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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:48:57 -0500

Hasina for easy access to Bangladeshis in Indian enclaves
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has promised 24-hour access for Bangladeshis living in the Dahagram and Angarpota enclaves located within Indian territory.

Dhaka plans purchase of more combat aircraft, missiles
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government plans to procure fighter aircraft, surface-to-air missiles, helicopters and other armament to strengthen the armed forces.

No cellphone cards for under 18s in Bangladesh
Those below 18 years of age will not be able to purchase cellphone cards under the new rules being enforced by the Bangladesh government.

Hasina vows easy access to Bangladeshis in Indian enclaves
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has pledged 24-hour access for Bangladeshis living in the Dahagram and Angarpota enclaves located within Indian territory.

Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre Opens In Dhaka
DHAKA: The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi, was formally inaugurated here on Thursday by ICCR president Karan Singh. “Bangladesh and India ...

Hearing On Charge Framing On Apr 11
A Dhaka court yesterday fixed April 11 for hearing on charge framing against detained former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar in a tax evasion case. Judge Nasiruddin Mahmud of the Spe...

Woman Found Dead In City Slum
Police yesterday recovered the body of an unidentified woman from a slum at Nobin Bagh in the city's Meradia area. The victim, aged around 25, was wearing salwar and kameez. The body was sent to the D...

Cop Killed In Road Accident
An Ansar member was killed when an oil-laden lorry hit him in front of the Shahjalal International Airport in the city yesterday afternoon. The victim was identified as Mohammad Moholal Miah, 28. He w...

England Without Onions For Bangladesh Tests
London - England pace bowler Graham Onions will miss the two-Test series against Bangladesh because of a back injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Thursday. Onions sustained th...

Govt To Set Up Computer Labs At 1,400 Edn Institutions
The government is working to set up modern computer lab with internet connections at around 1,400 educational institutions as part of building a digital Bangladesh. State Minister for Science, Informa...

Milon Asked To Surrender Before Trial Court
The High Court (HC) yesterday directed former BNP state minister for education ANM Ehsanul Haq Milon to surrender before the trial court in Chandpur within eight weeks in connection with a mobile phon...

Campaign For War Crimes Trial Kicks Off Tomorrow
Sammilita Sangskritik Jote, a platform for cultural organisations, will start countrywide cultural movement tomorrow to make people united in the demand for trial of war criminals.As part of the movem...

Shibir Men Give Info 'spontaneously'
Islami Chhatra Shibir men, who have been detained on charge of killing a Rajshahi University student, are delivering statements "spontaneously" about the involvement of Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, State ...

Foundation Of 22-storey Ccc Office Building Laid
The foundation stone of the new 22-storey administrative building of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) was laid yesterday.CCC Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury laid the foundation stone of the proposed bu...

Court Asks Bashundhara To Submit Statement By April 22
A Dhaka court yesterday asked Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and other defendants in a Tk 200 crore defamation case to submit a statement by April 22.Chairman and Managing Director of M...

Pm Seeks Qatari Investment In Energy Sector
Qatari Minister for State and International Cooperation Dr Khaled Bin Mohammad Al Atiyah calls on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Gonobhaban in the city yesterday. Photo: PID

Army Chief To Visit India From Sunday
Chief of Army Staff Gen Md Abdul Mubeen will leave Dhaka for India on Sunday on a five-day goodwill visit at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Gen Dipok Kapoor.Gen Mubeen's wife and four army o...

Hc Asks Govt To Allow Faisal Morshed To Go Abroad
The High Court (HC) yesterday directed the government to allow Faisal Morshed Khan, son of former BNP foreign minister M Morshed Khan, to go abroad for his business purpose.The HC bench of Justice Sye...

Once Fertile Crop Land Now Looks Like Water Body
Flooded farmlands at Bolorampur village near Barapukuria Coalmine in Phulbari upazila of Dinajpur district have turned into uncultivable area following land subsidence due to geographical faults cause...

English Skills To Open New Avenues In Outsourcing
English in Action (EIA), a joint venture of the Bangladesh and the UK governments to help develop better English communicative skills, was launched at a city hotel yesterday. The project has been laun...

'ensure Transparency In Project Work'
Food and Disaster Management Minister Abdur Razzaque yesterday asked the project implementation officers to ensure transparency in their activities, saying that they can help boost the rural economy b...

'do Not Turn Private Universities Into Commercial Centres'
President Zillur Rahman yesterday asked the authorities of the private universities to ensure quality of education instead of running them as 'commercial institutions'.He made the remarks when a three...

Farmers Besiege Power Station In Pabna
Several hundred farmers besieged the sub-station of Rural Electrification Board-1 (Reb-1) at Handial Union under Chatmohar upazila on Wednesday night as erratic power supply damaged scores of shallow ...

