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Madhumati housing project in flood-flow zone illegal: SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declared illegal the Madhumati Model Town housing project of Metro Makers and Developers Limited in a flood-flow zone at Aminbazar in Savar. Full story
Number of dengue cases on rise in city
An increasing number of patients infected with dengue, a tropical viral fever, are coming to hospitals in the city with 141 cases reported so far as monsoon rain is providing a favourable breeding... Full story
BPC incurs loss of Tk 100 crore in the name of ‘system loss’
The state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation incurs a loss of more than Tk 100 crore in the name of ‘system loss’ in handling imported fuel oils, sources in the oil sector said. Full story
Hajj operators yet to rent houses in Makkah
Private hajj operators said on Tuesday that could not yet rent houses in Makkah as Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited and Saudi Arabian Airlines were delaying their announcement of hajj flight schedules. Full story
NHRC chief asks govt to probe extrajudicial killings, disappearances
National Human Rights Commission chairman Mizanur Rahman on Tuesday urged the government to investigate extra-judicial killings and incidents of enforced disappearances and make... Full story
METRO
Sell tickets for even standing passengers of trains: minister
The communications and railway minister, Obaidul Kader, on Tuesday ordered the Kamalapur railway station officials to sell advance train tickets even for the standing passengers. Full story
BUSINESS
4 mobile cos get renewed licences
The government on Tuesday renewed the 2G licence of four mobile phone operators for 15 years although the companies are yet to pay the full fees and charges. The Minister for Post and Telecommunications, Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju, handed over the... Full story
INTERNATIONAL
250,000 flee as floods paralyse Manila
Half of Manila was under water and 250,000 people fled their homes Tuesday as torrential rain paralysed the city, sweeping away houses, stranding residents on rooftops and triggering a landslide. At least 15 people were confirmed dead as the... Full story
SPORTS
Teary Sanchez fulfils a promise
He was there to cry anyway. But the little drops of rain made Felix Sanchez cry more. It gave him a feeling that his late grandmother Lillian was crying of happiness seeing him on the podium again. After years in the athletics wilderness, the Dominican who once made ... Full story
EDITORIAL
Failure to implement projects reflects on govt incompetence, insincerity
That the government of Awami League Jatiya-Party coalition is... Full story
OP-ED
Syria’s ‘Liberated’ future
A fascinating shift has happened in the US mainstream media: After a year of anti-Syria war propaganda and lies, glimmers of truth are making their way into the public’s view. This may be too little too late: the country... Full story
TIMEOUT
Tagore’s women characters evaluated
Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore’s three women characters were analysed by the foreign affairs secretary Mohammed Mijarul Quayes at a seminar organised by Bangla Academy observe the... Full story
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