BTRC blasts GP for ‘hindering’ audit process

The telecom regulator on Wednesday asked mobile phone operator Grameenphone not to ‘hinder’ the ongoing audit to the company saying that the operator was not cooperating with the auditor.

Justice Shamsuddin tried to turn court into AL premises: BNP

Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday claimed that former Supreme Court judge AHM Shamsuddin Manik had tried to turn the court premises into a ‘centre for implementation of Awami programmes’.

Two cases filed against Daily Star editor

At least two defamation cases were filed against the Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam on Tuesday over publishing reports on alleged graft by Awami League president Sheikh Hasina on the basis of unsubstantiated DGFI information during the army-controlled interim government during the 2007-08.

People in cities suffer from poor liveability

People living in urban areas, especially in Dhaka, suffer from inadequate and poor quality of services, particularly housing, health, transport, water supply and sanitation, experts said.

Non-food inflation soars in Jan on house rent, edu expense hike

Point-to-point non-food inflation increased by 1.69 percentage points to 8.74 per cent in January from 7.05 per cent in previous month due mainly to hike in house rent and additional expenditure on education purpose in the beginning of the year, according to the data of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

Judiciary on the verge of collapse, says Justice Mahmudul Amin

Former chief justice Mahmudul Amin Chowdhury said on Tuesday that the judiciary was now on the verge of collapse and urged lawyers to wage movement to save the judiciary and protect its independence.

DU students block city road over assault on fellows

Dhaka University students blocked the Karwan Bazaar intersection in protest at an alleged assault on fellows by Ansar personnel in the capital on Monday.

ANGER OVER NEW JCD COMMITTEE: Rebels run amok

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal office were set on fire and Bangladesh Nationalist Party central office was vandalised on Monday allegedly by rebels of the BNP-backed student organisation in protest of being deprived of desired positions in 736-member Chhatra Dal central committee.

Ban phones Hasina, offers UN panel membership on water

UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon phoned prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday and offered Bangladesh to be member of a UN high-level panel to be formed on water which she readily accepted.

Export earnings post $19.19b in seven months

The country’s export earnings in the July-January period of the financial year 2015-16 hit $19.19 billion with 7.85 per cent rise from $17.79 billion in the same period of the FY15, showed provisional data of the Export Pro