FE REPORT | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against former Home Minister and former Chairman of Farmers Bank (now Padma Bank Limited), Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, along with six others for alleged embezzlement and money laundering involving a substantial amount of money.On...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
Students of the seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka University (DU) staged demonstration for another day on Wednesday, demanding establishment of an independent public university. They concluded the demonstration with a three-hour road blockade programme issuing an ultimatum that all their...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
As the government moves to phase out polythene bags from super shops to kitchen markets, demands for alternatives see a further push, including the commercial production of Sonali bag, a biodegradable bag made of jute polymer.Bangladesh banned polythene bags in...
The High Court (HC) has acquitted former State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar, cancelling his eight-year jail sentence in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), report agencies. The HC bench of Justice Md Kamrul Hossain Mollah...
The High Court (HC) has scrapped four extortion cases filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman in 2007, report agencies.The HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain passed the order after hearing a rule on Wednesday.Barrister...
SIRAJGANJ, Oct 23 (UNB): A court in Sirajganj has placed ex-MP of Sirajganj-2 Jannat Ara Henry and her husband Md Labu Talukdar, former chairman of Sirajganj Zila Parishad, on a four-day fresh remand in a Jubo Dal leader murder case.Sirajganj...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) submitted separate applications to impose travel bans on former Member of Parliament for Munshiganj-3, Mrinal Kanti Das, and his wife, former MP for Chapainawabganj-3, Md. Abdul Wadud, and his wife, as well as Abul Kalam Azad,...
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested former chairman of Sirajganj's Tarash upazila Md Moniruzzaman Moni from capital's Dhanmondi, reports UNB.Moniruzzaman was arrested during a joint operation on Tuesday evening, confirmed a RAB-2 operations officer on Wednesday.
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said the people of the country are looking at the interim government with a suspicion due to its delay in announcing a specific timeframe of the national election, reports UNB.The...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court (HC) on Wednesday, challenging legality of Article 70 of the Constitution, which deals with cancellation of membership of a lawmaker for voting in the parliament against the party that nominated...
DALLAS, Oct 23 (AP): The US government fined American Airlines $50 million for failing to provide wheelchair assistance to passengers with disabilities and damaging thousands of wheelchairs over a five-year period,The Transportation Department said Wednesday that "in some cases," wheelchair...
A section of unscrupulous individuals breaks some metal dividers used on Rampura bridge in Dhaka and sell them at a throwaway rate to feed their needs, much to the risk of both vehicles and walkers. Similar pictures are seen in...
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan poses with participants at the concluding ceremony of the 7th International Flight Safety Seminar, jointly organised by Bangladesh Air Force and Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh at Hotel Sonargaon in...
Shafiqul Alam, the press secretary to the interim government's chief advisor, has revealed that no decision has been taken yet on the removal of President Mohammed Shahabuddin, who is facing increasing pressure to step down as the head of state,...
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has advised four maritime ports to raise cautionary signal No. 3 as Cyclone Dana approached within 600 km of Bangladesh's coast by Wednesday noon, report agencies.The cyclonic storm is expected to move northwestward and intensify...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday filed a review petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in order to turn down its 2011 verdict that scrapped the non-party caretaker government system. The party's Secretary General Miah Golam Porwar submitted the...
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling edible oil, pulses and rice at subsidised rates in Dhaka and Chattogram from today (Thursday) and continue till November 30.The three essential products will be sold through 50 and 20 trucks...
Seven more deaths due to dengue were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Wednesday morning, raising the total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 264 this year, reports UNB.Among the recent fatalities, two occurred in the...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd (TGTDCL) has snapped some 67 illegal industrial gas connections and 16 illegal commercial links in a drive in the last one and a half months in Keraniganj, the home area of former state...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
The arrest warrant issued for 46 individuals, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, over alleged crimes against humanity during the July-August uprising, has been forwarded to the Inspector General of Police (IGP).This information was disclosed by Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
The reactor-assembly process has been completed at power unit-1 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Russian Rosatom said in a statement on Wednesday.The process included installing reactor internals, loading fuel assembly simulators, installing a protective pipes unit and an...
NEW DELHI, Oct 23 (Reuters): India has removed the floor price for the export of non-basmati white rice, the government said in an official order on Wednesday, to help farmers and exporters sell various grades of rice on the world...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
In a significant move to streamline the tax-filing process, the revenue board announces that individual taxpayers will no longer be required to submit supporting documents like bank statements when filing returns online.The National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman Md Abdur...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
The cost of the Padma Rail Link Project (PRLP) is likely to be reduced by more than Tk 18.44 billion or nearly 4.7 per cent of the original cost of Tk 392.46 billion, according to Bangladesh Railway.Project officials said the...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
A fresh package of US$3.0-billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) lending to Bangladesh is fraught harder terms, particularly on power sector, which may make its receipt uncertain, officials say.The visiting Bangladesh delegation to the World Bank-IMF annual meeting is set to...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
Amid crosscurrents of moves over the presidency, BNP Wednesday said the party did not want a constitutional crisis that may crop up in the country through removal of President Shahabuddin.On the other hand, talking to reporters at the secretariat, information...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has drafted the fifth phase of the Health, Population and Nutrition Sector Programme (5th HPNSP) at an estimated cost of over Tk1.06 trillion, aiming the highest attainable level of health for all.The government...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
Fifty-four students were arrested after a group of them staged demonstration inside Bangladesh Secretariat on Wednesday seeking revaluation of their Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination results.Several students as well as bystanders were injured as the demonstrators clashed with the law...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
Synovia Pharma, previously known as Sanofi Bangladesh, is in a troubled state as its distribution network has severely been affected due to the recent row by 300 employees, who are demanding arrears of last 32 months.The workers occupied the company's...
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