Thakurgaon Jubo League Leader Expelled From Party
Thakurgaon Jubo League General Secretary Abdul Majid alias Apel was temporarily expelled from the party on Wednesday on charge of occupying the house of Sadar Upazila Chairman Sultanul Ferdous on Marc...

Knife, More Iron Rods, <i>jihadi</i> Books Seized
Authorities of Shaheed Shamsuzzoha Hall of Rajshahi University aided by police seize knife, iron rods, about 1,000 books on jihad and huge leaflets from Shibir-controlled rooms yesterday. Photo: STAR

Khagrachhari Mayor Suspended Again
Khagrachhari municipal mayor Mohammad Joynal Abedin was suspended for the second time yesterday on charges of misappropriation of government fund and criminal activities.Senior joint secretary of LGRD...

Siddika Kabir Gets Sheltech Award
Sheltech Chairman Kutubuddin Ahmed, Channel i Managing Director Faridur Reza Sagar and Sheltech Managing Director Dr Taufiq M Seraj hand over a crest to Prof Siddika Kabir, noted culinary artist and n...

Bou Hsc Exams Begin Today
The first and second year Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) final examinations 2009 under Bangladesh Open University (BOU) will begin today.A total of 86,340 examinees will sit for the examinations i...

Hearing On Khaleda's Petition Mar 15
The High Court (HC) yesterday deferred until March 15 the hearing on a writ petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the legality of a government notice asking her to leave the Canton...

Hartal Passes Off In Rangamati
The lash day of two-day dawn-to-dusk hartal called by Samo Odhikar Andolan (SOA), a platform of Bangalee settlers and its student front Parbatya Bangali Chhattra Parisahd (PBCP) yesterday passed off p...

'punish Killers Of Jhenidah College Girl'
Teachers and students of Birshreshtha Hamidur Rahman College joined by local people formed a human chain on Kaliganj-Jibon Nagar highway at Khalishpur Bazar in Moheshpur upazila yesterday demanding ar...

Bnp Leader's House Looted In Noakhali
Robbers injured Kabirhat upazila BNP finance secretary Abdul Hannan and his father and looted valuables worth about Tk five lakh from their house at Lemua Munshi Bari in Narottampur union of Kabirhat ...

Farmer Beaten To Death
A farmer of Birganj upazila has been beaten to death as he allegedly failed to pay the irrigation water bill. A case was filed with Birganj police station yesterday in this regard. Police said victim ...

India, Bangladesh Agree For Joint Patrolling At Frontiers
New Delhi, March 11, IRNA -- India and Bangladesh on Thursday sought to increase coordination to combat cross border terror activities and the joint patrolling of the frontiers.

Bangladeshi Prime Minister To Visit China
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will pay an official visit to China from March 17 to 21 at the invitation of the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang made th...

Tripura Demands More Bsf Personnel Along Indo Bangla Border
The Tripura government on Thursday said it has asked the Centre to provide more BSF personnel and early completion of barbed wire fencing for effective guarding of the 856-km-long porous Indo-Bangla b...

Siddons Sympathises With Raqibul, But Shakib Fumes
Jamie Siddons on Raqibul: "He's obviously an upset kid at the moment, and probably a bit confused, and he may need some counselling from people around him"

Weakened England Should Still Be Too Strong
Big Picture It's been so far, so good for England in Bangladesh, albeit with the occasional fright along the way in the one-day series and a troublesome list of injuries to their quick bowlers. Ev...

Bangladesh Promises Action Against Indian Insurgents Bsf Dg
Bangladesh has promised action against the Indian insurgents who may be operating from their soil, the list of whom was handed over to it by India, BSF Director General Raman Srivastava said on Thursd...

Raqibul Hasan Retirement Bewilders Selectors, Team-mates
retire from international cricket on the eve of the Test series against England has left both his team-mates and the national selectors bewildered, as the squad sets about refocusing for the first Tes...

Bangladesh's Raqibul Hasan Retires At 22
In a shock move, Bangladesh's young middle order batsman Raqibul Hasan has retired from all forms of cricket ahead of the country's first Test match against England, an official said on Wednesday.Hasa...

Dhaka Plans Purchase Of More Combat Aircraft, Missiles
Dhaka, March 11 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government plans to procure fighter aircraft, surface-to-air missiles, helicopters and other armament to strengthen the armed for...

Vaccination Campaign Targets 20 Million Children
Mothers in Panchagarh district, in northwest Bangladesh, travel to have their children vaccinated during a recent UNICEF/World Health Organization-supported immunization campaign.




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