Mannan for massive reform in bureaucracy

A massive reform is needed in the bureaucracy to modernise it as the bureaucrats still follow many age-old rules that have become irrelevant, Planning Minister MA Mannan said yesterday.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Framing A Child: It’s unfortunate if confession was forced

The High Court yesterday said forcing a confessional statement out of accused was “unfortunate for the country”.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Senator urges Nixon to halt Pakistani ship

The office of Senator Edward M Kennedy said today the state department had informed the senator that two Pakistani freighters now en route from New York to Karachi were carrying ammunition for the Pakistani armed forces.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Dhaka Bypass Expressway Project: Moves ahead finally

Upgradation of Dhaka Bypass Road into a four-lane access-control expressway under the first-ever Public Private Partnership project of Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is finally making progress.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Irregularities at NBFI: BB probe body asks ex-deputy governors to give statements

Bangladesh Bank’s fact-finding committee has asked two former deputy governors to give their versions on the financial irregularities at a non-bank financial institution (NBFI).
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Nigerian police inspector shoots five dead in rampage

A Nigerian police inspector has killed five civilians and injured four in a shooting rampage, police said yesterday, in the latest violence in the country’s restive southeast.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Israel to allow Gaza ‘limited’ export of farm produce

Israel said Sunday it will allow the “limited export” of farm produce from Gaza, one month after a ceasefire with the enclave’s Hamas rulers to end an 11-day conflict.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Syria regime shelling on Idlib kills 9

Syrian government shelling on the rebel-controlled enclave of Idlib yesterday killed at least nine people, including four civilians, a war monitor reported.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Ethiopians vote in poll vershadowed by Tigray

Ethiopians yesterday began voting in a closely-watched election taking place as famine grips the war-torn Tigray region and doubts linger about the credibility of the twice-delayed vote.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Germany arrests Russian scientist for ‘spying’ for Moscow

German federal prosecutors said yesterday they had arrested a Russian scientist accused of passing sensitive information from a German university to Moscow in return for cash.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Ex-Hefajat assist secy held in Hathazari

Police yesterday arrested former Hefajat-e Islam leader Nasir Uddin Munir in Chattogram’s Hathazari over the organisation’s mayhem at Hathazari on March 26.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM

102 Bangladeshi migrants held in Malaysia

Malaysian immigration department arrested 309 undocumented migrants, including 102 Bangladeshis, during an operation carried out at a settlement near a construction site in Dengkil early yesterday.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Distant dream becomes reality

Having gotten used to a hand-to-mouth existence, and at times even worse, Birangona Shila Guha could never imagine that she would have her own a house with running water and electricity.
20 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Third Covid wave hits Brazil

Brazil became the second country after the United States to surpass 500,000 Covid-19 deaths as the South American giant grapples with a third wave of the pandemic.
20 June 2021, 18:00 PM

10-year-old Rajshahi girl raped, killed

A fourth-grader was killed after rape in Rajshahi yesterday, while three teenage boys were arrested for raping another minor girl in Manikganj.
20 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Local body polls amid Covid fears

The elections to 204 union parishads and two municipalities and by-polls to the Laxmipur-2 constituency are going to be held today amid coronavirus fears.
20 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Absence in Meeting: JS body for action against DGHS chief

A parliamentary watchdog yesterday expressed extreme disappointment over the absence of DGHS Director General ABM Khurshid Alam in its meeting.
20 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Trafficking victim lost her baby in the womb

A few months after she was trafficked to India and forced into sex work, 18-year-old Sania, not her real name, found out that she was pregnant.
20 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Decision on aid postponed

Delegates of western industrial powers and Japan today postponed discussion of fresh aid for Pakistan until a political settlement of the conflict between East and West Pakistan is in sight.
20 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Power Sector in Fiscal 2021-22: Budget raises question on will for clean energy

The proposed budget of fiscal 2021-22 failed to reflect the country’s recently-adopted stance of shifting from coal to renewable energy, raising questions on the government’s commitment to clean power generation.
20 June 2021, 18:00 PM