Staff Reporter
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts has recommended nationalising all primary (registered) and community schools across the country.The recommendation was made at a meeting of the committee held at Sangsad Bhaban with its chief Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir in the chair.Briefing reporters, the Committee Chairman said there are 19,700 primary schools, cent per cent [...]

DU Correspondent
The Dhaka University (DU) family yesterday observed Black Day on the campus with demands to the government to take necessary steps to identify the ‘main culprits’ behind the torture of DU teachers and students during and after the unrest on August 20, 2007 at DU.They also demanded a fresh investigation into the August 20-22 [...]

Syful Islam
The Government needs to play a vital role to help minimize the sufferings of lower middle and low income groups of people caused by price hike of essential commodities.Spread between income and expenditure of people of these groups nowadays become very high as the cost of living rose significantly.“Prudent monetary policy has to be [...]

Staff Reporter
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police slammed a ban on all public meetings, protest rallies, processions and any other programme on the streets of Dhaka metropolis with effect from Monday until further order.According to a DMP press release issued yesterday, by the DMP Commissioner AKM Shahidul Haque, meetings, processions or demonstrations on the roads caused traffic [...]

Jamal Uddin
Dr Akbar Ali Khan, former adviser to the Caretaker Government, has underscored the need for bringing down inflation which is making life difficult for all section of the people. In an exclusive interview with the New Nation, he said the government should help particularly the poor sections of the people to overcome the [...]

Sahidul Islam Rana
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister GM Quader is waiting for directives from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with regard to a few recommendations sent to her earlier seeking direct intervention for a smooth running of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.A widespread dissatisfaction is there in the civil aviation and tourism ministry centering on tussle between the [...]

Staff Reporter
The High Court yesterday set Monday for delivering judgment relating to a contempt of court rule issued against founder Editor of daily Bangladesh Today Mohammad Asaf-ud-Daula.Former Secretary to the government Asaf-ud-Daula, who offered unconditional apology in connection with the contempt of court charge, was standing from around 11 am to 3:15 pm (except one [...]

UNB, Dhaka
Arafat Rahman Koko who had been on parole for treatment in Bangkok was asked to return home by August 31 and surrender before the court, official sources said here Thursday.Koko, the youngest son of BNP chair and ex-PM Khaleda Zia, is facing a number of corruption cases. He was arrested during the previous caretaker [...]

UNB, Dhaka
EU Ambassador in Dhaka Stephan Frowein on Thursday expressed disappointment over persisting “hostile” politics here with parliament not functioning well, but hoped the country would not face the situation like that of 1/11.“Still the country is in confrontational politics as before. Hostile relation has not changed…This is a pity that this confrontational politics and [...]

Staff Reporter
Fortune favours Dhaka City Corporation drivers as they created classic stories of rising from rags to riches. Their bosses wouldn’t disagree that over half a hundred DCC drivers minted millions out of the spare fuel oils, some of whom now drive luxury cars of their own, reports banglanews24.org, a web-based news agency. [...]