ACC files case against 17 persons including Savar Municipality mayor

The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) filed Sunday a case against 17 persons including the Mayor of Savar Municipality Md Refatullah for allowing construction of Rana Plaza building with a faulty design. ACC deputy director SM Mafidul Islam filed the case with...

Bring back Nur immediately

NARAYANGANJ, Jun 15 (UNB): Family members of the seven-murder victims and lawyers Sunday demanded that prime accused Nur Hossain and his aides immediately be brought back home from India. Following the arrest of Nur Hossain in Kolkata, the family members...

PM praises professionalism of Special Security Force

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina highly praised the competence, devotion, dutifulness and loyalty of the members of the Special Security Force (SSF), saying professionalism of the force has already been acclaimed at home and abroad, reports BSS. "Members of the...

4 cops among 7 sued for murder in Laxmipur

LAXMIPUR, June 15 (UNB): A case has been filed with a local court against seven people, including four policemen, on charge of 'killing' a man in Sadar upazila. Nahida Akhter, wife of victim Ismail Hossain Khokan of Titarkandi in the...

Most elders in Bangladesh face abuses

Elderly people are subjected to various abuses in many countries of the world and Bangladesh is no exception as most of the elders here face such adversities.      A global survey found out that, in Bangladesh, 88 per cent of the...

Fazlul Karim laid to rest

Eminent scholar Professor Sardar Fazlul Karim was laid to eternal rest at the city's Azimpur graveyard, beside his wife, reports BSS. Earlier his body was brought to Dhaka University (DU) campus where a Namaz-e-Janaza was held at the university mosque...

Photojournalist Jahir\\\'s body to be brought today

The body of photojournalist Alhaj Jahirul Haque will be brought to Dhaka by a Jet Airways flight today (Monday) from Delhi. He will be directly taken to his Dhanmondi residence, by the side of Bangabandhu Museum, for paying tributes by...

Weather

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi, Rangpur and Dhaka divisions with moderately heavy falls at...

Photo: People at Kalshi Bihari Camp in Mirpur blocked the roads

Govt for inclusive mechanism to avert waste of public money

Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal Sunday acknowledged waste of public money on account of 'delay in project execution', saying that the government is trying to find out a comprehensive mechanism to prevent it. "Once the mechanism is adopted, it will...

Indo-Bangla trade thru\\\' land ports hampered

Trade between Bangladesh and India through land ports is being seriously hampered because of poor infrastructure and long procedural delays, officials have said. Bangladeshi officials in the upcoming meeting with their Indian counterparts will raise the issues and call for...

Charge-sheet in 10 cases filed by ACC

The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) submitted Sunday a charge-sheet in 10 out of 27 cases in much-talked-about Hall-Mark loan scam to the court. Senior deputy director Md Joynul Abedin Shibli submitted the charge-sheet to the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in...

6 cases filed over Bihari camp violence

Six cases were filed with Pallabi thana on Sunday in connection with Saturday's violence at Kurmitola Bihari camp in the city's Mirpur area that left 10 people dead, report agencies. Operation officer of Pallabi thana SI Yasin said six cases,...

\\\'13 Economic Census to be released in June next year

The final report of the Economic Census 2013 will be published in June 2015, officials of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) said Sunday. This was disclosed at a workshop titled 'Analysis of primary Economic Census report 2013 and expectation...

TCB truck-sale leaves no visible impact yet

The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has enhanced its sale of some selective items through trucks to keep their prices stable ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, though the drive is yet to make any visible impact on...

Photo: State Minister for Finance M A Mannan speaking

Budget proposes fresh tax burden on honest taxpayers

The proposed tax measures for upcoming fiscal year (FY) would enhance tax burden on honest taxpayers while expansion of tax-net to new potential areas has got less priority in the budget, business leaders said at a discussion Sunday. They said...

Nur Hossain caught, remanded in India

Runaway Nur Hossain, the prime suspect in Narayanganj seven murders, who was arrested on Sunday night in Kolkata, was Sunday taken on an eight-day remand by Pashchimbanga police for interrogation, officials said in Dhaka.         Meanwhile, the government began the process...

ADB for investment in infrastructure projects

Visiting Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao has laid emphasis on significantly increasing the investment-GDP ratio for infrastructure projects by steadily strengthening the revenue collection as it is very important to support the country's socio-economic development. At a press conference...

Some reflections on proposed budget for FY 2014-15

All of us have a stake in the proposed national budget for fiscal year (FY) 2014-15. The business community is a major stakeholder; so is civil society, and the vast array of consumers -- rich and poor. No doubt this...

Cambodian PM arrives today

Cambodian Prime Minister (PM) Hun Sen will arrive in Dhaka today (Monday) on a three-day official visit to Bangladesh when the two countries are likely to sign three agreements and a memorandum of understanding (MoU), reports UNB. Hun Sen will...

July-May exports post 14pc growth despite adversities

Country's export earnings from apparel products during the July-May period of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013-14 grew by more than 14 per cent over the corresponding time of last fiscal, notwithstanding some daunting challenges, including the adverse impact of Rana...

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Maiden MERS case in BD

The first-ever case of MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) infection was detected in Bangladesh Sunday. The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) diagnosed a Bangladeshi expatriate living in the US with the MERS corona virus (MERS-CoV). The 53-year-old...

New bench for Khaleda\\\'s writ

Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain constituted a one-judge bench Sunday to hear the writ petition filed for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the appointment of a trial judge, who indicted her and others in the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia...

Cambodian PM in city

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen arrived in Dhaka on Monday morning on a 3-day official visit to Bangladesh. A special aircraft of the Kingdom of Cambodia carrying the Cambodian Prime Minister and members of his entourage landed at the Hazrat...

JICA chief Tanaka visits Jamuna Bridge

The visiting JICA President Akihiko Tanaka is ‘impressed’ to see Bangabandhu Jamuna Bridge that established links between eastern and western regions of Bangladesh. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Bangabandhu Bridge over the river Jamuna in August 1998. The bridge...

Tokyo stocks down

Tokyo shares slipped 0.62 per cent on Monday morning, as the yen strengthened on worries over the escalating crisis in Iraq. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was down 94.01 points at 15,003.83 by the break, while the Topix index of...

China shares up slightly

Chinese shares were up slightly in morning trading on Monday, helped by selective buying of energy stocks, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.16 percent, or 3.36 points, to 2,074.08. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on...

HK shares edge down

Hong Kong shares opened marginally lower on Monday as a positive lead from Wall Street was offset by lingering concerns over the crisis in Iraq. The benchmark Hang Seng Index dipped 20.13 points to 23,299.04 in the first few minutes,...