29 Shibir men held for attack on BCL activist
Police arrested 29 Islami Chhatra Shibir activists on Wednesday night suspected of severely injuring a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader of Rangpur Carmichael College unit in the afternoon of the same...
View Article‘Killer’ of Barisal girl held in Ctg
Police yesterday arrested Russell Mia, the alleged killer of Barisal University (BU) student Saoda, at Kalshi Dighir Par under Bandar Police Station in Chittagong city. Acting on a tip-off, a team of...
View ArticleNizami played key role in Pabna war crimes
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday took the deposition of a prosecution witness on genocide and other war crimes committed by the Pakistan army and local collaborators in Pabna on Jamaat...
View ArticleAL, BNP men clash over land
At least 10 people were injured in a clash between Awami League and BNP men over the possession of a piece of railway land at Bhangura upazila in Pabna on Wednesday night. Police and the locals said...
View ArticlePay more to ensure compliance
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the international buyers to play their due role in helping Bangladesh garment industries to follow compliance in the sector by raising product prices....
View ArticleNo pledge for compensation
A meeting of fashion retailers, labour unions and non-government organisations in Geneva ended yesterday without compensation commitments from international brands for the victims of two garment...
View ArticleSummit to get $200m from 3 int’l financiers
Local power company Summit has obtained approval for $200 million loan from three international financiers to set up Bibiyana phase-II gas-fired power plant. The Board of Investment last week cleared...
View ArticleSon testifies on father’s abduction
Shafquat Nizam Bappi, son of martyred journalist Nizamuddin Ahmed, yesterday testified that alleged Al-Badr leaders Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan were “directly involved” in the...
View ArticleBig names excluded
Names of several influential figures had come up in the Hall-Mark scam, yet none of them has been named as accused in the Anti-Corruption Commission’s probe report. The investigation committee...
View ArticleDA for govt employees next month
Government employees will be given a dearness allowance before a pay commission is implemented, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said yesterday. “A gazette notification on the [formation of the] pay...
View ArticleGovt to appeal if justice not ensured
Bangladesh will appeal if it does not get justice when the process of Felani murder trial at Indian court ends. “We have sought details of the trial process. We will definitely appeal if we do not get...
View ArticleTax regulator flouts its own rules
The National Board of Revenue has violated its own rules by making public information relating to income tax of Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus. On Monday, the tax authorities released a report to...
View ArticleNBR hits out at 7 ‘Grameen’ firms
The National Board of Revenue yesterday again claimed that seven companies bearing Grameen names have availed themselves of income tax exemption illegally. At a press briefing in his office in Dhaka,...
View ArticleSpeaker hopes crisis to be over soon
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has said the nation hopes that the treasury and the opposition benches will resolve any disagreement between them through discussions and debate in the last session of...
View ArticleSufferings mount at Mawa, Kawrakandi
Strong currents in the Padma disrupted ferry services at Mawa and Kawrakandi ghats yesterday putting passengers in trouble as hundreds of vehicles were stranded on both sides of the river. Only three...
View ArticleJoy set to join campaign
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, yesterday said he would not contest the next parliamentary election but would help the Awami League in electioneering to ensure the party’s...
View ArticleField test delayed
Regulators’ foot-dragging has failed scientists in field-testing Vitamin A-enriched rice, better known as “Golden Rice”. A year passed by since the researchers sought approval for a “confined field...
View ArticlePromotion spree in civil admin
Excessive promotions and upgradation of the posts of cadre officials have left the civil administration in an awful state. The number of officials here is three to four times greater than the posts...
View ArticleAnwar Hossain no more
Anwar Hossain, who is popularly known as the “uncrowned nawab of the Bangla cine-world” died at a city hospital early Friday. He was 82. The superhero of the silver screen breathed his last around...
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