DHAKA: Supreme Court Bar Association President Khondoker Mahbub Hossain Saturday accused the government of ‘nakedly’ interfering into the run of the media and the administration, which he thinks is an insidious action that strikes at the root of democracy.  “The puppet government

Natore: Chasing three suspected car-riding robbers, police nabbed them on the Bonpara-Hatikumrul road connecting the Jamuna bridge highway early Saturday, official sources said.On suspicion, a team of patrol police asked the driver of the private car to halt near the toll plaza on the

Dhaka: An ill-driven bus ran down a bike-riding couple at capital’s Maghbazar level-crossing Saturday, police said, as fatal accidents seem to be occurring in a sequence in the city these days. The duo deceased were Saiful Islam Sahin, 35, and his wife Shampa, 28. Sahin was a senior

Chittagong: The port city saw ‘mock’ e-voting Friday in one of its wards to test Election Commission’s preparation for launching digital polling system in the June 17 Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections. The mock voting through Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) started at 10

BARGUNA: Three pirates were killed in a so-called gunfight with a combined force of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Coastguard members at Majherchar on Baleswar River under Patharghata upazila in the district on Thursday night.The deceased were identified as Kuddus Molla alias Nati

CHITTAGONG: The Election Commission Thursday sued BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Qader Chowdhury MP on charge of making baseless comments alleging voter-list manipulations ahead of Chittagong City Corporation polls.District election officer Farhad Hossain filed the case with

Chandpur: Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni Friday reaffirmed that Ruppur Nuclear Power Plant would be set up during the tenure of the present government for mitigating country’s nagging power crisis. “A treaty has been signed with Russia to this effect, and with the establishment of the

DHAKA: The World Day Against Child Labour will be observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe Saturday with an urge for tackling underlying poverty that breeds child labour, a problem Bangladesh finds hard to resolve.Some 80 lakh children are engaged in different jobs in the

DHAKA: A suspected criminal died Friday after his arrest by Rapid Action Battalion personnel in the capital a day before, police said.The deceased was identified as Biplob, 38, hailed from Gupinathpur in Gopalganj district.Uttara thana SI Kamrul Islam said they found Biplob after Juma

DHAKA: The Daily Amar Desh eventually couldn’t see the light of the day Friday for police action although the management, armed with a High Court order, took initiative for resuming its publication. Tejgaon Thana police kept the press locked since Thursday midnight though the High Court

Dhaka: The ruling Bangladesh Awami League is observing Friday the second anniversary of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s release from jail during the political topsy-turvy under the post-1/11 state of emergency.To mark the day, executive, presidium and advisory panel members of the party

CHITTAGONG: Rapid Action Battalion personnel Friday found a local arms factory and recovered huge arms manufacturing materials at Horarbag village in Boalkhali upazila.Acting on a tip-off, a team of Rab-7, led by ASP Saidul Islam, raided the clandestine ordnance factory in the morning and

CHITTAGONG: Rapid Action Battalion personnel Friday found a local arms factory and recovered huge arms manufacturing materials at Horarbag village in Boalkhali upazila.Acting on a tip-off, a team of Rab-7, led by ASP Saidul Islam, raided the clandestine ordnance factory in the morning and

JESSORE: Assailants slaughtered a local Awami League leader in Panchpukur Kadamtala area of Sharsha upazila early Friday amid an alarming turn in the incidence of crime in the area.The victim, Mujibur Rahman Maju, 25, was a local leader of the ruling party.Quoting family members police

DHAKA: The government increased budgetary allocation for developing country’s information-technology sector with a view to building ‘Digital Bangladesh’ that will board the whole of the country on the global information superhighway.In his budget speech in parliament Thursday,

Box:     Total outlay                 Tk 1,32,170 Cr             Revenue Income         Tk    92,847 Cr            Revenue Expenditure  Tk   93,670 Cr            Deficit                          Tk   

Dhaka: Undertaking newer schemes for the farm-sector development, the government proposed a total budgetary allocation of Tk 7,492 crore for the agriculture sector- both development and non-development combined-- for the FY 2010-11 with a subsidy of Tk 4,000 crore.While unveiling the

DHAKA: The government proposed to raise the prices of both cars and their fuel in the 2010-11 financial year, commencing next month, as a monetary measure to ease the ever-increasing traffic jam in the capital city.Finance Minister AMA Muhith made the twin-proposal to raise the price of

Dhaka: A proposal to allocate Tk 61.15 billion, 61.5 percent higher than the revised budget in energy and power sector, has been made for the 2010-11 fiscal year as the field is in urgent need of huge funds for tapping fuels.Finance Minister AMA Muhith in his budget announcement on

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith took exception to the state of country’s media and said the standard of professionalism in the field fell short of expectations. “At times, the level of professionalism in this field falls short of expectations and I feel saddened at the lukewarm