bdnews24.com, Dhaka
Political parties that sprouted up during the tenure of military-installed interim government (2007-2008) have become sidelined since the Awami League government took office.The parties that appeared to have become serious contenders at the national political stage faded away almost as soon as the larger players came into the scene in the warm-up to the [...]

Mohammad Ali
Legal experts and human rights activists in the country have expressed their deep concern over continuation of custodial deaths even after the High Court has issued directions to stop such incidents.The apprehension has come to the open as a fresh death in police remand prompted an instant agitation in Shariatpur district on Wednesday.Some of [...]

Staff Reporter
A parliamentary watchdog yesterday formed a sub-committee to look into alleged irregularities and corruption in the allocation of plots by the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakhhya (RAJUK). The sub-committee was formed at a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Undertakings at Sangsad Bhaban with its chief ABM Golam Mostafa in the chair.The four-member sub-committee [...]

Mamunur Rashid
Hundreds of vehicles remain stranded in traffic jams at most of the important points in the capital ahead of the Eid.The Government’s effort to ease nagging traffic congestion has failed due to shortage of equipment and lack of coordination among the agencies.Witnesses said the traffic system was disrupted on the city roads. Long tailbacks [...]

BSS, Dhaka
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been placed sixth in a list of the 10 top women leaders of the world prepared by internationally-reputed Time magazine. The list was published in the current week’s online edition of the magazine.Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard topped the list followed by Prime Minister of Iceland Johanna Sigurdardottir and [...]

UNB, Dhaka
Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) and NTPC of India Monday signed an agreement in New Delhi to set up a 1320 MW Power project in joint venture in Bangladesh.Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Tariq A Karim, Indian Power Secretary P Uma Sankar, PDB chairman ASM Alamgir Kabir were present at the MOU signing ceremony.A. [...]

Staff Reporter
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has been spending Tk 40 lakh each month for six additional pilots who have no planes to fly in the emaciating fleet of the national flag carrier, a web-based news agency, yesterday. The pilots, appointed on contract, receive around US$ 57,000 a month - US$ 9500 each. A board meeting [...]

BSS, Dhaka
The Government on Monday appointed elite-anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion’s (RAB) Director General Hasan Mahmud Khandaker as the country’s new police chief.“Hassan Mahmood Khandker has been appointed as the new Inspector General of Police,” a Home Ministry spokesman told BSS.He said the service of Khandker’s predecessor Nur Mohammad, who served as the police chief for [...]

AP, Beijing
China said Monday it had not received word from New Delhi that it had suspended military exchanges, despite Indian media reports that relations had been put on hold after Beijing refused to grant a visa to a top Indian army general from a disputed territory.An anonymous senior Indian official was quoted in the Hindu [...]

Staff Reporter
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday sued Dhaka City Corporation Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka’s son, Ishrak Hossain, on a graft charge as a long-pending notice seeking an account of his wealth went unheeded.Assistant Director of the anti-graft watchdog body Md Shamsul Alam lodged the case with Ramna thana a day after it sued his (mayor’s) [...]