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HC Rule on Govt, EC
Why EC Secretariat under PMO won't be illegal
The High Court yesterday issued a rule on the government and the Election Commission (EC) asking them to explain why the functioning of EC Secretariat under the jurisdiction of Prime Minister's Office
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Inflation rate hits 8yr high in November
Higher flare-up in rural areas, food items hurts poor most
The point-to-point inflation rate hit a new 8-year high of 7.95 percent in November last, rising by 0.67 percentage points from October, due to a sudden leap in food prices.
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Cabinet body nods to disqualified bidder
Ignores Public Procurement Regulation, review body's decision about Chandpur power plant
Brushing aside the Public Procurement Regulation (PPR) 2003, the cabinet purchase committee yesterday approved a flawed bid of a disqualified Chinese bidder for the 150MW Chandpur power plant.
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Hajj Flight Crisis
Biman's Rome flight re-routed to Jeddah
Saudi authorities to provide 5 more landing slots
Saudi authorities yesterday verbally assured the Bangladesh government of providing five more air-landing slots, which would enable Biman to resolve the protracted hajj flight crisis.
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No plan yet to make EC independent
The government has no plans to make the Election Commission (EC) secretariat independent and separate from the prime minister's office (PMO) while the chief election commissioner (CEC) has yet to putforth
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WB tags condition with $2.89b loan
Asks govt to reduce graft, improve public procurement
The World Bank will provide $2.89 billion to Bangladesh in four years from the current fiscal under a new Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) on condition of 'reducing level of corruption' and improvement of the procurement process.
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40 percent of voters listed
Irregularities mark second day
The second day's work for controversial fresh voter list yesterday was marked by irregularities, people's ignorance of the ongoing process, and lack of coordination among the enumerators.
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3,000 doctors to be recruited soon
PM tells BMA meeting, opens Saarc Medical Association
Some 3,000 physicians will be recruited through a special Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination as the government wants to post one doctor in each of the unions of the country, Prime Minister (PM)
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Welcoming Wanna
The three-day harvest festival, Wanna, arranged by the indigenous Garo people of Modhupur, began yesterday with a view to uphold the ancient religious rites and rituals.
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CPB, JP sue each other
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Jatiya Party (JP) have filed cases yesterday in connection with the Sunday's incident accusing each other of attacking and looting.
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Purchase of $600m crude oil okayed
The cabinet committee on purchase yesterday approved the purchase of 14 lakh tonnes of crude oil at a cost of $600 million for the current year.
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Boy gives up fight for life after 5 days
A seven-month-old child succumbed to his injuries on Sunday night, five days after it got hurt when the landlady tried to hit the child's mother at Adabar in the capital.
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Gift Bomb
2 JMB men remanded
Two Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) members arrested on Saturday were placed on a seven-day remand yesterday.
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AL won't quit parliament
Decides 14-party think tank
Opposition strategists last night reached a consensus that Awami League should not quit parliament before the ongoing anti-government movement reaches the final stage.
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Nepal rebels abandon unilateral ceasefire
Nepal's Maoist rebels yesterday officially ended a four-month unilateral truce despite pleas from political parties and the United Nations, saying army attacks had forced them back on the offensive.
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Rajshahi interns threaten strike from today
Interns at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital yesterday threatened to start an indefinite strike from the afternoon today seeking implementation of their five-point demand.
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Flash floods kill 31 in Indonesia
Flash floods triggered by monsoonal rains killed at least 31 people and swept away hundreds of houses in Indonesia's East Java, police said yesterday.
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Gas supplies fall sharply in Europe
Gas supplies to much of Europe fell sharply yesterday in the fallout of Moscow's pricing dispute with Ukraine while several nations urged energy-hungry industries to switch to oil and rationing beganin
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Rab, police mistakenly trade shots
A triangular gunfight occurred among the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), police and criminals when police opened fire mistakenly on Rab members engaged in a shootout with the criminals early yesterday.
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2 Jhalakati Judges
Murder case sent to fast trial court
A case lodged in connection with the killing of the two judges at Jhalakati by the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) suicide bomber has been transferred to the Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal (STT)
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