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Perc slams Airport Road facelift
Points finger at Nazmul Huda, suggests punishment to those responsible for the waste
The Public Expenditure Review Commission (Perc) in its final report recommended punishment to the persons responsible for wasting state funds in the name of a 'beautification and development' projecton
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WB recommends staff wage hike
Asks govt to stamp out NBR corruption
The World Bank (WB) has recommended recruitment of more skilled staff, including experts, and a rise in wages at the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to enhance efficiency and cut corruption in the organisation.
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60,000 cases pending with PDB courts
General consumers owe Tk 1,064 crore
The 16-year-old litigation system of the Power Development Board (PDB), introduced to check power theft, resolve billing disputes and ensure order, is now bogged down with over 60,000 pending cases.
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Water talks open in Delhi today
Sharing of Teesta waters high on joint experts committee agenda
Bangladesh and India begin two-day water talks in New Delhi today hoping to make major strides in long-term water sharing arrangements of seven of the 54 rivers that criss-cross the countries.
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Pvt fixed line phone service in jeopardy
BTRC finalising licensing process, skirting interconnection issue
The move to bring private fixed phone operators under an open licensing system without resolving the nagging interconnection issue will jeopardise the whole process, telecoms experts fear.
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Cabinet okays amendment to Copyright Act
The cabinet yesterday approved amendment to the Copyright Act 2000 aiming to preserve national interest in international trade in the perspective of globalisation as well as attract adequate foreign investment
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Judicial service commission drafted
After dragging its feet for four years on the judicial service commission, the body to be mandated to recruit judges for lower courts, the government has finalised a draft of the body.
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Rejoinder, our reply
The energy ministry has issued a rejoinder to the news headlined "Installation of Gas Pipelines Tk 30 crore being siphoned off by doubling project cost" published in The Daily Star on January 17.
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Shun overtaking to help manage traffic
PM urges, laying foundations of 37-storey car park at Motijheel
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday laid the foundation of the second commercial-cum-parking complex in the capital's business hub Motijheel, renewing her call to follow queue system in driving vehicles
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Dhaka reviewing revised Tifa draft
The US has sent a revised draft for the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (Tifa) excluding a contentious clause that may enable Bangladesh to go ahead with the proposed deal.
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HR fully compatible with globalisation
Amnesty chief tells The Daily Star on the sidelines of WSF
There is no inherent contradiction between globalisation and human rights, Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan told The Daily Star yesterday in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of
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Clashes mark first day of CHT road blockade
The first day of the two-day road blockade programme in the three districts of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and hartal in Khagrachhari yesterday was marked by sporadic clashes between indigenous people
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Decades of wait for promotion
More than eight drug superintendents (DS) at the Drug Administration (DA) headquarters are awaiting promotion for as long as 20 years.
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BNP to hold PP meeting Jan 21 after 1 ½ years
The ruling BNP will hold its parliamentary party meeting at the Sangsad Bhaban tomorrow in a decision that came over one and a half years after a second since the alliance came to power in 2001.
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Body found in Mohakhali
Tejgaon police recovered the body of a young man from Mohakhali yesterday. Police recovered the body of Rafiqul Islam Rana, 24, from behind Metropolitan Hospital at around 11:45am.
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Manik killing protest
Journalists block Rajshahi-Dhaka Highway
Journalists in Rajshahi yesterday observed a token road blockade programme on the Rajshahi-Dhaka Highway demanding punishment to the killers of Khulna journalist Manik Chandra Saha.
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DB men 'beat up' maids at Azam Reza's house
The Detective Branch of Police yesterday went to the residence of Azam Reza, the prime accused in the Jayanti Reza murder case, and beat up three maids on the pretext of interrogation, Rini Reza, sister
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Zia's birth anniversary observed
The 68th birth anniversary of late president Ziaur Rahman, founder of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was observed yesterday.
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