Govt set to miss 2014 literacy target
The government is set to miss the target of illiteracy eradication by 2014, as set in the National Education Policy 2010 and the Sixth Five-Year Plan, as the country observes International Literacy Day... Full storyACC finds links of 30 more local, foreign banks
The Anti-Corruption Commission has found evidence of involvement of at least 30 more local and foreign public and private banks in the alleged swindling of about Tk 3,547 crore by Hallmark... Full storyDocs contradict Sonali board claim
The Sonali Bank board sanctioned at least one loan of more than Tk 65 crore to the controversial Hallmark Group in April 2011 although the directors recently claimed they knew nothing about... Full storyGovt decision leads to illegal gas links galore
Restrictions imposed by the government on providing new gas connections in June 2010 prompted desperate people to take nearly 150,000 illegal domestic connections with help from corrupt... Full storyMuhith says he will talk less
Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Thursday said that he would not talk as much as he used to because he has been advised to be careful in his comments. ‘I will not talk much today as I was... Full storyMajor reshuffle in army
Bangladesh Army in a major reshuffle on Thursday promoted three brigadier generals to the rank of major general and made changes in five key positions, including to the posts of General Officer... Full storyHallmark remarks Muhith offers apology
A day after two senior lawmakers castigated the finance minister for his statement on the Hallmark money scam that the Tk 4,000 crore embezzled was a ‘meagre amount’ , Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on... Full storyTICFA deal soon, hope Dhaka, Washington
US deputy secretary of state William J Burns has expressed the hope that an early conclusion of the Trade and Investment Cooperation Framework Agreement would provide a framework to... Full storyBUET stalemate drags on
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology students were till Thursday undecided about their next course of actions as to returning to classes following the direction of education minister Nurul Islam Nahid Wednesday night. Full storyShahriar terms long grilling by defence as torture
The first prosecution witness against Jamaat’s detained secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, writer and war crimes researcher Shahriar Kabir termed the lengthy cross-examination by the... Full storyICT asks Matia to explain remarks
International Crimes Tribunal 2 on Thursday asked Awami League presidium member Matia Chowdhury, also the agriculture minister, to explain some of her remarks about defence witnesses in war crime cases by September 19. Full story25 killed in ammunition depot blast in Turkey
Twenty-five soldiers were killed and four others were lightly wounded in an explosion at a military arms depot in western Turkey which officials said Thursday was most probably an accident. Full storyACC re-forms inquiry team
The Anti-Corruption Commission re-formed its inquiry team which is delving into the alleged corruption in the appointment of consultants for the Padma Bridge project, an ACC official told New Age on Thursday. Full storyFarroque to move higher court
