|
|
|
|
Front Page
|
|
Prisoners Without Trial
HC asks govt to free them on bail
Attorney general, principal secretary to PM asked to initiate process on merit of cases
The High Court yesterday asked the government to free on bail thousands of detainees languishing in jails without trial in violation of their constitutional rights to get quick justice.
|
 |
30 million need food aid for five months
Up to 30 million deluge-hit people will need food aid for the next five months, Food and Disaster Management Minister Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yousuf said yesterday, as Unicef reported an "exceptionally high"
|
|
|
7 banks under BB performance watch
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has put seven banks under an early warning system to keep them from being bracketed as 'problem banks' and would sign a memorandum of understanding with them to improve theirperformance.
|
|
|
WFP plans massive emergency relief
World Flood Programme (WFP) is planning to launch a major emergency operation for the flood-hit people soon apart from its ongoing project to provide food to two million flood victims.
|
|
|
UN meets with donors, NGOs to assess flood damage
The United Nations (UN) yesterday held an emergency meeting in Dhaka with donors and major NGOs (non-governmental organisations) to assess the deluge-damage as Bangladesh braces for post-flood traumawith
|
|
|
India defers JRC meet
India has deferred the ministerial level meeting of the Joint River Commission (JRC) which was slated to be held in Dhaka on August 17.
|
 |
Cry for baby food at flood shelters
A severe crisis of baby food plagues the flood-hit people of Bhatara union on the outskirts of the capital, near posh Baridhara diplomatic enclave.
|
|
|
Violence rips through Iraq
Bomb kills 5 cops, 4 GIs; oil pipeline blasted, 4 NGO workers stabbed to death
Insurgent bombers killed three Iraqi national guardsmen, a police chief and a patrolman yesterday in the militants' unrelenting attacks against the country's security forces that saw saboteurs blasted
|
|
|
NBR intelligence cell detects tax dodgers
The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC), the newly formed wing of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) empowered to investigate and seize files of dubious income taxpayers, has detected scores of tax evasion
|
|
|
Injured Bangladeshi child in US dies
A four-year old Bangladeshi child died Monday in Texas, USA from injuries suffered two days earlier in an explosion at an apartment complex on Texas A&M University campus, family members and US mediareports
|
|
|
US oil strikes new record above $44
US oil prices hit new record levels above $44 a barrel Tuesday after the head of the OPEC producers' cartel said there was little the group could do to cool red-hot markets.
|
|
|
Russell takes oath as youngest MP
Zahid Ahsan Russell, elected from Gazipur-2 constituency, took oath as the youngest lawmaker of the eighth parliament at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban yesterday.
|
|
|
Bashantek Project
JS body asks people not to buy flats
A parliamentary standing committee yesterday asked all concerned not to subscribe application forms floated by the NSPDL for allotment of flats at the government initiated Bashantek rehabilitation programme
|
 |
Nasa launches Mercury mission
A spacecraft named Messenger rocketed away yesterday on a 5 billion-mile journey to Mercury, the closest planet to the sun and a stranger to camera close-ups for the past three decades.
|
|
|
Saddam tells grandson to be a man
Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein sent a letter to his grandson in Jordan telling him to be strong and care for his family, according to Al-Arabiya television Monday.
|
|
|
Fema, Brotee claim Gazipur-2 by-poll fair
Two local election-monitoring agencies yesterday claimed that by-poll election in Gazipur-2 constituency was fair, peaceful, impartial and free from administrative interference.
|
|
|
Journalist Murder
Criminals' release sparks surprise
The release of two alleged criminals from the custody of detectives in Khulna four hours after arrest on Sunday afternoon prompted sharp reactions from senior police officers and other people.
|
|
|
Students block Dhaka-Ctg highway for 2 hours
Transport workers yesterday allegedly pushed out a private university student from a running bus, prompting sophomores to put up barricade on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Sitakunda in Chittagong.
|
|
|
IDA okays $200m dev loans
The International Development Association (IDA), World Bank's soft-lending window, will provide $200 million equivalent to Tk 1,204 crore to Bangladesh as development-support credits.
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Advertisement
|
