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Consumers wilt under burden of power price
Power consumers have started bearing the brunt of the government’s quick fix policy for increasing electricity generation by fuel oil-fired rental plants by paying about 60 per cent more than what they spent before March 2010. The average retail price of electricity has been increased to Tk 6 a unit a kilowatt-hour (unit) from... Full story
Fuel oil prices go up again
The government increased the prices of all fuel oils, except furnace oil, by Tk 5 to Tk 7 a litre with effect from midnight past Thursday. Prices of diesel and kerosene have been increased by Tk 7 a litre, from Tk 61 to Tk 68. Full story
60 hurt in Jamaat-police clashes
At least 60 people were injured as activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student organisation Islami Chhatra Sibir clashed with the police on Thursday when the activists brought out processions in the capital and elsewhere in the country. Full story
Mirza Fakhrul shown arrested
The police on Thursday filed two petitions seeking a fresh 17-day remand for the acting secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, after showing him arrested in two new cases related to violence. Full story
Restrictions on traffic cause huge tailback
Restriction on vehicular movement on the peripheral roads along Hatirjhel-Begunbari project after its inauguration on Wednesday caused huge traffic jams in the surrounding areas. Project officer Md Khijir Khan said from Friday they would... Full story
METRO
Revised route alignment proposed
A revised route alignment for the 20.5-kilometre Dhaka Elevated Expressway over Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover was proposed by the implanting agency on Thursday. The communications minister, Obaidul Qader, at a press... Full story
BUSINESS
Capital machinery, industrial raw material imports slump
The import of capital machinery and industrial raw materials plummeted in the first five months of the current fiscal year, raising fears for the state of the country’s industrial sector and its overall growth. Full story
INTERNATIONAL
Obama signs into law US defence spending bill
The president, Barack Obama, has signed into law a $633 billion US defence spending bill that funds the war in Afghanistan and boosts security at US missions worldwide. ‘I have approved this annual defence... Full story
SPORTS
Sohag, Razzak spin South to top
Spinners Sohag Gazi and Abdur Razzak enabled Prime Bank South Zone to take a slim 16-run first innings lead over Islami Bank East Zone as they shared 10 wickets between them on the second day of their second Bangladesh Cricket League match at Mirpur on Thursday. Full story
EDITORIAL
Continued BSF killings and home minister’s self-defence claim
THE killing of four Bangladeshi cattle traders by the Indian Border... Full story
OP-ED
The hard road ahead
As brutal as the Delhi gang rape is, the danger lies in seeing it as an aberration that calls for a speedy trial and certain death to the perpetrators. While the law must firmly take its course, such an understanding of the events in Delhi limits... Full story
TIMEOUT
Nagorik Natyangan Ensemble’s theatre fest concludes
The six-day theatre festival organised by Nagorik Natyangan Ensemble ended with staging of Bibisab on Wednesday at the National Theatre hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The troupe organised the festival celebrating its 18th founding anniversary. Full story
LETTERS
Create opportunity for women in RMG sector
WOMEN employment in the readymade garments sector is still a dubious issue as they usually receive minimal wages and also have to face numerous difficulties at work. In the garments factory a female worker... Full story
