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More telecoms tariff cuts okayed
NWD call charges cut to Tk 4.50 a minute
The finance ministry yesterday approved reduced charges for the Nation Wide Dialling (NWD) and International Subscribers Dialling (ISD) calls to compete with the private cellphone operators and curb illegal
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Politics revolves on talks-deadline axis
Politics revolves on an axis between ruling BNP's repeated calls for talks with the Awami League (AL) and the main opposition party's looming threat to dislodge the coalition by April 30.
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Govt renews talks offer to AL
PM not perturbed by April 30 deadline
Ruling BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan yesterday renewed his offer for dialogue with the opposition on the prevailing political situation.
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Plunderers destroy Mahasthan Garh
The systematic plunder of the archaeological treasures of Mahasthan Garh, one of the world's ancient habitations that traces the roots of Bangladesh, has left the national heritage to slip to ruin, local
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Good harvest, exports keep economy growing
Says World Bank in quarterly update
With a 4.1-percent rise in food grains production, the country very likely will achieve the projected 5.5-percent GDP growth in the current fiscal year, says the World Bank in its quarterly update.
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Schoolchildren beg in twister-torn Netrakona
Villagers allege 'very limited' relief in only roadside areas
Largely without food and water for five straight days after Wednesday's twin tornadoes in two northern districts, schoolchildren begged yesterday while most affected families continued to camp out intheir
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11 US troops, dozens of Iraqis killed
Five US Marines were killed in a day-long battle and six US soldiers died in other clashes during a weekend of bloodletting across Iraq, a US newspaper and the military said.
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Controversial Appointment
RU to spend extra Tk 5.5 lakh every month
Rajshahi University (RU) is most likely to suffer an 'unnecessary' additional expenditure of about Tk 5.5 lakh every month following the 'controversial' appointment of 544 employees.
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AL to lay siege to Secretariat, PMO on Apr 21
Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil said yesterday they will lay siege to the capital including the PMO and the Secretariat after April 21 to overthrow Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's administration
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Parcel scares US embassy staff
The US embassy staff in Dhaka yesterday panicked mistaking a magazine parcel for a carrier of explosives.Alarmed at receiving the parcel weighing 7.
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Rising prices push govt to import sugar
The government has at last resorted to its own market instruments to control price spiral of essentials, allowing Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) to import sugar, the price of
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Tele-tapping to help cut crimes, minister says
The proposed amendment to the telecoms act allowing intelligence agencies to tap phone calls and bust e-mails will help cut rising crime, said Post and Telecommunications Minister Aminul Haque yesterday.
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Case Against Baby Boy
HC issues rule on govt
The High Court on Saturday issued a suo moto rule on the government asking it to explain by April 24 why the proceeding of the criminal case against 3-year old child Iman Ali should not be quashed.
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Kidnapper of businessman arrested
Kotwali police on Saturday night arrested a criminal in charge of abduction and attempt to blackmail a businessperson into paying Tk 5 lakh.
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Close down Taiwanese office in Dhaka
Chinese envoy urges govt as he meets FBCCI chief
China yesterday requested Bangladesh again to immediately close down the Taiwanese office in Dhaka for the sake of 'long term interest' of the two countries.
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BTTB Cellphone
Telecoms minister says no foul play in vendor selection
Post and Telecommunications Minister M Aminul Haque yesterday denied the allegations of foul play in the selection of two vendors for the $76 million cellphone project of Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone
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Quit this month or face 'grim future'
Hasina warns govt at Manikganj rally
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday warned the BNP-led alliance government of a 'grim future' if it does not step down by April 30.
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Gunrunners had political immunity
Arms expert speculates on Ctg haul
The 10 truckloads of arms seized in Chittagong on April 2 could not have entered the country without some sort of guarantee of political and legal immunity, an arms expert said yesterday at an opinion
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Proshika HQ under Jubo Dal siege
Activists call its chief AL agent, demand cancellation of its registration
The youth wing of ruling BNP yesterday besieged the Proshika headquarters in Mirpur and demanded cancellation of its registration as a non-government organisation (NGO), accusing its chief of acting as
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Suu Kyi to be freed in few days: UN
Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be released in the "next several days," UN envoy Razali Ismail said yesterday.
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Sexual Abuse
SUST students demand arrest of JCD man
Thousands of agitating students of the Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST) yesterday brought out a procession and held a rally in the campus demanding punitive actions against the JCDcadre
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Hasina can't meet wife of Rabbani
Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina was not allowed to meet the wife of the fatally-wounded Managing Director of Korean Export Processing Zone in Chittagong Golam Rabbani at their Navy Headquarters
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Ahmadiyyas urge govt to lift ban
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Bangladesh yesterday urged the government to withdraw the ban on its publications, terming the government move 'unjust'.
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River-Link Plan
India should consult Bangladesh before any action
Water Resources Minister Hafiz Uddin Ahmed yesterday said India should not go ahead with its water diversion project through linking the common rivers without consulting Bangladesh.
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Unity a means to replace govt: says Dr Kamal
Conscientious people must unite to replace the ruling alliance with a government mandated through an election free of black money and muscle power, Dr Kamal Hossain said yesterday.
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Vehicles of Nanak, Azam come under gun attack
Ten Jubo League leaders including its Chairman Jahangir Kabir Nanak and General Secretary Mirza Azam MP were injured as unknown miscreants opened fire on and hurled bombs at their vehicles near Rajshahi
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