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Stray incidents mark shutdown

The countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced on Sunday by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led opposition alliance in protest at the price hike of fuel oils partially disrupted life and businesses in the capital and other cities and towns. Police in riot gear used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up stray processions in the city as pickets burned and damaged passing vehicles and... Full story

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Extra transport cost pushes up goods prices

Increase in fuel oil prices has already started pushing up prices of essential goods as truck owners started charging increased fare. Several traders at Karwan Bazar and Shyambazar in the capital told New Age... Full story

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Mosharraf admits deleting e-mails on Padma Bridge

Former Bridges Division secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, now in jail in connection with the Padma Bridge ‘corruption’, deleted from mail box all his email correspondence with officials of the Canadian construction company... Full story

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No textbooks yet for secondary students

The government is yet to provide secondary students of English version with textbooks which has forced them to attend classes without textbooks for a week. Students and teachers said that the delay in providing the... Full story

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Handcuffed body of BNP leader found

The handcuffed body a Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader was recovered at Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia a few hours after he was allegedly picked up by a group of the Rapid Action Battalion personnel from Sailkupa in Jhenaidah on Saturday. The body of Rafiqul Islam Majumder, secretary of the BNP’s ward 56... Full story

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JS panel opposes fuel price hike

Parliamentary panel on power and energy ministry on Sunday asked the government to roll back its fuel price hike decision to keep public opinion its favour ahead of the general election due in January 2014 at the latest. Full story

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Wasfia Nazreen reaches Vinson Massif

The youngest Everest conqueror of the country, Wasfia Nazreen, reached the peak of the Mount Vinson, the highest point of Antarctica, on January 5, 2013. She is the first Bangladeshi to climb Vinson Massif of... Full story

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Bangladesh above India in all social indicators: Amartya Sen

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has said Bangladesh with its concerted efforts to promote gender equality left India behind in all social indicators. Delivering the GL Mehta Memorial Lecture at the Indian Institute of... Full story

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Venezuela faces uncertainty with Chavez health crisis

Venezuela faced growing uncertainty Sunday as the president, Hugo Chavez, fought ‘severe’ complications in Cuba following cancer surgery just four days before he is scheduled to be sworn in for an unprecedented third term in office. Full story

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Rice export under govt’s consideration

The question of allowing export of rice in a limited scale to ‘check the downward trend of its prices in the domestic market is under the consideration of the government. Officials said, prime minister Sheikh Hasina... Full story

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Prosecution asked to submit report by February 18

The International Crimes Tribunal – 1 on Sunday asked the prosecution to submit its final investigation report against detained Jamaat nayebe amir Abdus Subhan by February 18. Full story

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Prime suspects yet to be arrested

The police till Sunday evening could not arrest the prime suspects in the rape and murder case at Mirpur that took place on Saturday and in rape case at Savar that took place in the middle of November while a court in... Full story

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JS panel advises action against Tazreen owner

A parliamentary panel on Sunday recommended legal action against the owner of Tazreen Fashions Ltd for the death of at least 112 workers killed in a fire at the factory on November 24. Full story

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Robber killed in gunfight with police

A Robbery suspect was killed and three cops were injured in a gunfight between the police and an alleged gang of robbers at on Chakaria-Mognama road at Mohosonia Kata of Chakaria upazila on Cox’s Bazar on early Sunday. Full story

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Temperature may start falling Jan 9

Temperature may fall further beginning January 9 amid a mild-to-moderate cold spell sweeping over the north and the north-east. The Met Office in Dhaka told New Age on Sunday evening that the cold wave... Full story

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PM to address nation soon

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, may soon give an address to the nation, marking her government’s stepping into the final year of its five-year tenure. ‘The prime minister is evaluating the observations of different quarters... Full story

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BSF abducts 4 Bangladeshi nationals from Jhenaidah frontier

The Indian Border Security Force abducted four Bangladeshi nationals from Moheshpur border in Jhenaidah on Sunday morning. Moheshpur police officer-in-charge Anwar Hossain said that the BSF men... Full story

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