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Power subsidy to hit record Tk 90b
Power sector subsidy in the current fiscal will reach an all time high amount of Tk 9,000 crore because of costly electricity generated by quick rental power plants, officials said. According to the ministry of finance... Full story
ACC starts Sonali scam probe
The Anti-Corruption Commission has started inquiry into an allegation of embezzlement of around Tk 500 crore from three more branches of Sonali Bank. The three branches are the Sonali Bank’s local... Full story
Mashiur enigma persists
The prime minister’s international affairs adviser, Gowher Rizvi, left the capital for Washington on Sunday night on a mission aimed at reviving the Padma Bridge credit which was cancelled by the World Bank on... Full story
Five-year jail term, fine for MLM fraudulence
The Cabinet on Monday endorsed in principle the draft of the Multi-Level Marketing Control Bill 2012, stipulating provisions for a maximum of five years’ imprisonment and Tk 50 lakh fine for running such businesses without licence. Full story
EC ready for polls in 90 days: CEC
The chief election commissioner, Kazi Rakib Uddin Ahmed, has said they are always ready to hold the polls within 90 days and left it to parliament to decide as to how the next general elections will be held. Full story
METRO
Minorities rally for pry edn in mother tongues
Student leaders of hill tracts on Monday demanded initiating primary education system in mother tongues of the national minorities and increasing reserved quota in different institutions. Full story
BUSINESS
Economists ask govt not to hike fuel, electricity prices further
Criticising the continuous fuel and electricity price hike by the government, economists on Monday recommended that the government would not make any further hike as per the suggestion of International Monetary Fund. ‘Any further hike in... Full story
INTERNATIONAL
UN should refer Syria conflict to ICC: HRW
The UN Security Council should refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court, an international rights watchdog said on Monday. ‘An ICC referral would give the ICC jurisdiction to investigate crimes... Full story
SPORTS
‘The defeat will shake us up’
The five-run defeat against Ireland in the last warm-up match before the ICC World Twenty20 will be a wake-up call for the side, said Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan on Monday. Full story
EDITORIAL
Court verdict may not resolve political stalemate
The detailed verdict of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on... Full story
OP-ED
The impossibility of justice: habeas corpus as a paradigm
The Supreme Court decision in the Inder Singh case came a little over ten years later. Seven persons were abducted on the orders of a Deputy Superintendent of the Punjab police, who suspected that they... Full story
TIMEOUT
Master artists write rhymes with watercolour
Many artists and art critics consider watercolour as a perfect medium for articulating the beauty of landscapes, dreams, illusions and emotions, despite introduction of so many mediums in the contemporary world. Such observation has been... Full story
LETTERS
Unabated selling of pornography
It is a matter of great apprehension that despite the implementation of the new rule of law early this year against pornography, the sale of pornographic CDs and DVDs is still at its full swing all across the city. Full story
