GAZIPUR, May 22 (UNB): BNP vice-chairman Shamsher Mubin Chowdhury was freed from Kashimpur jail here on bail Friday. Mr Chowdhury walked out of the jail around 1:30pm, said Mohammad Nasir, jailer of Kashimpur jail. Only family members were present at...
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said Friday BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia wants to turn Bangladesh into a terrorist state, reports BSS. "We will resist her dream unitedly," he said inaugurating 'Janatar Abhijatra' (people's journey) at the east gate of Bangabandhu Stadium...
Ruling Awami League (AL) Friday brought out a colourful procession from Suhrawardy Udyan, marking the 34th Homecoming Day of the party president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports UNB. Thousands of people holding balloons, placards, festoons, national and Awami League's...
PABNA, May 22 (UNB): Police arrested a regional leader of an outlawed party at Charbalrampur in Sadar Upazila Thursday. The arrested was identified as Mukul Hossain alias Rokon, 45, a regional leader of an outlawed party and son of late...
Two violent attacks by alleged members of ruling Awami League's student front Bangladesh Chhatra League(BCL) have left three injured in Sylhet, reports bdnews24.com. It was apparently a retribution for refusal by concert organisers to allow their men in without tickets...
A court in Chandpur has issued a warrant for arrest of BNP leader ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon in two cases. Senior Judicial Magistrate Arunartha Chakrabarty issued the warrant on Thursday. A former state minister for education, Milon faces arrest warrant...
Police at Maheshkhali in Cox's Bazaar have arrested another suspected war criminal following an arrest warrant issued by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), reports bdnews24.com. Badsha Mia, 75, was arrested from Hariarchharha in Hoanok Union around 10am Friday, Maheshkhali Police...
CHITTAGONG, May 22 (UNB): At least seven students were injured in a clash between the activists of Bangladesh Chattra League (BCL) and Islami Chattra Shibir on Chittagong University campus Friday afternoon. Witnesses said an activist of BCL locked in an...
COMILLA, May 22 (UNB): An activist of the ruling Awami League (AL) was stabbed to death by his rivals over previous enmity at Kalakandi Bazar of Haraikandi village in Titash Upazila Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Shah Alam...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2015-05-23 00:00:00
The insurance regulator finds life-insurance companies involved in jacking up their funds to get the shareholders higher dividends through such juggling with figures. Competent sources said such unlawful practices were found rampant in the country's 17 life-insurance firms. They use...
Syful Islam | 2015-05-23 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Tariff Commission (BTC) has suggested raising the number of tariff slabs to seven from the existing five to make it time-befitting and consistent with the practices in neighbouring countries, officials have said. But the proposal was greeted with...
Arafat Ara Most of the cases under the human trafficking-prevention law in the country have remained long pending for absence of a separate tribunal, sources concerned said. Around 1,606 charges were filed between 2012 and April 2015 against human traffickers...
Myanmar has rescued two migrant boats holding more than 200 people in its waters near the border with Bangladesh, reports BBC. It was Myanmar's first such rescue. It has faced strong criticism for not doing enough to aid those stranded...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-05-23 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked all the scheduled banks to provide information on their respective top-50 loan defaulters by June 04 next, officials have said. The BB sent letters to all the banks on May 18 last to submit...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-05-23 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has prepared a draft of the national tobacco tax policy with a provision for a time-bound action plan. The plan aims at keeping a tight rein on tobacco consumption. The draft tax policy has...
FE Report | 2015-05-23 00:00:00
The biennial election (2015-17) to the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) executive body will be held today (Saturday). Voting will start at 9:00 am and will continue until 5:00 pm. The election for the posts of...
Bangladesh has flagged off the trial run of bus services between Dhaka and Guwahati via Shillong. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader launched the service at the BRTC bus depot Friday. A 26-seater BRTC bus left for Assam's Guwahati...
PANCHAGARH, May 22 : At least six people, including two women and a child, were killed and two others injured when a truck rammed into a human hauler on the Panchagarh-Tentulia highway at Charmail in Sadar upazila Friday. The accident...
A Garo woman was allegedly gang-raped by five miscreants inside a microbus in the capital on Thursday night. According to the police, the 21-year-old victim was pushed into the microbus by two persons at around 9:30 pm on the day...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-05-23 00:00:00
The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges has sought an additional Tk 10 billion funds in the next fiscal's development budget to complete some large projects including Dhaka-Chittagong 4-lane highway project, officials said Friday. Minister Obaidul Quader has recently sent...
An army officer was killed and two others injured in a road accident on Friday at Munshiganj's Gazaria on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway, reports bdnews24.com. The deceased was Major Fazlul Kayum, 33, from Kalabagan in Dhaka, Gazaria Police Station OC Ferdous...
MYMENSINGH, May 22 (BSS): Two persons were killed and three others injured in a clash over land dispute at Sheuly village under Pagla Police Station in Gafargaon upazila of the district Friday morning. One was killed on the spot and...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-23 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, May 22: Owners of prime movers and operators have demanded construction of an exclusive terminal for the heavy-load transports and containers at Chittagong port. Unity Council of the Owners and Operators of Prime Movers has also demanded amendments to...
University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Professor Abdul Manan said Thursday Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is a visionary and far sighted leader, reports BSS. "Bangladesh would have fallen into a deep crisis if Sheikh Hasina would not come back to the...
A Dhaka court granted bail on Thursday to Bangladesh Railway senior sub-assistant engineer Jahangir Alam in a case for the death of Jihad inside a 600-foot abandoned shaft in the capital's Shahjahanpur area last year, reports UNB. Jahangir Alam surrendered...
Veteran photo journalist Monwar Ahmed died at city's Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) early Thursday, says an online news portal. He was 75. Monwar Ahmed had been suffering from several diseases, including liver cirrhosis, for the last six months....
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