Cabinet okays retirement age rise
December 19, 2011
The cabinet on Monday approved a proposal for extending the retirement age of public servants by two years.
Speed up war trial
December 17, 2011
The nation yesterday celebrated the 40th anniversary of independence with utmost honour to the valiant sons of the soil who made the supreme sacrifice to liberate Bangladesh from the Pakistani occupation forces in 1971.
Formal charges against 3 top Jamaat leaders
December 12, 2011
The prosecution team on Sunday submitted formal charges before the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) against the three top Jamaat-e-Islami leaders for their alleged involvement in the crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
Humayun takes first cycle of chemo
September 25, 2011
Writer Humayun Ahmed’s first cycle of chemotherapy ended around 10:30pm Bangladesh standard time on Saturday.
New fares not fully enforced
September 21, 2011
Commuters in the capital yesterday expressed frustration over the transport fare hike for the second time in four months.
DOCTOR for the poor
September 19, 2011
Thousands of miles away from home, someone is living up to his childhood promise: helping the helpless.
No strained relation with US over Yunus issue: FM
September 18, 2011
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has said there exists no strained relation with the United States following the removal of Prof Muhammad Yunus from Grameen Bank.
Education Day today
September 17, 2011
Education Day will be observed today, recalling those who were killedfor protesting against the communal education policy formulated by the Pakistani government in 1962.
America’s pyrrhic experience
September 12, 2011
The frequency and severity of terrorist attacks are so low that the benefits of enhanced counterterrorism expenditures of a trillion dollars since 9/11 are not justifiable by any rational and accepted standard of cost-benefit analysis, writes Dr Habib Siddiqui
Tin Bigha passage brings smiles
September 7, 2011
The people of Dahagram and Angorpota enclaves in Bangladesh have been allowed to move freely through the Tin Bigha Corridor following the consent of India’s prime minister, currently in Dhaka.