Babar, Shah Alam
sued again over
Sabbir murder
Tarique’s name dropped off fresh
case filed by CID
Former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar, Bashundhara Group chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, also known as Shah Alam, its executive director Abu Sufian and former lawmaker Kazi Salimul Huq have been sued again for misleading the sensational Sabbir murder case...[ + ]
Govt to tighten monitoring
of NGOs
The government is thinking about tightening the supervision of voluntary organisations as most of them flout rules and indulge themselves in corrupt practices because of a state of impunity persisting in the sector for decades...[ + ]
US won’t accept deviation from
efforts to restore democracy
The United States will not accept any deviation from the path of restoring democracy to Bangladesh with polls and wants withdrawal of the state of emergency for holding a ‘good election’ by December. Richard A Boucher, senior US assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia came up with the views as he addressed a briefing at
the American Club on Friday...[ + ]
Technical education reforms likely in
budget proposal
The government has no plan to take fresh initiatives for education sector in the next budget except for two reforms projects for technical and vocational education, sources in the finance ministry told New Age on Thursday...[ + ]
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Prices of rice, flour dip; soyabean,
onion, go up
The prices of rice and flour continued to decline at the city markets in the past week, still remaining at very high, while the prices of loose soyabean, onions and chicken went up further...[ + ]
Poor response to home loan scheme
makes BB mull revision of terms
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China vice-premier warns of inflation, global slowdown
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