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Form panel to fix house rent: HC

Form panel to fix house rent: HC
The High Court yesterday (Wednesday) directed the government to form a high-power commission within six months to fix area-wise house rent in the metropolitan areas and update the House Rent Control Act 1991. The court asked the cabinet secretary to form a seven-member commission. In response to a writ petition filed five years ago, an HC bench, comprising Justice Mohammad Bazlur Rahman and Justice Md Ruhul Quddus, said the commission would be led by a legal expert nominated by the law ministry. The other members of the commission should include a Dhaka University professor, who should be an expert on urban housing and planning, an economist, a representative of the civil society nominated by the housing and public works ministry, an NGO representative…

Govt awaits fate of ‘Hirak Raja’, says Khaleda

Govt awaits fate of �Hirak Raja�, says Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday warned the government that it will face the same fate of noted filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s imaginary tyrant king ‘Hirak Raja’ for its ‘unbridled corruption, mismanagement and misrule’, reports UNB. “This regime will meet the same…
DU Day celebrated amid great gusto

DU Day celebrated amid great gusto

Teachers, students and staff of Dhaka University (DU), popularly known as the Oxford of the East, yesterday celebrated the Dhaka University Day amid great enthusiasm and traditional festivity on the campus, marking its 94th founding anniversary. The theme of the day was ‘Higher Education and Sustainable…
The flowing out of a strategic resource

The flowing out of a strategic resource

What is brain drain? According to Walter Adams, the term itself is loaded, pejorative, suggestive of loss of a vital resource, without compensation. More precisely, brain drain is the depletion of the intellectual or professional resources of a country through immigration. Such a migration has gone…
Staffing Bangladeshi missions abroad

Staffing Bangladeshi missions abroad

Bangladeshi missions abroad are limited in number. What creates more concern is that the commercial wings in the real sense of the term exist in only  a limited number of them and even these limited number of commercial wings have been suffering badly from not having adequate staff at their disposal.…
People of cyclone-hit areas make turnaround with visible changes

People of cyclone-hit areas make turnaround with visible changes

Many Sidr, Aila and Mahasen-affected villages in Sadar upazila have made a turnaround as the people there are now facilitated with tube-wells, sanitation, and maternal and child healthcare services, thanks to a project run by Max Foundation, reports UNB from Patuakhali. “There was no tube-well…
Green treat for nature lovers

Green treat for nature lovers

A touch of green in a concrete jungle is always a welcome sight for people who have been long in city pent. The National Tree Fair, which is showcasing various species of plants on the trade fair premises at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, right at the heart of the city, is a feast for their eyes.   Although…
Landslides kill 30 in Darjeeling

Landslides kill 30 in Darjeeling

AFP, TINGLING, India: Rescuers were digging through piles of debris to search for survivors after landslides triggered by heavy rain killed at least 30 people across India's famed tea-growing region of Darjeeling, police said yesterday. Some half a dozen people were feared trapped under mounds of…
Amit Hasan to come up with two new films this Eid

Amit Hasan to come up with two new films this Eid

Popular actor Amit Hasan is going to present two new films on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Fitr. His upcoming films are Iftekhar Chowdhury’s ‘Agni 2’ and Tonmoy Tansen’s ‘Padma Patar Jol’, where he will be seen playing the characters of Mithun Sarkar and Ranvir Babu respectively.…
Bangladesh no longer minnows: Du Plessis

Bangladesh no longer minnows: Du Plessis

South Africa captain in Twenty20 version Faf Du Plessis was convinced that Bangladesh would keep a place for spin option in the upcoming series despite their pacers have lately sprung a surprise against India in the last home series. He expressed his opinion yesterday while speaking to media for the…
Weavers busy as sari demand rises for Eid

Weavers busy as sari demand rises for Eid

Hundreds of weavers knitting Jamdani in Sherpur and Banarasi in Rangpur are passing a busy time to meet higher demand of customers ahead of Eid-ul-fitr. Hytapara village, near Sherpur town, has worn a festive look with the craftsmen busy creating designs on the exclusive brand of sari round the clock. …
Govt against media control, but prefers a policy: PM

Govt against media control, but prefers a policy: PM

Urging the journalists to maintain neutrality in their works, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government does not want to control the media, but likes to run it with a policy, reports UNB. “We don’t want to control the media, rather it is better to run the media under a policy…we…
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