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Power secy under fire over supply situation
Awami League lawmakers on Tuesday came down hard on power secretary Abul Kalam Azad for his ministry’s failure to ensure smooth supply of electricity in the country as promised by Sheikh Hasina’s government. Full storyGovernance improvement cell at PMO on cards
The government is going to establish a cell, headed by prime minister’s adviser Gauhar Rizvi, to improve governance, status of which is not encouraging under the present regime, officials said. Full storyFund crisis holds back 2 low-cost power projects
Uncertainty looms large over the implementation of two major power projects of a combined generation capacity of 682MW as Summit Power that is implementing the project, is yet to arrange the required loan of about $389 million. Full storyRobbery case filed against 12 RAB members
A case was filed on Tuesday accusing 12 members of the Rapid Action Battalion, including the outgoing RAB-7 commander, lieutenant colonel Zulfiqar Ali Majumder, of committing a robbery at Darbar Sharif at Talsara village in Anwara in November 2011. Full story3 ‘muggers’ lynched in Keraniganj
Three suspected muggers were beaten to death by a mob at Rohitpur under Keraniganj Model thana in Dhaka on Tuesday. The deceased could not be identified immediately. The police said Sohag, 26, son of Majibar of Belna village and... Full storyAL-led alliance to hold rally in city today
The ruling Awami League-led alliance will hold a ‘grand rally’ on Bangabandhu Avenue in the city in protest against ‘conspiracies’ to foil the war crimes trial. The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, also the... Full storyVerdict on Bangladesh, Myanmar maritime boundary dispute today
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is set to deliver its judgement on the dispute concerning the delimitation of the maritime boundary between Bangladesh and Myanmar in the Bay of Bengal... Full storySQC indictment on March 20 All six applications rejected
The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday rejected six applications filed by the detained Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury. Rejecting the applications, including one... Full storyIndia ride on Gambhir, Kohli tons
Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli slammed centuries as India trounced Sri Lanka by 50 runs in their first match of the Micromax Asia Cup at Mirpur on Tuesday. Full storyProsecutor’s clumsiness forces ICT to reset Quader’s charge-hearing for today
The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday adjourned the hearing in indictment of the detained Jamaat assistant secretary general Abdul Quader Molla till this morning due to clumsiness of a prosecutor. Full storyGovt asked to stop constructions on Cox’s Bazaar beach
The High Court on Tuesday directed the government to take steps to stop all sorts of construction within the ‘ecologically critical zones’ in Cox’s Bazaar and Teknaf beaches. Full storySpeaker rejects 76 adjournment notices of opposition
Speaker Abdul Hamid on Tuesday rejected 76 adjournment notices of of opposition Members of Parliament saying they were absent from the House. After the day’s sitting resumed, the speaker said he received 76 adjournment... Full storyATM Shamsuzzaman’s son kills elder brother
Renowned actor ATM Shamsuzzaman’s eldest son was knifed to death allegedly by his youngest son at Sutrapur in the old part of the city on Tuesday afternoon. The dead Quamruzzaman Kabir, 36, was a car trader and a resident of ... Full storyPrinters threaten tough agitation against int’l tender
Local textbook printing companies on Tuesday said they would go for tough agitations if their demands for cancellation of the international tender for printing primary textbooks for 2013 academic year were not met by March 18. Full storyGraft, red-tapism block dev efforts: Quader
The commerce minister, GM Quader, has said two serious diseases — corruption and red-tapism —have stood in the way of the country’s rapid progress. ‘If these two diseases can’t be cured, other problems will... Full storyGhulam Azam’s indictment hearing deferred
The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday deferred until March 19 the hearing of arguments of defence counsels opposing the indictment of detained former Jamaat amir Ghulam Azam on war crimes charges. Full storyAsia climate disasters displace 42 million: ADB
Climate-related disasters have displaced more than 42 million people in Asia over the past two years, the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday in a report calling for swift action to avert future crises. Full storyPhotojournalist Shawkat Jamil no more
