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Stipend project
to extend to
secondary
schoolboys

4.5 lakh to get support

About 4.5 lakh hard-up schoolboys of grades 6 to 10 will get monthly stipend as the government has decided to gradually extend the support to boys this year to bring enrolment parity with girls. Education officials said secondary schools are having more girls than boys since female student stipend was launched in 1994 at secondary level, which was later extended to higher secondary class...[ + ]

Nasim jailed for
13 years, wife
3 years on
graft charges

The detained former home minister of Awami League government, Mohammad Nasim, was on Monday jailed for 13 years on charge of possessing illegal wealth and hiding information in his wealth report. M Firoz Alam, judge of Special Judge’s Court 1 of Dhaka, also sentenced Nasim’s wife Laila Arzumand Banu, who has been in hiding, to simple imprisonment for three years for abetting her husband in the offence...[ + ]

Govt stops cargo handling at private
sector ICD at Ctg

Jobs of several hundred, investment
of Tk 1,000 million endangered

The government has asked a private sector inland container depot to stop all operational activities from October 22, apparently to protect the Bangladesh Military Academy at Bhatiary, Chittagong, from sound pollution...[ + ]

Begunbari project
okayed to ease
city’s water-logging, traffic congestion

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council has approved a Tk 1473.58 crore development project for Begunbari-Hatirjheel to ease the city’s nagging water-logging and traffic congestion. Work on the integrated project will begin this fiscal and end in June 2010, according to the decision taken at the ECNEC meeting Monday with chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed in the chair...[ + ]

Other Headlines
» Tidal surge hits the cost
» 3 JMB men indicted for Mymensingh cinema bombings
» Chopper escorting Musharraf crashes, 4 dead
» AL working to bridge gap between conformists, dissidents
» B Chowdhury for forming nat’l consensus govt for 10 years
» NBR probe finds Cotecna guilty of undervaluation of 6 Hummers
» Delwar slams Mainul for remark on plan to exile Khaleda
» US appears guilty of torture: Pelosi
» Court orders seizure of documents of Khaleda’s two bank accounts
» Mobile re-registration timeframe extended
» War on terror is fuelling al-Qaeda: report
» Lailatul Qadr tonight
» Uni-track secondary curriculum deferred for one more year
» Maoists propose referendum on monarchy
» ACC sues Obaidul Karim, family
» Che honoured on 40th death anniv
» ‘Designer mice’ pioneers win Nobel for medicine
» Deportation of 3 fugitives puts the wind up gangsters hiding in India
» Dhaka wants peaceful solution to Myanmar crisis
» Junta names point man for relations with Suu Kyi


Adviser asks RMG units to go to stock market

The finance and commerce adviser, AB Mirza Azizul Islam, on Monday asked the readymade garment manufacturers to list their companies with the stock exchange to accumulate capital for expanding their factories to meet the growing international demand...
[ + ]

Local bidders examining Oriental Bank’s health

Three local bidders have started examining financial and physical conditions of Oriental Bank before they firm up financial offers for stakes in the beleaguered private bank...[ + ]

Other Headlines
» StanChart’s AEB deal speeds up private bank plans
» DSE general index hits new record
» Colombo begins int’l bond road-show
» Philippines may review growth targets
» EU finance ministers discuss dollar woes
» Korea, ASEAN agree on FTA on services
» Australia to join WTO probe against China
» Greenspan sees US economy slowing
» India to assist exporters as rupee rises
» Credit crisis not over, will impact govt budgets: Rato
» 26yr woman China’s richest person
» China to spearhead strong steel demand in 2008: IISI
» Strong foreign orders still boosting German manufacturing
» SAP agrees 4.8b euro buyout of Business Objects
» Minsheng Bank to take first Chinese stake in US lender
» Airbus CEO complains of being treated like a criminal
» Costa Rica backs FTA with US: president
» Vodafone commits $10m for Foundation in India
» Banglalink, Trust Bank sign agreement
» Euro below $1.41 amid eurozone finance meet
» Oil prices fall in Asian trade
» Stock Watch


New Age Eid Special


Weekend


Water crisis deepens in
capital

City dwellers have been facing acute crisis of water for the past couple of weeks due to supply shortage in the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority lines. The people of different areas, including Kalyanpur, Badda, Shewrapara, Kazipara, Senpara, Kadamtala, Basabo, Madartek, Mohammadpur and many parts in Old Town, complained about water crisis in their respective areas...[ + ]

Handloom apparels attract Eid shoppers

Handloom apparels of branded boutique shops in the Dhaka city are drawing much attraction of Eid shoppers, particularly young people this year. Customers, mainly fashion-conscious young people, are crowding boutique shops every day to buy handloom dresses with only few days left for the Eid festival...[ + ]



Bangladesh hold Tajikistan

Bangladesh pulled off a creditable 1-1 draw against Tajikistan in the home match of the World Cup pre-qualifier at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. On a heavy field due to incessant downpour Bangladesh played a controlled brand of football never allowing the visitors to dominate the scene. Midfielder Zahid Hossain in one sense spoiled the chance of a possible Bangladesh victory by his unnecessary foul on Dilshod Vasiev in the 57th minute that resulted in a penalty...
[ + ]

BCB unveils
cash-rich NCL

Money will fly all over the National Cricket League as the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Monday revealed an ambitious plan for the upcoming first-class competition, scheduled to begin on October 19. The total budget for the league rose to 4.15 crore from 2.56 crore last season after the BCB decided to increase the spending in a bid to compensate the players, who had earlier showed any interest in the laborious competition...[ + ]


Editorial
» Punish corrupt businesspeople, don’t let their businesses suffer
» MDG campaign: a compact of treacherous silence
Op-Ed
» The Rohingyas have a right to return to Burma
» Sri Lanka may follow Nepalese model

National
» JICA to study feasibility of 450MW Bheramara power plant
» Dhaka agrees on transit to Nepal via Rohanpur
Home
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» Two killed in Rajshahi, Narail
International
» SL accused of stage-managing UN rights mission
» IAEA chief arrives in India as nuclear row rages
Timeout
» Antare Jagichho: an album of Tagore songs
» NTV Samayiki tonight

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