DHAKA: Before giving consent to sellout of gas to a third party by the exploring multinational company Cairn, the government wants to be sure of sufficient use of the fuel in the country instead of rushing for export. The Energy Ministry in a letter on June 30 directed Petrobangla to

DHAKA:  Dhaka Mayor Sadek Hossain Khoka and 12 others sued of late in a graft case by the Anti-Corruption Commission Monday secured anticipatory bail from the High Court. A division bench, comprising Justice Afzal Hossain Ahmed and Justice Mohammad Abdul Hafiz, set them at large on

    * 23500 crore bad loans in 31 commercial banks    * Loan disbursed violating central bank’s instruction.    * Central bank’s “early warning” in the offing.DHAKA: The amount of bad loan in country’s commercial banks has reached in a risky point and this risk is

NARAYANGANJ: At least 20 people still remained missing till Monday afternoon after a trawler with over a hundred passengers capsized in the Sitalakhya River on Sunday night, police and local sources said. Setting out from Tanbazar Gudara Ghat in Narayanganj, the mechanized ferryboat sank

BENAPOLE: A locally crowned ‘top terror’ was killed in an attack by his opponents at Shourdah Bazaar in Sharsha upazila on Sunday midnight. The deceased was identified as Arab Ali, son of Rakam Ali of village Laxmanpur in Sharsha upazila. He was wanted in a dozen cases, including

DHAKA: In the wake of student unrest, authorities on Monday deferred the MA final examinations of 2007-08 sesssion for a month. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the academic committee. The students later unlocked the rooms of the department which were locked on Sunday by

One RMG factory declared closed, nearby ones vacated under unsolicited ‘leave’ SAVAR: A garment factory was declared closed in the industrial hub of Ashulia on Monday morning amid a repeat of labour unrest on a wide scale, after a lull following a recent turmoil. Local sources said

MANIKGANJ: A speeding truck hit a motorcycle on Dhaka-Aricha highway under Saturia of the district Sunday night leaving a bike rider killed and another critically injured.The deceased was identified as Tulshi Rani Sarker, 25 of Umedpur village under Sadar upazila who was riding on the

CHUADANGA: A police patrol team came under bomb attack allegedly by a group of extremists at Utholi of Jibonnagar upazila in the district on Sunday. The attackers fled as police opened fire on them. No casualty was reported.Jeebanagar thana Officer-in-Charge Munshi Asaduzzaman told

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Monday urges the manpower employing countries to consider hand written urgent passport besides Machine Readable Passport (MRP) in issuing visas to its people.   “We requested the foreign envoys in Dhaka to recognize both the machine-readable and hand written

DHAKA: Barrister Rafique-ul-Haque Sunday came up with a reminder that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) had sued politicians en masse to implement the ‘minus-two formula’ during the caretaker regime following the 1/11 changeover.The veteran lawyer made the comment after the

DHAKA: Rita’s husband Rashedul Kabir and his second wife Razia Sultana Smriti were remanded for two more days in a case of provoking Rita into committing suicide along with her two kids in their Jurain residence.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Syeda Minhaz-um-Munira remanded them passed

DHAKA: Bangladesh is all set to start a major climate change mitigation project. But government authorities do not know for sure when the pledged money will be coming into the account of ‘Climate Change Resilience Fund’.“We are almost ready to start the project to tackle the adverse

DHAKA: Five employees of the National Museum have been suspended in connection with the stealing of 26 valuable artifact items of historic importance, including coins and medals. After investigation, a probe body formed on June 30 decided on suspension of deputy keeper Noor-e Nasrin,

DHAKA: Two former pro-Awami Chhatra League leaders have been appointed managers for Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation. Morsheduzzaman Selim and Alamgir Hasan have been appointed for two years on contract, according to a government order issued Sunday.Alamgir was once

DHAKA: Shafiul Alam, deputy secretary (officer on special duty) of the Establishment Ministry, has been promoted to joint secretary of the same ministry. An official circular was issued Sunday on the single promotion in the administration.BDST: 1400 HRS, 4 JULY 2010

SYLHET: Indian Khasia tribesmen allegedly shot and wounded 10 Bangladeshi farmers by raiding Sreepur frontier area in Jaintapur upazila on Sunday afternoon.The injured were admitted to Jaintapur Upazila Health Complex.Locals said a group of Indian Khasias intruded 200 yards into

KUSHTIA: Eleven activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, including its local president, were detained from the district town early Sunday, in the wake of a virtual crackdown on Jamaat-Shibir activists.Police nabbed district chief of Shibir Majharul Haque and others in a raid on a students’

SYLHET: Indian Khasia tribesmen allegedly shot and wounded 10 Bangladeshi farmers by raiding Sreepur frontier area in Jaintapur upazila on Sunday afternoon.The injured were admitted to Jaintapur Upazila Health Complex.Locals said a group of Indian Khasias intruded 200 yards into

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday turned down a request made by her ministers to allow them to import duty-free car like the lawmakers. “Leave your position as Minister and enjoy facilities of a lawmaker,” the Prime Minister advised the ministers and state ministers at a chat