Muhith defends offer to legalise untaxed money
Kitchen market starts heating up
Prices of different types of fruits, tea and cigarettes shot up in the city after the finance minister presented the proposed budget for the fiscal 2012-13 on Thursday. The prices of eggs and potatoes... Full storyBGB on alert on Myanmar border
Border Guard Bangladesh remained alert on Bangladesh-Myanmar border after Friday’s communal riots at Maungdaw township in Arakan province of Myanmar. Lieutenant colonel Khalequzaman, commanding... Full storyTitan Tyton saves Poles in opener
Classy Russians in driving seat after Czech win
A vibrant Russia took command of Group A on the opening day of the European Championships with a 4-1 win over the Czech Republic here on Friday. Alan Dzagoev notched... Full storyFour killed in Myanmar
Four people were killed on Friday in religious clashes in western Myanmar, where police opened fire and the authorities declared a curfew to tackle the escalating unrest, officials said. Full story3 teens drowned in Madhabkunda falls
Three teenage tourists from Dhaka, drowned at Madhabkunda waterfalls in Baralekha, Moulvibazar, on Friday as they went beyond the danger mark. Baralekha police re-coved the bodies of the three students at around 5:45pm. Full storyGovt stand on coal extraction contradictory
The government has been repeatedly shifting its stand on coal extraction from the five identified deposits located in the northern region since it took office in the first week of 2009. Full storyBank borrowing target worries FBCCI
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Friday expressed concern over the government’s plan for high bank borrowing for deficit financing in the next national fiscal. Full storyMCCI censures cut in farm subsidy
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Friday expressed concern as the government proposed to slash the agricultural subsidy in the budget for FY 2012-13. Full storyProposed budget is a ‘fiscal illusion and unrealistic’, says CPD
The Centre for Policy Dialogue termed the proposed budget for next fiscal year a ‘fiscal illusion, traditional and unrealistic’, saying that a revolution would be needed in development administration to implement it. Full storyIMF-prescribed measures to lead to deceleration of growth:UO
Unnayan Onneshan, a private think-tank, has said the International Monetary Fund-prescribed measures, incorporated in the proposed budget for the next fiscal year, will have a knock-on effect, particularly... Full story3 killed in Bogra road mishaps
At least two people were killed and 10 others injured as a truck plunged into a roadside ditch in Raroa area in Sherpur upazila of Bogra on Friday morning. The dead are Rostam Ali, 35, son of late Hasen Ali... Full storyDhaka urged to stop India from Tipai plan
Four rights groups in India have urged the Bangladesh government to press India to cancel its planned Tipaimukh dam project on the Barak River in Manipur state. Full storyFive unnatural deaths in city
Five unnatural deaths were reported in the capital between Thursday night and Friday in which two construction workers, two pedestrians and a teenage maid lost their lives. Full storyNext polls to be held under constitution: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami League president, on Friday alerted her party leaders and activists to the opposition’s ‘plot’ to unleash ‘anarchy’ in the name of movement. Full storyDevastation greets Myanmar war refugees
Almost a year after fleeing war in Myanmar’s far north, Kachin refugees have made perilous journeys home to find burned out houses and rotting animal carcasses where villages once stood. Full storyBig budget needed to ensure rapid development: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has defended the placing of a big budget for the 2012-13 fiscal year as she has said such type of budget is needed to ensure rapid development of the country. Full storyOver 100 hurt in B’baria clash
Over 100 people were injured in a fierce clash between the residents of two nearby villages on Kuttarpara Bishwa Road in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria on Friday. Full storyJuba Dal leader killed in Rajbari
A local Juba Dal leader was stabbed to death allegedly by miscreants in Binodpur area of the district town Thursday midnight. The deceased was Shafiqul Islam Sumon, 25, joint secretary of Rajbari... Full storyEinstein was right, neutrino researchers admit
