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Madrasas mushroom with state favour
22.22pc growth of madrasas against 9.74pc of general educational institutions during 2001-05
Madrasa education has received more state favour than general education in the last four years, leading to the significant growth of madrasas in Bangladesh.
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Food strike hurts poor ones most
Hygiene drive continues undaunted
Members of the public, including office goers, students, rickshaw pullers and cab drivers, suffered through the first day of a two-day strike called by food producers, since they were unable to take food
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At 9:47am, time stops
Time stops at 9:47am for 24 Juliette Road.
The mobile phone rang exactly at that precise moment. A call from Shahara to her uncle's mobile.
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Curbing Tax Evasion
Wealth info of spouse, kids made mandatory
NBR also offers way to whiten money by paying only 7.5pc tax
From now on, taxpayers must state their dependants' wealth in income tax returns and have to pay Tk 50 tax more per square feet to buy realties with black money.
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No consensus on Safta likely before Saarc summit
Morshed says at seminar on Saarc integration
Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan yesterday said he does not expect any major breakthrough in negotiations on the South Asia Free Trade Agreement (Safta) before the upcoming Saarc Summit.
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JCD leader Idul gets death
Speedy tribunals hand hang order to 13 others
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader Idul and two of his accomplices were sentenced to death in a murder case yesterday.
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Pro-BNP lawyers' conflict flares up
Huda dissolves 2 bodies, rivals cancel his membership
Conflict between two groups of BNP's lawyer ministers and lawmakers flared up yesterday as Nazmul Huda-led faction dissolved the Supreme Court (SC) units of two pro-BNP lawyers' associations, prompting
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Don't vote for those who don't go to Sangsad
PM tells rally
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday urged people to elect their representatives who have worked and will work for them in future, discarding those who don't go to the parliament.
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Security, trade to rule talks with Natwar
Security, bilateral trade, border management, water sharing, and UN reform issues will top the agenda during Indian External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh's three-day official visit to Dhaka on August
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India yet to hand over bodies of 4 Bangladeshis
Indian authorities did not send back the bodies of four lynched Bangladeshi citizens as of yesterday evening, while the incident has raised tension among people on the nearby border areas.
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Benapole port strike enters 14th day
The indefinite strike enforced by the five organisations of port users, including the Clearing and Forwarding (C&F) Agents' Association, continued for the 14th consecutive day yesterday, paralysing export-import
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Cheque Dishonour
Arrest warrant issued against Bidisha
A Dhaka court yesterday issued a warrant of arrest against Bidisha after her former husband HM Ershad's personal assistant filed a case following rejection of a Tk 2.13 crore cheque she owed.
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Rice Price Spiral
Open sale from next month
Against the backdrop of spiraling prices of rice in the market, the government yesterday decided to start open market sale (OMS) of rice and vulnerable group feeding (VGF) for the extreme poor throughout
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14 Marines killed in Iraq blast
Body of American journalist found
Fourteen US marines and one interpreter were killed in western Iraq yesterday when their armoured vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb, the US military said.
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All 309 survive in Air France crash
An Air France A340 jet with 309 people aboard overshot the runway at Toronto international airport and burst into flames after plunging into a muddy ravine, but with flames licking around the fuselage
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Unusual Voter Rise
EC pays no heed to EU allegation
The European Union's allegation about the unusual rise of around one crore voters on the list prepared in 2000 for the last parliamentary election of 2001 has remained unresolved for the last two years
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'Media gag' imposed on EC M Ali
A virtual restriction was imposed on Election Commissioner Mohammad Ali yesterday asking him not to speak with journalists about the ongoing affairs of the Election Commission (EC), following his disclosure
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NGO Workers Killing
US mission hopeful of justice soon
The US Embassy in Dhaka yesterday expressed the hope that the killers of two NGO workers would be brought to justice.
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