BTRC revenue collections plunge by 64pc in FY15
The revenue collections of the telecom regulator declined by 64 per cent in the just concluded fiscal year 2014-2015 compared with the previous FY as it failed to meet the spectrum auction deadline and reduced the international call termination charges.
Election under neutral govt, not necessarily caretaker: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday said a neutral government under any name, not necessarily caretaker government, is now necessary for a free, fair and neutral election.
Keep congenial atmosphere on campuses
The prime minister. Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday asked Bangladesh Chhatra League men to maintain a congenial atmosphere at educational institutions across the country. ‘Bangladesh Chhatra League will try its best and must commit itself to maintenance of peaceful academic atmosphere at educational institutions as an organisational priority,’ she said while addressing at the inauguration of the 28th council session of the ruling Awami League-backed student organisation in the city.
Heavy rain puts life in south on hold
Heavy monsoon rain disrupted normal life in southern districts of Chittagong, Barisal and Khulna on Saturday.
The 'back door' to Kenya: Security threat from porous Somali border
Dirt tracks criss-cross the bush, leading through the dusty, rust-colored soil and scrub-dotted no-man's land of northern Kenya and across the border into Somalia.
FBI sees Chinese involvement amid sharp rise in economic espionage cases
The FBI has seen a sharp rise in economic espionage cases aimed at U.S. companies, with a vast majority of the perpetrators originating from China with ties to the nation's government, authorities said Thursday.
Turkish warplanes bomb ISIS positions in Syria for the first time
Turkish warplanes bombed ISIS positions in Syria for the first time early Friday, significantly ramping up the country's fight against the terrorist group.
Lafayette theater shooter bought gun legally, police say
John Russell "Rusty" Houser methodically shot 11 people in a Lafayette, Louisiana, movie theater on Thursday night using a handgun he legally purchased from an Alabama pawn shop, authorities said Friday.
Prices of onion, egg, beef, mutton increase in capital
The prices of onion, egg, beef and mutton increased in the city’s kitchen market over the week ending Friday due to a supply shortage, traders said.
RAJON MURDER CASE: OC withdrawn, 2 SIs suspended
Sylhet Metropolitan Police on Friday evening withdrew the officer-in-charge and two sub-inspectors of Jalalabad police station on allegation of assisting a prime suspect in the killing of 13-year-old Samiul Alam Rajon in Sylhet to leave the country and misbehaving with Rajon’s father.
