|
|
|
|
Front Page
|
|
Inflation stands at decade's highest
It is now close to double-digit
Inflation rate on a point-to-point basis in June stood at a 10-year high 9.20 percent, and threatens to reach a double-digit soon due to floods and the upcoming Ramadan.
|
 |
Flood Situation Worsens
Marooned people cry for drinking water
The flood situation continued to deteriorate in most flood-affected districts yesterday while scarcity of drinking water has become a serious problem for the marooned people exposing them to various water-borne
|
|
|
Govt appeals against Hasina's bail order
Full-bench hearing today
The government yesterday filed an appeal with the Supreme Court (SC) challenging Monday's High Court (HC) order granting ad interim bail to detained former prime minister Shiekh Hasina in an extortion
|
|
|
From heyday to doomsday
As trucks lined up yesterday at Banglabandh land port to carry jute goods to Nepal for its growing carpet industry, an opposite development took place in Bangladesh.
|
|
|
EC puts the cart before the horse in Rajshahi
Goes for voter listing without amending electoral roll ordinance
The Election Commission (EC) has started the field level task for preparing a fresh voter list with photographs in Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) area without amending the existing electoral rolls ordinance,
|
|
|
Khaleda avails NBR amnesty
Pays Tk 33 lakh tax to legalise undisclosed money
Ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia yesterday paid Tk 33 lakh to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) under an amnesty offered to tax dodgers to get their undisclosed money legalised.
|
 |
City roads in bad shape
Almost all roads in the capital have turned into patchworks of potholes and craters due to substandard construction and torrential rain.
|
|
|
Another jute mill blows final whistle
As the authorities announced closure of the Peoples Jute Mills Ltd (PJML) in Khulna late Tuesday night, many of the employees gathered at the factory entrance broke down in tears.
|
|
|
2 US congressmen write letter to CA
Ask govt to respect HR, law
Two US Congressmen have contended that the recent high- profile arrests in Bangladesh, including that of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, only give credence to speculations that the caretaker government's
|
|
|
Govt steps unlikely to work
Observes ADB
The government initiatives to control spiraling prices of essentials are unlikely to have any major impact in terms of dampening inflationary pressure, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said yesterday.
|
|
|
Grenade Attack on UK Envoy
HuJi boss Hannan, 3 militants charged
A Sylhet court yesterday framed charges against Mufti Abdul Hannan, chief of the outlawed Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji), and three others for the grenade attack on British High Commissioner Anwar Choudhury in
|
|
|
UGC Reform
1 member quits, defiant 3 others face axe
One of the five members of University Grants Commission (UGC) resigned yesterday following the request of education ministry while three other members would be sacked soon if they do not resign willingly,
|
|
|
Rebels want to exclude Khaleda
Claims Hannan Shah
Blasting pro-reform BNP leaders for announcing reform proposals beyond the party constitution, Brig Gen.
|
|
|
Wealth Report
ACC has nothing to do with Hasina's letter
In response to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's letter to the Anti-Corruption Commission chairman, the ACC secretary yesterday said they have nothing to do with it and she will have to submit her
|
|
|
Ex-BCL secretary Iqbal arrested on extortion charge
The anti-crime taskforce members yesterday arrested former Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) general secretary Iqbalur Rahim from the city's Shegunbagicha area and later he was charged in an extortion case,
|
|
|
DEPZ factory still smoulders
The Jon Sing Textile Mills inside Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) was still smouldering last night, around 30 hours after a fire broke out in the factory.
|
|
|
DU finds 37 more fake students
A fact-finding committee formed to investigate admission forgery at Dhaka University (DU) yesterday primarily identified 37 more fake students who got admitted to the university through fraudulent means.
|
|
|
Undeclared Money
Deadline now Sept 30 for legalisation
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday extended the deadline for legalising undeclared but lawful income till September 30, 2007.
|
 |
Mumbai Blasts
Sanjay Dutt jailed for 6 years
An Indian anti-terror court yesterday sentenced Bollywood movie star Sanjay Dutt to six years in jail for illegal weapons possession in connection with serial bombings in Mumbai in 1993.
|
|
|
Power Sharing Deal
Benazir's aide may become deputy PM
A nominee of exiled former prime minister Benazir Bhutto may become Pakistan's deputy prime minister under a political deal being worked out with President Pervez Musharraf.
|
|
|
US diplomat for lifting ban on politics
US Charge d' Affaires Geeta Pasi yesterday urged to lift the ban on politics saying it is required to bring positive change in Bangladesh. "Dialogue is part and parcel of an effective reform process.
|
|
|
15 militants killed in fierce Pak clash
Pakistani troops backed by helicopter gunships killed 15 pro-Taliban militants in intense fighting in a troubled tribal zone bordering Afghanistan yesterday, the army said.
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
© thedailystar.net, 2007.
All Rights Reserved. |
|
|
