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Strike halts river communications
River transport workers on Wednesday went on strike for an indefinite period halting river communications and transport goods on waterways across the country. Thousands of motor launch passengers got stranded... Full story
Govt sets up body to find out errant units
The government on Wednesday appointed a new five-member committee to look into the safety arrangements at readymade garment factories across the country with the objective of checking recurrence of fire which on... Full story
Police use pepper spray
The police on Wednesday fired rubber bullets and tear gas shells and used pepper spray to disperse the non-government teachers and employees, who tried to besiege the secretariat demanding enlistment of their institutions for the monthly pay order facility. The police action for the second consecutive day on the teachers and employees left 30... Full story
Dhaka prepares to face USTR threat
Dhaka is preparing to explain its position to the United States Trade Representative in response to the latter’s threat to withdraw the generalised system of preference facility for Bangladeshi... Full story
Upazila chairmen demand ‘charter of duties’ for MPs
Upazila parishad has turned out to be a ‘good for nothing’ body due to non-implementation of the upazila parishal law, alleged the Upazila Parishad Association of Bangladesh on Wednesday. Full story
METRO
Transport owners demand bus fare hike in Ctg
Transport owners in the Chittagong city on Wednesday demanded increase in bus fare to cope with the hike in fuel prices and other expenses. Holding a press conference at the Chittagong Press Club in the afternoon, leaders... Full story
BUSINESS
DSE CEO resigns over board ‘interference’
The chief executive officer of Dhaka Stock Exchange, Musharraf M Hussain, on Wednesday resigned after the board of directors grilled the management team led by Musharraf on the day before over repeated... Full story
INTERNATIONAL
Pakistan, India warn against escalation over border killings
India delivered a dressing-down Wednesday to Islamabad’s envoy to Delhi as it accused Pakistan’s army of beheading one of two soldiers killed in Kashmir, but both sides warned against inflaming tensions. While Pakistan insisted no such incident... Full story
SPORTS
Marshal, Mehrab into record books
Walton Central Zone’s Marshal Ayub and Mehrab Hossain Jr made their way into the record books as they both registered a double century on the second day of their third round Bangladesh Cricket League match against Islami Bank East Zone on Wednesday. Marshal and Mehrab, who earlier scored a century each in the tournament, became the first batsmen... Full story
EDITORIAL
No compromise on quality of teachers
THE announcement made by the prime minister on Wednesday to... Full story
OP-ED
Quantity achieved but quality?
THE results of the primary school terminal examinations 2012 were published in the last week of December. The pass rate marked an increase of 0.09 percentage point; 2,415,351 students or 97.35 per cent passed the examinations. The number of... Full story
TIMEOUT
Aditi presents Tagore’s love songs
The melancholic mood of the Tagore’s sentimental song Amar praner porey choley gelo ke was perfectly transported in popular singer Adity Mohsin’s soothing voice. The audience felt the pain of separation as the skillful Tagore singer’s voice modulation... Full story
LETTERS
I want ‘no’ vote
LATE in 2008, the present government was elected by a resounding margin, with more than 75 per cent of the seats in parliament. In four years, its popularity seems to have been significantly whittled down and... Full story
