Many promises not kept
Pressing public issues largely ignored
Partisan issues took precedence over pressing public concerns in the movement carried out by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led opposition last year, though it has apparently been able to win back... Full storyBNP, allies call shutdown for today
Govt to re-fix long-route bus fares
The government is going to re-fix the fares of diesel-run buses carrying passengers on long routes in the wake of the latest increase in fuel prices. Associations of transport owners and workers urged the government... Full storyMove to up PM’s travel allowance by 150pc
The Cabinet Division has proposed an increase in the travel allowance of the prime minister by 150 per cent, raising the daily payment to Tk 2,500 from the existing Tk 1,000. The government in December 2012 initiated... Full storyFuel price hike to wreak havoc on economy: CPD
Centre for Policy Dialogue on Saturday said the latest fuel price hike would escalate non-food inflation which would put a tremendous pressure on people, particularly the fixed-income group. Full storySchoolgirl killed after gang rape in city
A schoolgirl was murdered after gang rape by miscreants in a slum on Haji Road at Mirpur in the city on Saturday. The body of the 10-year-old girl was found hanging from the ceiling of a thatched house in Jhilpar slum... Full storyOutrage as boyfriend of Delhi rape victim speaks
Claims of police incompetence and public apathy stirred fresh outrage on Saturday in the case of a New Delhi gang-rape victim after her boyfriend recounted witnessing the horrific crime for the first time. Full storyBCL men assault photojournalists at DU
The Ruling Awami League-backed Bangladesh Chhatra League activists beat up a photojournalist and manhandled four others on Dhaka University campus on Saturday. The five photojournalists were covering... Full storyBNP leaders attending triggers discontent in party
Some senior BNP leaders attending a rally organised on Saturday to push for the release of businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun triggered a quiet discontent among the party leaders and activists. Full storyVenezuela assembly meets amid Chavez health crisis
Venezuela’s National Assembly is set to meet Saturday to elect its leadership and likely thrash out the country’s political future as the president, Hugo Chavez, battles cancer in Cuba and debate rages over... Full storyFactory closure prompts workers to besiege BGMEA office
Independent inquiry into Kalpana abduction demanded
Right activists on Saturday rejected the final report submitted by the Criminal Investigation Department that could neither identify the abductors nor find the whereabouts of hill women’s leader Kalpana... Full storyStudents block road, rally for raising job age limit
