THE DAILY NEWSPAPER Write to the editor » Price spiral » Show your courage Pages Front Page « National « Metro « Business « International « Sports « Editorial « Op-Ed « Home « Timeout « Letters « Others Archive « Special Supplements « New Age Ekushey Special New Age New Year Special Search this site   Hasina admitted to hospital Doctors advise sending her abroad The detained former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami League president, was Tuesday morning admitted to Square Hospital in Dhaka for treatment. A team of five physicians after examining Hasina at the hospital recommended sending her to the United States where she earlier received treatment for her ear[ + ] Increase in essential goods prices worries Fakhruddin The government on Tuesday decided to take certain measures to stop spiral of essential goods prices, said the commerce adviser, Hossain Zillur Rahman. Some specific decisions were made in this regard at a special meeting, presided over by the chief adviser, Fakhruddin Ahmed. Zillur also said the head of the government was deeply concerned about the price situation...[ + ] ACC sues 7 RPGCL men for Tk 11cr loss The Anti-corruption Commi-ssion on Tuesday filed two cases against seven former and incumbent officials of the Rupantarito Prakritik Gas Company Limited and two businessmen for embezzlement of around Tk 11.22 crore in installing compressors, appointing contractor for four CNG stations and CNG sales...[ + ] HBM Iqbal jailed for 13 years Wife, sons, daughter for 3 years each A special judge’s court on Tuesday jailed former Awami League lawmaker HBM Iqbal for 13 years and his wife Momtaz Begum Dolly, two sons Moyeen Iqbal and Imran Iqbal and daughter Nowrin Iqbal for three years each for amassing illegal wealth and hiding assets in the wealth statements...[ + ] Other Headlines » Food prices rising relentlessly » No change in inheritance law: law adviser » Civil society leaders find faults in draft of right to info law » Niko case report likely Thursday » AL demands release of Hasina for treatment abroad » AL, CPB for identical programmes on common issues » Mashrafee recalled for 2nd ODI » Aussies scrap Pakistan tour » Musharraf summons Pak parliament on March 17 » Twin suicide attacks kill 26 in Lahore » Fakhruddin leaves for Dakar to attend OIC summit » Counsels debate HC jurisdiction over Khaleda’s writ » Hafiz speaks up for CEC, EC, demands party unity without preconditions » Promulgation of new ordinances on local govt bodies by March » Finance ministry allocates Tk 700cr subsidy to BPC » Forced marriage in Britain higher than official figures: study » 39 killed as Iraq, US ponder future American role » Farmers block road for fertiliser » Army given charge to check fertiliser smuggling » Jagannath Univ erupts in protests over teacher assault » Ex-secy Shamsuddin made envoy to Kenya » Nepal’s monarchists launch drive to save king » Disasters killed 20,000 in 2007: study » Assets worth Tk 30 lakh gutted in Ctg Turnover at bourses hit record high Turnover at the Dhaka and Chittagong bourses on Tuesday hit record highs at Tk 409.32 crore and Tk 66.96 crore because of heavy trading at the markets. ‘Investors carried out huge trading amid the dividend announcement period of the banking stocks,’ said Ahmad Rashid Lali, senior vice-president of the Dhaka Stock Exchange...[ + ] SEC approves Tk 100cr ICB NRB mutual fund The Securities and Exchange Commission at a meeting Tuesday gave approval to the largest ever mutual fund ICB AMCL 2nd NRB Mutual Fund for floating initial public offers. ‘The Tk 100 crore mutual fund is the biggest among the mutual funds listed with the bourses,’ said Farhad Ahmed, executive director of the SEC...[ + ] Other Headlines » China delegation advises exporters to explore Chinese market » Tata launches new CNG-bus chassis » Biman to close domestic flights except Ctg, Sylhet » BRAC Bank signs deal with Intraco CNG » EBL launches travel loan » SEC fines 10 ACI directors, Mercantile Bank » Bangladesh gets $14.56m export orders » Cathay Pacific Airways extends network » Tata Motors to raise $1b fund for expansion » China’s sovereign wealth fund broadening scope » Taiwan’s TSMC to invest billions to expand capacity » China’s inflation near 12-year high » ECB pumps €9b into eurozone to offset liquidity shortage » Japan marks funeral for 2G phones » IEA says high oil prices not just speculation » Fed pumps up more liquidity with other central banks » US trade gap widens to $58.2b in January » German investor confidence rallies » Japan opposition rejects BoJ chief candidate » MTB signs deal with ITCL for sharing ATM & POS » PBL inaugurates Raozan branch » Dollar dives to record euro low » US law could interrupt flow from Canada’s oil sands » Stock Watch Weekend Mastermind of BRAC Bank heist arrested The detective police on Monday arrested two persons, including the suspected mastermind of the Dhanmondi BRAC Bank heist, from the city outskirt of Keraniganj. The law enforcers have so far arrested 19 suspects, including four women in connection with the robbery and managed to seize six kilograms of looted ornaments from their possession..[ + ] Khulna Met Office to introduce PBO this year The Khulna Meteorological Office is going to install a Pilot Balloon Observatory by this year to read the wind speed and direction in the atmospheric height of up to 25 kilometers from the ground. At present, Khulna Met Office can measure the actual wind speed and direction only up to 10 meters and cannot meet the demand of the aircrafts passing through the airspace of the country, particularly over the Sundarbans, officials at the office said...[ + ] ‘Spin could backfire on Bangladesh’ Bangladesh’s decision to prepare a turning track to entrap South Africa in the second one-day match at Mirpur today could backfire on them, warned visiting spinner Paul Harris. ‘It looks drier than the Test match, though I wasn’t here then. I think it will turn especially in the second innings. Obviously it is encouraging for me being a spinner,’ Harris told reporters...[ + ] Mascarenhas makes English history Dimitri Mascarenhas on Tuesday signed to play in the Indian Premier league, becoming the first Englishman to be involved in the multi-million-dollar Twenty20 event. The all-rounder was snapped up by the Jaipur franchise for 100,000 dollars in the second auction of players for the eight city teams taking part in the 44-day, 59-match extravaganza across India from April 18...[ + ] Editorial » Mere admission of failure to rein in prices not enough » Blockade and pounding Gaza: a crime against humanity Op-Ed » Murders under the guise of accidents » Celebrating events linked to our heritage and history National » Govt to consider tax holiday for CNG filling, conversion stations: NBR chief » BRTC asked to hike Dhaka-Kolkata bus fare by $2 Home » Paddy farming faces setback as Pabna farmers cry for rain » Barisal fishermen promise not to catch hilsa fry International » Malaysian opposition targets race policies, warns govt » Fresh fighting kills 35 in Sri Lanka Timeout » Ten-day show on Beijing Olympic begins on Mar 17 » Liberian band enthrals Bangladeshis   EDITOR: NURUL KABIR FOUNDER EDITOR: ENAYETULLAH KHAN Copyright © New Age 2005 Mailing address Holiday Building, 30, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka-1208, Bangladesh. 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