The Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) is stuck in a mire of lawsuits filed by its own employees, reports bdnews24.com. Chief Legal Officer Sorwar-e-Alam filed two cases, while a lawsuit by three assistant engineers has stalled all appointments and promotions at...
SATKHIRA, June 9 (UNB): A Satkhira court framed charges against a former BNP MP and 49 leaders and activists of the party in a case filed in connection with the attack on the convoy of the then opposition leader Sheikh...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said on Tuesday journalists should criticise the government in a responsible manner, reports BSS. "We are aware of the critical role of the media in a democratic society, but we are also aware of what...
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) called upon the Bangladesh government on Tuesday for scraping its proposal to lower the age limit of marriage for girls to 16 years from 18. Citing a UNICEF study, the New York-based international rights group in...
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US Ambassador Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat has called upon women not to be shy in telling about any kind of harassment they face to come out of the situation. Women in Bangladesh are not alone in the world facing the...
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A four-day summer fair of the real estate sector began in the city Tuesday with the expectation to get more buyers in view of somewhat 'stable' political environment in the country. Housing and Public Works minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain inaugurated...
The government of Saudi Arabia has turned down the request of Bangladesh to raise the quota of Hajj pilgrims by 25,000 from its fixed quota of 101,758, reports UNB. However, the Religious Affairs Ministry has continued its efforts to increase...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated a probe against a superintendent of Customs, Excise and VAT Commissionerate (Dhaka North) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) for allegedly amassing illegal wealth, reports UNB. The Commission at its recent meeting decided...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said Tuesday the stranded nationals will be brought back within the next month, reports UNB. He said that 738 Bangladeshi would-be migrants were rescued from Malaysian waters in recent days. "Steps will be taken to...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sayeed Khokon asked traders on Tuesday not to hike the prices of essentials during Ramadan and hang price lists in their shops, reports UNB. The mayor gave the directive while visiting Hatirpool Bazar. "I...
Five gold bars weighing 600 grams were seized and two persons were arrested in this connection from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Tuesday, reports UNB. The arrestees are Md Firoz (38) and Md Nazif (32). Sources at the AAP...
Two alleged drug dealers were arrested along with 13,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Dakkhinkhan thana area in the city on Tuesday, reports UNB. Acting on a tip-off, a special team of members of the Department of Narcotics Control conducted...
Police recovered gunpowder and sulphur from Lalmatia area of the city following confessional statement of a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader on Monday night, reports UNB. Earlier, police arrested the JCD leader, Mahiuddin Ahmed Razib (30), son of Mokhlesur Rahman...
ASAUB holds seminar on environment day To mark the World Environment Day, the department of Applied Sociology of ASA University Bangladesh (ASAUB) organised a seminar titled "One Planet, Common Dream" on Tuesday. Vice Chancellor of ASAUB Professor Dr Dalem Ch...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at few places over Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal, Rangpur and Dhaka divisions until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday), reports...
Major General Randhir Singh of India’s eastern Command has said para commandos inflicted significant casualties on the separatists based in Niklak in Myanmar and Chassad in Manipur’s Ukhrul district in two days of offensive following June 4 attack on an...
At present as many as 1,239 members of Bangladesh police, including female ones, have been working in different regions in the globe as part of the United Nations’ peacekeeping missions. State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said a...
The central bank governor has asked all the financial institutions including banks to make the maternity leave for six months mandatory. Dr. Atiur Rahman made the instruction while addressing a programme in the city on Tuesday. The Bangladesh Bank (BB)...
India won the toss and elected to bat in the one-off Test against Bangladesh at Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah in Narayanganj city on Wednesday morning. The match is scheduled to kick off at 10:00am (Bangladesh Standard Time)....
Law enforcers have arrested 16 suspected members of a gang of people smugglers from Dhaka's Malibagh area. They raided ‘Golam Rabbi International Agency and Travels’ at Chowdhurypara in Malibagh and picked up 16 people detained 16 human traffickers around 5:30pm...
The Research Department of Bangladesh Bank will organise a public lecture on ‘Going Bust for Growth: Policies after the Global Financial Crisis’ by Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India at the Le Meridien Hotel in Dhaka at...
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Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw upward trend in early hour of trading on Wednesday, after witnessing heavy volatility in the previous session. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 33.15 points or...
Officials of the Department of Narcotics Control have seized 13,000 pieces of Yaba tablet in Dakkhinkhan area of Dhaka city. They also arrested two suspected drug dealers in this connection. Being tipped off, a special team of the department conducted...
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The country’s twin bourse – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – kept its upward movement after two hours of trading on Wednesday, after two sessions of correction. After the first two hours of trading, DSEX, the...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday rejected both the bail and remand prayers for and against BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed in a case filed with the city’s Paltan Police Station on charge of vandalism and obstructing police...
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Wednesday sentenced Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, one of the 23 noted citizens who published a statement over the conviction of Dhaka-based British journalist David Bergman, one hour jail for contempt of court acquitting the 22 others....
Special Envoy to the Prime Minister HM Ershad has been hospitalised. The Jatiya Party (JP) chief, who was scheduled to attend the party’s Sunamganj chapter convention on Wednesday, has been taken to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka. “He...
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