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Insurance bodies await permanent leadership

Bangladesh's insurance sector has been operating without full-time leadership at two of its most important institutions for more than two months, fuelling concerns over policy delays and slower administrative activities. Officials and industry insiders say the prolonged vacancies at the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) and state-owned insurer and...

Eid rush begins as thousands leave capital

FE REPORTCity dwellers began leaving the capital on Thursday ahead of the holy Eid-ul-Azha to celebrate the festival with their families in their ancestral villages, triggering the annual rush at major transport hubs.Visiting key terminals -- including Kamalapur Railway Station, Sadarghat Launch Terminal and bus terminals in Sayedabad, Mohakhali and...

S Alam, 10 others face 5-month civil jail warrants

CHATTOGRAM, May 21: A Chattogram court has issued five-month civil imprisonment warrants against S Alam Group Chairman Mohammed Saiful Alam Masud and 10 of his family members and associates over Tk 0.8449 billion Islami Bank default loan.The order was passed on Thursday by Judge Md Helal Uddin of Artha Rin...

PM Tarique visits Ramisa’s house

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman visited the house of rape victim Ramisa at Pallabi in the city on Thursday night.He inquired about the tragic incident and assured the victim’s family of meting out stringent punishment to the accused in the shortest possible time.During the visit, he was accompanied by Home minister...

Persons with disabilities seek bigger budgetary support

Persons with disabilities have demanded special allocations in the upcoming national budget, along with financial and institutional reforms to ensure the protection of their basic rights, in line with the election manifesto of the BNP government.The demands were placed at a press conference organised by the Bangladesh Society for the...

118 children 'raped', 17 'killed' in five months: ASK

Amid mounting public outrage over the brutal "rape and murder" of 7-year-old Ramisa Akter in the capital's Pallabi, rights organisation Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) has released a grim account of violence against children.It documented over a hundred rapes in the first five months of this year alone, reports bdnews24.com.According...

Housewife found slaughtered in Bogura

Bogura, May 21 (UNB) - A housewife was slaughtered allegedly by unidentified assailants at her house in Gabtali upazila of Bogura early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Rita Rani Majumder, 45, wife of Biplab Chandra Roy of Mominhata Southpara area of the upazila.The victim's husband said he woke up suddenly...