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BAU closed after boy killed in BCL infighting

Authorities closed the Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh on Saturday for an indefinite period after a 12-year-old boy was killed in crossfire during Chhatra League factional clashes, which prompted villagers to set fire to three halls... Full story

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Fuel crisis looms

Fuel crisis continues to threaten the country’s energy security as no major discovery has been made in gas sector either by the state-run or foreign companies in last eight years. The last major discovery of a 0.5 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas was... Full story

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Filling stations on strike from today

Owners and workers of filling stations and tank lorries said that they would go on strike for an indefinite period from today as the government was yet to resolve the issue of an increase in their commission till Saturday evening. Full story

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Govt free to look for new sources: WB

Bangladesh government is free to look for alternative funding options for the Padma Bridge project. World Bank’s outgoing country director Ellen Goldstein said on Saturday. The government is always free to look for a new... Full story

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Govt fails to ease Dhaka traffic problems

The transport projects taken by the Awami League-led government for the capital in the last four years have fallen far short of achieving their main objectives – easing the city’s nagging traffic congestion and meeting its... Full story

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DMP chief sets aside need for expert opinions

The government has imported the pepper spray without taking expert opinions and will continue using it to modify policing norms, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police chief on Saturday. Full story

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Algerian army stages ‘final assault’ on gas plant

The Algerian army on Saturday carried out a final assault on al Qaeda-linked gunmen holed up in a desert gas plant, killing 11 of the Islamists after they took the lives of seven more foreign hostages, a local source and the state news... Full story

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Govt seeks end of Padma bridge fund freeze

The government is expected to request the development partners including the World Bank at the Local Consultative Group working committee meeting today to resolve the deadlock over Padma Bridge funding. Full story

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Legal hurdles force ACC to stop stocks scam probe

Legal complications have forced the Anti-Corruption Commission to stop its investigations into the scam leading to 2010-11 capital market crash, commission chairman Ghulam Rahman told New Age on Saturday. Full story

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Ministers sing different tunes on Padma bridge

By singing different tunes on the stalled Padma Bridge construction in last few days, ministers created fresh confusion over the issue. Communications minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that an... Full story

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AL leader shot dead in Tangail

Unidentified assailants shot dead a district Awami League leader near his residence at College Para in Tangail Friday night sparking protest by the ruling party activists in the town on Saturday. Full story

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Homage paid to Zia

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday observed the 77th anniversary of birth of its founder, the late president Ziaur Rahman, with a renewed pledge to intensify the current anti-government movement. BNP and its front and associate bodies... Full story

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ACC to seek Destiny property attachment

The Anti-Corruption Commission is likely to file an application soon with a competent court seeking the attachment of all property the Destiny Group owns in its or other’s name and the appointment of a caretaker to take... Full story

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DEOs to execute plan in secondary schools

The government has decided to introduce mid-day meal in secondary schools in two months with own funds of the institutions aimed at reducing the dropout rate that now stands at 53 per cent, education officials said. Full story

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Scrapping of fuel price hike demanded at public hearing

Consumers and trade body representatives at a public hearing in the capital on Saturday called for scrapping the latest hike in fuel oil prices and demanded suspension of the move for increasing power prices once again. Full story

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Passengers camp out at Heathrow after snow delays

Passengers were forced to sleep on the floor at London’s Heathrow Airport overnight, media said Saturday, after heavy snow grounded hundreds of flights and left thousands of people stranded. Full story

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Teachers rally on

Teachers and employees of secondary schools continued with their strike on Saturday demanding nationalisation of their jobs. Leaders of the teachers on demonstrations said that no classes were held in... Full story

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1 killed in cylinder blast

A worker died in a gas cylinder blast at a polyethylene foam factory in Gazipur on Saturday morning. Liton Miah, 28, injured in the blast at Growbiz Industry Limited, was pronounced dead in a hospital. Full story

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Shaheed Asad Day today

The 44th anniversary of the death of Asaduzzaman, who laid down his life this day in 1969 during a mass uprising against the Ayub regime, will be observed today as Shaheed Asad Day. Full story

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2nd phase Bishwa Ijtema ends today

The second phase of Biswa Ijtema being held on the bank of the River Turag will end today. Maulana Zobayerul Hasan will conduct the final prayers (akheri munajat). Thousands of devotees flooded the Ijtema ground... Full story

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