arrested was identified as Mohammad Milon Kazi, 28,...

Egypt calls for Gaza ceasefire as fighting rages

Egypt has called on Israel and the Palestinians to halt fire and resume peace talks, but violence continued unabated with Hamas firing rockets at Israel which retaliating by carrying out air strikes in Gaza Strip. A senior Egyptian diplomat has...

UN warns of possible massacre of Shiites in Amerli

The UN has called for action to prevent what it says may be a possible massacre in Amerli, a town in northern Iraq. Special representative Nickolay Mladenov says he is ‘seriously alarmed’ by reports regarding the conditions in which the...

Khaleda holds talks with business leaders

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has discussed with business leaders the country’s economic condition. At a meeting held on Saturday night at the BNP chief's political office at Gulshan in the city, they also took stock of the country’s latest political...

No scope to revive Bangabandhu killing case: Minister

Law Minister Anisul Huq has said that there is no scope to revive Bangabandhu murder case as its trial is over. ‘The trial of the Bangabandhu killing has been completed. So, there’s no chance to revive the Bangabandhu murder case,’...

Villagers beat woman, cut her hair as crowd cheers on

A village community has beaten and forcefully cut the hair of a poor woman who was falsely accused of theft by two men after she turned down their indecent proposals. The incident happened on Thursday at Natima Kuripol village at...