Staff ReporterJustice Abdur Rouf told in a roundtable yesterday that women’s development in Bangladesh would not be possible by blindly following western concepts of man and family. He said that the western world that over time lost family values was now running back to those realising their importance. He was presiding over the roundtable […]

Staff ReporterThe price of different varieties of rice registered a slight fall in the city’s retail and wholesale markets. In recent days the price of coarse rice has declined by Tk 50 to Tk 60 per maund and other varieties of rice have registered a fall of Tk 1 to Tk 2 per kg at […]

Staff ReporterHundreds of people - mostly children- are arriving at hospitals across the country daily. As last week, diarrhoeal diseases have been reported in more than 50 of the country’s 64 districts, with over 20,000 people affected over the past 10 days, said hospital sources.According to the Ministry of Health, about 10,000 new patients were […]

RU CorrespondentThe working journalists of Rajshahi University (RU) campus on Friday called for revoking a set of rules circulated by the vice-chancellor of the university to be followed by them in the discharge of their professional duties.RU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Altaf Hossain on Thursday sent a letter containing a set of rules to be followed by […]

UNB, DhakaIssues relating to unconditional release of detained party chief Sheikh Hasina will be the main agenda of Awami League during the proposed formal dialogue with the caretaker government, said acting AL president Zillur Rahman.“First, we’ll raise the issue of Sheikh Hasina’s release during the dialogue with the caretaker government as it is our main […]

Sheikh Arif Bulbon & Shamim Jahangir
The price of fowl meat has increased between Tk 50 and Tk 100 per kilogram in the kitchen markets within a month as production of the local and farm chicken declined following the bird flu scare in March. The local chicken was sold at Tk 150 per kilogram a month […]

Mamunur RashidMembers of intelligence agencies and law enforcers, hunting down for Jibon Singh, in connection with the theft of the Nobel Prize medal of poet Rabindranath Tagore, suspect that the main accused was living incognito in the capital.Jibon, a leader of Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), an insurgent outfit of Assam, and his local associate Abul […]

Staff ReporterNew “Jute Policy 2008″ should not follow the IMF and WB recommended jute sector alteration strategy. It should ensure the maximum national benefits, diversifying the production and use within the country and abroad.“It has been realised that the adoption of IMF and WB suggested jute policy actually suggests to shut-down state-owned jute mills in […]

Agencies Myanmar’s junta seized U.N. aid shipments Friday meant for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week’s devastating cyclone, forcing the world body to suspend further help.The aid included 38 tons of high-energy biscuits and arrived in Myanmar on Friday on two flights from Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates.“All of the […]

UNB, Dhaka
The record of the Niko graft case against detained former Prime Minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina was sent to the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s court yesterday for trial, following the submission of charge-sheet Wednesday.Sessions Judge M Azizul Haque accepted the charge-sheet and issued warrant of arrest against the other accused who are absconding.The […]