Friday 3rd September, 2010
Bangladesh to purchase power from Myanmar
Myanmar has agreed to build two hydropower plants aimed at exporting around 575 megawatts of electricity to energy-starved Bangladesh, top officials said yesterday.
Court asks DB to quiz city Jamaat chief at jail gate
A Dhaka court yesterday rejected a five-day remand prayer for Rafiqul Islam Khan, Dhaka city unit chief of Jamaat-e-Islami and directed Detective Branch (DB) of police to interrogate him for two addit...
New Rab DG takes over
Deputy Inspector General of police Md Mukhlesur Rahman yesterday officially took over as the director general of Rapid Action Battalion at its headquarters in Kurmitola.Prior to his appointment, the n...
Tk 1000cr scheme to create job for ultra poor
The Daily StarA programme involving Tk 1,000 crore is set for generating employment opportunities for thousands of ultra poor all over the country.Ministry for Food and Disaster Management will be implementing the ...
Dhaka keen to send Ansar, BDR to UN missions
The Daily StarPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be requested by home ministry to raise the issue of sending members of Ansar and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) to United Nation's (UN) peacekeeping missions when she attend...
Geneva talks to create climate fund begins
The Daily StarA two-day long Geneva Dialogue on Climate Finance began here yesterday to form a new financial fund to face the adverse effects of the climate change.Environment ministers from 46 countries have been ...
Rail link to Tungipara planned
The Daily StarBangladesh Railway (BR) has undertaken a project to construct new railway lines from Kashiani to the grave of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara via Gopalganj. Railway...
Travellers on deck to enjoy discount fares by10pc
The Daily StarBangladesh Inland Waterways (passenger carrier's) Association has decided to reduce launch fares by 10 per cent for passengers to travel on the deck ahead of the Eid.Association President Mahbub Uddin...
Check population boom: PM
The Daily StarPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the ministries and departments concerned, city corporations and municipalities to beef up family planning programmes to control population boom in the country.Th...
BCL cadre that drove nails through RU student's leg held
The Daily StarPolice on Wednesday night arrested a Chhatra League activist of Rajshahi University unit in connection with campus violence.Arrestee Feroz M Arifur Rahman, 25, along with some other BCL cadres severel...
'44 women, children become victim of rape in August'
The Daily StarAt least 77 women were killed in various incidents and 44 women and children became victims of rape in August this year, says a report of Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR)...
Take steps to expand commercial ties with Maldives
The Daily StarPresident Zillur Rahman yesterday emphasised the need for further boosting bilateral and commercial ties with the Maldives through exporting more Bangladeshi skilled and semi-skilled manpower there to...
Cancel WB, ADB loans in agri, education sectors
The Daily StarTwelve civil society organisations at a press conference yesterday demanded that the government should cancel all World Bank (WB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) loans in agriculture and education mi...
4 DB men, 2 others sued
The Daily StarWife of Nurul Islam, who was killed allegedly in firing by the Detective Branch (DB) of police at remote Alinagar village in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj district on Sunday night, yesterday filed a c...
9 BCL men, 7 Shibir cadres punished
The Daily StarSylhet Agriculture University (SAU) yesterday punished nine Chhatra League (BCL) and seven Shibir men for unruly activities on the campus. Among them, SAU unit Shibir president Shabbir Ahmed was expel...
Two dyeing factories fined for polluting Karnaphuli
The Daily StarThe Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined Tk 10.2 lakh to two dyeing factories under anti-environment pollution drive in Kalurghat and Nasirabad Industrial areas in the port city for polluti...
Pay RMG workers' dues before Eid
The Daily StarSramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (Skop) yesterday demanded that workers of ready-made garments and other industries be paid all their dues and overtime bills before the Eid-ul-Fitr, said a press relea...
Green fodder crisis hits flood-hit farmers
The Daily StarAcute crisis of green fodder in Teesta and Dharla river basin areas in Lalmonirhat district adds to the worry of flood-affected farmers, especially those who mainly depend on rearing domestic animals ...
Khulna jail sends names of 9 war crime convicts to tribunal
The Daily StarKhulna district Jail authorities have sent a list of nine war criminals, who were convicted under Collaborators Act and sentenced to the jail, to Internal War Crime Tribunal.The convicted war criminal...
Bodies of youths found in train, sugarcane field
The Daily StarBodies of two young men were recovered from train and sugarcane field yesterday and the day before. Railway police recovered an unidentified body of young man from a compartment of intercity train Lal...
Padma bridge construction starts in January
The Daily StarConstruction of the bridge over the river Padma would start in January next year and is expected to be completed by 2013.About US $ 2.29 billion would be available from development partners including ...
US embassy closed Sept 5, 7
The Daily StarThe United States Embassy will remain closed on September 5 and September 7 in observance of the US Labour Day and Shab-e-Quadr. This closure includes the Consular Section and the American Centre's Ar...
Ruling party men capture shop of JCD leader
The Daily StarA shop belonging to a local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of main opposition BNP, was captured allegedly by ruling party men on Wednesday.Shop owner JCD district unit presiden...
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