Train schedule disruption, derailment continue
Frequent derailment and disruption to train schedules go unabated across the country because of run-down railway tracks, sleepers and bridges.
PM says security shouldn’t detach PM from people
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday asked the members of Special Security Force to be careful so that her contact with general people is not hindered in the name of security.
SHEIKH MUJIB’S DEATH ANNIV: Syed Ashraf seeks media support
Senior journalists from print and electronic media on Thursday suggested the ruling Awami League form a national committee to observe the anniversary of the death of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to make the programmes on the occasion more participatory.
ELECTRICITY: Pvt sector eats up public sector profit
The government is burdened with buying electricity from private sector as they are eating up entire subsidy and profit made in power generation in public sector. The state-run Power Development Board needs about Tk 5,400 crore in subsidy for 2014-15 financial year even after the bulk rate of electricity had doubled between 2011 and 2012, officials concerned said.
ZIA TRUST FUND GRAFT CASES: Khaleda appears in court
Former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia appeared in court on Thursday during cross-examination of the Anti Corruption Commission official who had filed the Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Charitable Trust fund graft case.
Tofail to lead mission to Argentina, Brazil, Chile to tap export market
A trade mission headed by commerce minister Tofail Ahmed will visit three Latin American countries to explore export potentials in the region as part of the government’s move for export diversification and market expansion.
JATRABARI ARSON ATTACK: Charges pressed against Anwar, Rafiqul, 56 others
Charges were pressed against 58 people, including Bangladesh Nationalist party standing committee members MK Anwar and Rafiqul Islam Miah on Wednesday in a case filed for firebomb attack on a bus at Jatrabari in the capital on January 23.
Farmers not willing to grow hybrid rice
The ministry of agriculture is pushing the cultivation of hybrid rice on reluctant farmers. Farmers said they were not interested to grow hybrid rice due to its higher production cost and the lower price they get for the produce.
Dhaka requests Delhi not to interlink Himalayan rivers
Bangladesh has requested India not to interlink the Himalayan rivers as it would adversely affect its ecology and agro-socio economy.
Inu demands Zia’s posthumous trial for Col Taher murder
The minister for information, Hasanul Huq Inu, on Tuesday demanded posthumous trial and punishment of former President Ziaur Rahman for killing freedom fighter Col Abu Taher. ‘General Zia killed freedom fighter Taher on this day in 1976 as part of his deep-rooted conspiracy to perpetuate his power,’ he said.
