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Fuel price hike seen to fuel inflation, affect GDP

The latest price hike of major petroleum products, particularly of diesel and kerosene, is seen to fuel the already escalating inflation and push the living cost further up. The government increased the prices of diesel and kerosene by Tk 7 a litre – from Tk 61 to Tk 68 – and that of petrol and octane by Tk 5 per litre with effect from Thursday midnight. Now the... Full story

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BNP, allies call general strike for Sunday

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led opposition alliance on Friday announced a countrywide dawn-to-dusk general strike for Sunday to protest against a fresh round of price hike of fuel oils. Full story

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Govt pry schools also charging admission fees

Most of the government primary schools across the country have allegedly been charging admission fees clearly violating the Education Policy 2010, according to guardians and teachers. Full story

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PM okays establishment of cyber tribunal

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has approved the establishment of a special tribunal in Dhaka to deal with cyber crimes such as online fraudulence, extortion and the hacking of computer systems. Full story

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Khaleda with snake basket trying to save war criminals: PM

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Friday said Awami League does not see power as a business but as a scope to serve the people. ‘Power is never a big thing for us, rather protecting the dignity and ensuring... Full story

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13,000 boat people flee Myanmar, Bangladesh

About 13,000 boat people, including many stateless Rohingya Muslims, fled Myanmar and neighbouring Bangladesh in 2012 with hundreds dying during the perilous sea voyage, the UN said on Friday. Full story

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6 killed, 20 hurt as bus, truck collide head-on in Comilla

Six people were killed and 20 injured as a picnic party bus collided head-on with a goods laden tuck on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Chauddagram upazila in Comilla on Friday morning. Witnesses and the police said that the... Full story

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Frustration grips families of missing workers

Families of the missing victims of the deadly Tazreen Fashions fire are passing their days in extreme hardship and uncertainty as the government or the BGMEA did not come forward to help them. Full story

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Economist survey ranks Bangladesh 77th among 80 countries

Bangladesh ranked 77th among 80 countries as the place to be born in 2013 with the best quality of life, according to the report of a new study conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, a sister company of the Economist. Full story

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Girl raped at Savar, housewife at Phulbari

A girl was raped at Savar on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka a month ago and a housewife was raped at Phulbari in Dinajpur on Tuesday. The police on Thursday arrested four of 11 suspects in a case of Savar... Full story

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Realtors ignore Rajuk warning

Although trading in illegal projects is continuing in the ongoing housing fair of the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh, the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha seems to have turned a blind eye to the allegations. Full story

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Hill people, family reject CID report on Kalpana

The family and different organisations on Friday rejected the investigation report of the Criminal Investigation Department on the enforced disappearance of Kalpana Chakma, abducted 16 years ago. Full story

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ACC moves to have prison cell, surveillance system

The Anti-Corruption Commission has taken initiatives to set up its own special squads, a prison cell, and a doctors’ panel and procure a telephone-tracking device, walkie-talkies, and other surveillance equipments to... Full story

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Suicide car bomber kills 27 Shia pilgrims in Iraq

A suicide bomber driving a car killed at least 27 Shia Muslims at a bus station in the Iraqi town of Mussayab on Thursday, police and medics said, as they were gathering to return home from a religious rite. Full story

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10 monkeys, 160 birds seized at Dhaka airport

Authorities at the Dhaka airport on Thursday night seized 10 moneys and 160 birds being smuggled out of the country and arrested a man in this connection. Officials said that they had seized 10 Common... Full story

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Hartal biggest impediment to dev: FBCCI chief

President of the country’s apex trade body Kazi Akramuddin Ahmed has urged the political parties to withdraw ‘harmful’ political programmes like hartal and suggested that alternative programmes should be invented to keep the economy unhurt. Full story

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Sunday’s Degree, BEd exams under NU postponed

Degree (Pass and Certificate Course) and BEd examinations under the National University scheduled to be held on Sunday (January 6) have been postponed due to ‘unavoidable reasons’. Full story

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