A Dhaka court has sent former Ahle Hadith president Mojaffar Bin Mohsin to a two-day remand in a case over the murder of Islami Front leader Nurul Islam Farooqi, reports bdnews24.com. Police say TV anchor Farooqi was a central leader...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 9 (UNB)" A court here on Sunday sent a former assistant judge, who is also an alleged leader of banned Islamist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh, to jail in a case filed in connection with the recovery of jihadi...
A man working as a source for law enforcers has been knifed and shot dead, police say, reports bdnews24.com. Aslam Miah, 55, was found dead in his home at Jatrabari's Dhania around 11pm Saturday, said SI Emran Hossain. Several men...
Indian army team meets Bangladesh army chief A delegation of the Indian Army led by Chief of Staff of the Army Training Command Lt Gen Balvinder Singh Sachar called on Chief of Staff of Bangladesh Army General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan...
Light rain is likely to occur at one or two places over Dhaka, Barisal, Sylhet and Chittagong divisions until 6pm today (Monday). Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country, Met Office said. Night and...
FE Report | 2014-11-10 00:00:00
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said Sunday that it was not possible to give the whole amount of salaries of union council secretaries from the government exchequer. "It is not acceptable. The institutions that could not pay fully the...
FE Report | 2014-11-10 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided, in principle, to offer 15-year tax holiday to Orion Infrastructure Limited on its earning from Mayor Hanif Flyover. Officials said the board took the decision in a meeting Sunday following request of...
FE Report | 2014-11-10 00:00:00
Local expert teams have identified safety risks in two more buildings accommodating five garment factories, as a massive renovation drive goes on following prescription of western consumer stakeholders. Sources said the inspectors requested the official review panel to take necessary...
Chinese President Xi Jinping promised $40 billion to help Asian nations improve trade links in a new effort to assert to improve connectivity in the region, reports BSS. Xi made the pledge in a meeting with leaders of Bangladesh, Cambodia,...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-11-10 00:00:00
The cabinet committee on economic affairs is set to approve inking an overvalued LNG terminal deal Tuesday, which will eventually entail huge cost overruns for the import of the fuel, a top official said Saturday. He said the government will...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-11-10 00:00:00
Individuals and companies both have to pay tax at source at the time of opening local letters of credit (L/C) for purchasing or procuring products from the domestic sources, the revenue board said to clear a mist. The National Board...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-11-10 00:00:00
Several thousand graft allegations have piled up with the department of cooperatives against the managing bodies of multipurpose cooperative societies across the country over the years for lack of action, officials said. Dillydallying by the authorities concerned in settling the...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-11-10 00:00:00
The final draft of Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC-14) has redefined high-rise, considering the buildings with 11 storeys (33 metres) or more as high-rises against the current seven-storied or more, officials said. The decision has been taken at a meeting...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-11-10 00:00:00
Well-knit syndicates of brokers and middlemen surround land-registry offices, subjecting people to harassment and extra payments, service-receivers alleged. Those who seek services from the registry offices have to make an additional expenditure of at least Tk 6,000 each to complete...
The High Court (HC) issued Sunday a rule asking for explanation as to why the 16th amendment of the constitution that provided the parliament with the power to remove Supreme Court judges should not be considered illegal and unconstitutional, reports...
The death sentence against Muhammed Kamaruzzman, a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party convicted of war crimes during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence, should immediately be stayed, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) adding Kamaruzzman should be granted a right to appeal...
Amid stray incidents of police obstruction, BNP staged demonstrations across the country on Sunday protesting the denial of permission to it for holding a rally at the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan, reports UNB. The party brought out processions at different places...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-10 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Nov 9: Lighter vessel workers called off their countrywide strike from 7.00 pm Sunday, following successful negotiation between law-enforcers and workers' representatives. A meeting in this regard was called at the office of Chittagong Range DIG Md Shafiqul Islam....
As part of the ongoing countrywide update of electoral rolls, the Election Commission has so far registered more than 4.5 million (45 lakh) people as fresh voters in 511 out of the 514 upazilas and thanas across the country. With...
The Detective Branch (DB) of police in separate raids Saturday night arrested eight persons with fake currency notes to the tune of over Tk 11million (1.10 crore) and equipment used for producing those from the city's Mirpur area. Acting on...
COMILLA, Nov 9: Two alleged criminals, accused in a case filed for snatching a pistol from a policeman after shooting him, were killed in a 'shootout' with police at Alekharchar in Sadar upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified...
An elderly woman Aroshjan Bibi, 80, was killed and 10 other people were injured when a leguna (human hauler) collided head on with a motorcycle at Chayhara on Jagannathpur-Sunamganj road in Sunamganj district on Sunday. After the accident, local people...
The 59th meeting of the Board of Governor of Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) has been held at the center’s international training complex conference hall in Savar. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, who is also the chairman of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to visit Malaysia in the 1st week of December. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak extended an invitation to Hasina during his visit to Dhaka in November last year. A foreign ministry official said Prime...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered 3.7 kg heroin and arrested a young man at Benapole union at Sarsa Upazila in Jessore district on Sunday evening. The arrestee is Sharif, 22. Further details about the arrestee could not be known....
State Minister for Textile and Jute Mirza Azam has said that the government has taken a programme to set up an economic zone in Jamalpur district. ‘Export oriented industries with foreign and local investment would be set up in the...
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