JANUARY 5 RALLY : AL, BNP opt for alternative venues

Both the ruling Awami League and opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party opted for alternative venues for holding their rallies in the capital on Tuesday if they were denied permission to hold the rally at Suhrawardy Udyan.

OIL PRICE CUT : Muhith wants policy before downward revision of price

Finance minister AMA Muhith has once again ruled out possibility of immediate downward adjustment of fuel oils prices in the local market while such demand is getting louder with the continuous fall of prices in the global market.

Concerns remain as private investment dull: CPD

The Centre for Policy Dialogue on Sunday expressed concern over prolonged stagnant situation in private investment despite overall stability in the economy over the first half of the current fiscal year.

Book on sexual violence in 1971 launched

A new book ‘The Spectral Wound: Sexual violence, public memories and the Bangladesh war of 1971’ by Nayanika Mookherjee published by Duke University Press, a Durham based university in North Carolina of the United States, was launched on Sunday.

JANUARY 5 POLLS ANNIV : AL, BNP in row over rally venue

The ruling Awami League and opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday announced that they would hold rallies at Suhrawardy Udyan on January 5, the second anniversary of the general elections boycotted by all opposition parties.

Fellows protest at intern physician’s ‘disappearance’ in city

Intern physicians of Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital staged a protest in front of the hospital at Shyamoli on Saturday against ‘disappearance’ of an intern doctor on Friday.

Save marginal farmers, experts tell govt

Politicians, academics and economists urged the government on Saturday to cut rural poverty down so that the landless people can have better life and marginal farmers do not lose their lands.

BTRC changes MNP guidelines to shun delay

The Bangladesh telecommunication Regulatory Commission has changed the mobile number portability guidelines with a provision to award the job to second best applicant, if the first applicant fails to deliver, without floating new tender.

BCL’s ‘weird’ protest by splashing blood

Chittagong city unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League staged an unusual protest by pouring their own blood at the entrance of Chittagong government college principal’s office on Saturday.

MAYORAL POLLS : AL gets 168, BNP 19 out of 214

The Election Commission on Thursday announced unofficial results of elections to 214 of the 234 municipalities