The country's NID (national identity) server became active on Tuesday, a few days after it went down.The restoration of the programme has thus been a great comfort to key government agencies in service delivery.Officials said the server crash has made a wake-up call for the election authorities against virtual oddities.The...
Read moreForeign Secretary M Shahidul Haque has said that the recent internal situation in Northern Rakhine of Myanmar is aggravating the prolonged Rohingya problem and sought US support in resolving the crisis, reports UNB."It is the responsibility of the Myanmar authorities to create the right condition so that all the Rohingyas...
Read moreUN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee will soon visit Bhashan Char to see the situation on the ground, reports UNB.Bhashan Char is an Island in Noakhali where the government has planned to shift Rohingyas.Lee, who arrived in Bangladesh on Saturday, is now visiting...
Read moreThe Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase on Wednesday approved a total of six proposals, including one to set up a 590 MW power plant in Chattogram under the private sector, reports UNB.New Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal presided over the maiden meeting of the new committee after the formation of...
Read moreThe three-day-long fourth Regional Consultative Group (RCG) conference will begin in the city today (Thursday), reports UNB.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the conference at Intercontinental Hotel around 10 am, Enamur Rahman, State Minister for the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, told journalists at the secretariat on...
Read moreThe Biswa Ijtema will be held in February because the factions in Tabligh Jamaat have resolved their conflict over the congregation, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said, report agencies.He made the announcement after a two-and-a-half-hour meeting with the leaders of the two factions within the Sunni organisation on Wednesday.The...
Read moreA court has handed down 12-year sentences to six individuals, including the chairman and the managing director of Unipay2u Bangladesh, for money laundering, reports bdnews24.com. Dhaka's Third Special Judges Court Judge Abu Syed Diljar Hussain issued the order on Wednesday.The Anti-Corruption Commission case involving top officials of Unipay2u, a multilevel...
Read moreA legal notice was sent to authorities concerned seeking formation of a commission to investigate various irregularities in Bangladesh's banking sector, reports UNB.Supreme Court lawyer Manzill Murshid sent the notice to Bangladesh Bank governor, the Cabinet secretary, PMO secretary, Finance Division secretary, Financial Institutions Division secretary and law ministry secretary.It...
Read moreThe authorities have put under attachment 25 houses and plots owned by Abjal Hossain, a health directorate clerk recently suspended for alleged corruption, and his wife Rubina Khanom.Several bank accounts of the couple have also been frozen while a 2000cc Toyota Harrier owned by Rubina has been seized, report agencies.Anti-Corruption...
Read moreDAVOS (Switzerland), Jan 23 (AFP): China's slowdown and Brexit took centre-stage Wednesday at the Davos forum of the world's business elite, but the unlikely star was shaping up to be a Swedish teenager whose demands for climate action are inspiring schoolchildren across the world.The annual World Economic Forum (WEF) is...
Read moreIndian union minister Piyush Goval was given the temporary charge of the finance ministry, a shock development that comes just days before the Interim Budget has to be presented, according to a report by India Today. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will remain a minister without any portfolio.Arun Jaitley, who underwent...
Read moreThe High Court Division on Wednesday granted a six-week bail to Tara Mia, a physically-challenged man who lives on alms, in a case filed for 'attacking' police in Jamalganj upazila of Sunamganj on December 28 last, reports UNB.The HC bench of Justice Md Rais Uddin and Justice Md Jahangir Hossain...
Read moreA child looking on as his elders purchase imitation ornaments at DITF at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city on Wednesday — FE photo
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