Campaigners issue legal notice to govt
Campaigners against genetically modified crops have served a legal notice to government asking it to refrain from commercial release of Bt brinjal, a GM crop, in Bangladesh. On behalf of Farida Akhter,...
View ArticleBRRI in trouble
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) is in a deep crisis due to apparent breach of discipline at its headquarters in Gazipur for the last two days. BRRI Director General Dr Md Syedul Islam,...
View ArticleEC high-ups in the dark
The Election Commission has drafted an amendment to the electoral code of conduct, but surprisingly enough, its high-ups are “in the dark” about the draft. “We’ve not yet seen the draft of the...
View ArticleForced hiring hits project operation
Interference of local influential people, including a ruling Awami League leader, is hindering the operation of a government energy project in Ashuganj, say its officials. The $136 million project to...
View ArticleMueen, Ashraf led abductions
Enamul Huq Khan, son of martyred intellectual Serajul Haque Khan, yesterday testified that Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan led the abduction of his father and seven other intellectuals...
View Article17 kg gold seized at Ctg airport
A man was arrested with 146 gold bars weighing 17 kilograms at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong yesterday morning. The arrestee, Mir Mohammad Shahnewaz Morshed, had started for Dhaka...
View ArticleUnicef lauds Bangladesh
The United Nations children’s agency on Monday commended the Bangladesh government for its commitment to end preventable child deaths in the country before 2035, building on its success of lowering...
View ArticleAFL-CIO slams amended labour law
The American Federation of Labour and Congress of Industrial Organisation (AFL-CIO) yesterday criticised the recently amended Bangladesh labour law, saying it has failed to address key concerns...
View ArticleBASIC Bank rejoinder, our reply
BASIC Bank has sent a rejoinder to a news story headlined “Scam-hit BASIC Bank: Tk 601cr financial anomalies found”, which was published in The Daily Star on July 14. In the rejoinder, the bank came up...
View ArticleMeet the future king
Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate gave the world its first glimpse of their newborn baby son yesterday, cradling the future king in their arms as they left hospital to go home. The Duchess of...
View ArticleRony not resigning
After hours of high drama, Awami League lawmaker Golam Maula Rony yesterday finally did not step down as an MP over beating two journalists. Before meeting the Speaker in parliament, Rony told newsmen...
View ArticleSC verdict any day
Any day, the Supreme Court could deliver the verdict in the appeals filed against the conviction and “inadequate sentencing” of war criminal and Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah. The appeals hearing...
View ArticleHome ministry, Dcs for new police wing
The home ministry yesterday suggested that the government form a separate police wing that will assist deputy commissioners in conducting mobile courts. The suggestion came following recommendations of...
View ArticleStay alert
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the deputy commissioners to work attentively so that unconstitutional government does not return to power in future. “In the past, (the voice of)...
View ArticleGanges Barrage project goes slow
The Water Development Board even in a decade could not complete the feasibility study and structural design of the Ganges barrage, a project crucial to check rising salinity in the country’s southwest...
View Article3 dead after asylum boat sinks off Indonesia
At least three people have died after a boat carrying Australia-bound asylum-seekers sank, amid ongoing debate over the new policy. The boat sank off the Indonesian island of Java, the transit point...
View ArticleBomb kills 1 at Egypt police station
A bomb exploded at a police station in a province north of Cairo early on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding 17 others, Health Ministry and security sources told Reuters. Unknown assailants...
View ArticleChina bans new govt buildings in corruption curb
China has banned the construction of government buildings for five years, according to state media. The move comes as part of a campaign by President Xi Jinping to show that the ruling Communist Party...
View ArticleBreakfast linked to ‘healthy heart’
People should eat breakfast to keep their hearts in good condition, according to researchers in the US. Their study of 27,000 men, in the journal Circulation, showed those skipping breakfast were at a...
View Article20 die in clashes between Mexican police, armed gangs
Violent clashes between armed gangs and Mexico’s security forces killed 22 people on Tuesday, marking a surge in violence in a chaotic western state where President Enrique Pena Nieto is testing a new...
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