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Adamjee lands for setting up EPZ
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs yesterday decided in principle to set up an export processing zone (EPZ) on the lands of Adamjee Jute Mills in Narayanganj.
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Another arms haul in Naikkhongchhari
8 AK47s, 8 LMGs found at terrorists' den
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition including AK47 rifles and light machine-guns at Naikkhongchhari upazila in Bandarban district on Tuesday night into a week of another
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Fast forward to the past
Bangla Academy exhibition showcases age-old rare, priceless manuscripts, newspapers
The exhibition is rare in every sense of the word, for it showcases the entire political, cultural and linguistic history of Bengal and some other parts of the world.
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BTTB Moblie Project
Contract tampering to cost govt $37m
Ministry holds BTTB chairman personally responsible
The telecommunications ministry has recently detected that the $76 million contracts for 250,000-line cellphone project of Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) have been tampered with, which
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Tri-nation Gas Pipeline
Pvt offer held back for high level talks
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs yesterday shelved a private proposal to set up a gas pipeline stretching from Myanmar via Tripura of India through Bangladesh, saying the proposal requires a'high-level
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Rohingya Refugee Situation
UNHCR top brass flies in today
UNHCR Asia-Pacific Director Janet Lim is expected to fly in Dhaka today to decide about the two Rohingya refugee camps after a series of incidents against the UN staff there in October led to a government
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Talks on with India to stop desertification
PM tells JS
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday said discussions were continuing at the expert level between Bangladesh and India to protect the country from desertification as an adverse impact of reported construction
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Revised Public Purchase
WB objection ignored in tender box opening rule
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs yesterday okayed a revised public procurement guideline with seven amendments amid serious objections from the World Bank (WB) to two of those.
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Shantu slams govt for foot-dragging
Agitation in the hills for execution of CHT accord today
The government does not have any intention to fully implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) accord and it is rather 'supporting anti-indigenous forces' in the hill region, Chairman of the CHT Regional
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Blueprint unveiled for sweeping UN reform
The United Nations on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping proposal to overhaul the organisation, including the Security Council, in what would be the most comprehensive UN reform since its founding in 1945.
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Big rise in drug pushers prompts Aids fears
More than 5,000 people including sex workers rallied yesterday to mark World Aids Day in Bangladesh where figures showed the number of infected drug users had more than tripled in six years.
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Freedom fighters for ban on fatwa
Freedom fighters (FFs) at a rally in the capital yesterday demanded observance of 'Muktijoddha Dibas' (freedom fighters' day) at state level on December 1 every year in recognition of the FF's contribution
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50 hurt as JCD, Shibir clash at IU
Some 50 leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) were hurt in a clash at Islamic University (IU) yesterday.
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Rab Crossfire
SC lawyers decry extra-judicial killings
The pro-opposition lawyers of the Supreme Court yesterday lambasted what they said were extra-judicial killings in Rab (Rapid Action Battalion) 'crossfire' in recent times.
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Rab action
Money exchangers say they had valid documents
Owners of money exchange firms in Purana Paltan in the capital yesterday said Tuesday's Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) operation at their 'authorised firms' has damaged their reputation and caused hugelosses
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Hartal in Ctg reduced to 8hrs today
Chittagong city unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of mainstream opposition Awami League (AL) reduced today's previously announced twelve-hour hartal in the port city to eight hours.
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Kamal demands end to killing in 'crossfire'
Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain demanded stoppage of killing people in so called crossfire by forces in uniform including Rab, Kobra and Cheetah, a party press release said.
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Rejoinder, our reply
Director General (DG) of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and now defunct Bureau of Anti-Corruption (Bac) Abdul Matin has contradicted part of a report headlined 'Govt interference led to Bac failure'
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Ukraine parliament brings down govt
Ukraine's parliament has voted to sack the government of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich boosting opposition efforts to end a political crisis triggered by his contested election last month as president.
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Hamas to boycott polls
A Hamas leader announced yesterday that the militant group will boycott upcoming Palestinian presidential elections, the first sign of open tensions between the interim Palestinian leadership and theIslamic
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