The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed three cases against Padma Oil’s Managing Director Abul Khayer and 92 others for corruption in appointment. ACC Deputy Director Mohammad Morshed Alam filed the cases with Sadarghat police on Wednesday.
Month: July 2013
‘Special programme to rehabilitate cyclone affected farmers’
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury on Wednesday said the government has taken in hand a ‘special incentive programme’ to rehabilitate the farmers who were hard-hit by tropical cyclone ‘Mahasen’.
Everything you need to know about the Ashes
First Test: England v Australia Venue: Trent Bridge, Nottingham Date: 10-14 July Start time: 11:00 BST
Ministry source of corruption, lawyers not involved: SCBA
Admitting that there is corruption in the judiciary, Supreme Court Bar Association SCBA general secretary Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon on Wednesday claimed lawyers are in no way involved in it.
Ashes: Do Australia have strength to match England?
For the first time in a generation Australia enter the Ashes as underdogs.
2 robbers killed in Sunderbans
Two forest robbers were killed in a gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion Rab in Andharmanik area of the Sundarbans under Mongla upazila on Wednesday.
Govt to nationalise 2,252 non-MPO pry schools
Primary and Mass Education Minister Dr M Afsarul Ameen on Wednesday said the government will nationalise 2,252 non-MPO monthly pay order registered primary schools within the current month July.
Holy Ramadan begins today
Holy Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, begins Thursday.
BCS test results to review; Protest prolong
Despite the Public Service Commission’s PSC’s decision to review the results of the 34the BCS preliminary examinations, the students from various educational institutions on Wednesday vowed to continue their movement until the quota system in government jobs is abolished and…
US not to interfere in ‘homegrown’ democracy: Quader
The United States knows Bangladesh’s democracy is “homegrown” and so would not try imposing anything, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader said on Wednesday.
Korean govt arm to help improve ‘statistical capacity’
The Korean government’s development arm, KOICA, will train up the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics BBS staff in the next three years to improve their ‘statistical capacity’.
The progress in global fight against tobacco
A new report released in Panama City by The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday shows that one-third of the world’s population – 2.3 billion people – are now covered by at least one life-saving policy measure to curb tobacco…
Successful 5 yrs of United Airways
United Airways, country’s first-ever public limited company in the aviation sector, stepped in six years of its service on Wednesday which operated 38,000 flights and carried 14 lakh passengers and 2,800 tonnes of cargo to various destinations.
B Chowdhury, Kader Siddiky to launch alternative force
President of Bikalpadhara Bangladesh Prof Dr AQM Barruddoza Chowdhury and Krishak Sramik Janata League chief Bangabir Kader Suddiky on Wednesday announced to form an alternative force to go to power.
Oil price reaches at $105: US report
Oil rose to near $105 a barrel Wednesday, driven by speculation that U.S. crude stockpiles fell last week in a sign of higher demand.
Automobile production set new record in 2012
Washington, DC – World auto production set yet another record in 2012 and may rise even higher during 2013. According to London-based IHS Automotive, passenger-car production rose from 62.6 million in 2011 to 66.7 million in 2012, and it may…
Philippines plans 100 percent renewables in 10 years
Manila —The Worldwatch Institute’s Climate and Energy Director, Alexander Ochs, met with the Climate Change Commission (CCC) and high-level representatives of the federal and provincial governments of the Philippines recently to lay groundwork for a Sustainable Energy Roadmap for the…
Fertility surprises portend a more populous future
Washington, DC – World population reached 7.2 billion in mid-2013, according to United Nations demographers, with present and projected future growth propelled in part by unexpectedly high fertility in a number of developing countries.
Man held allegedly with four bombs in Jessore
Police in a drive arrested a man along with four live bombs at Mandalgati village in Sadar upazila early Tuesday.
Hunger strike staged for Sylhet-London direct flight
A token hunger strike was observed in Sylhet on Monday demanding immediate resumption of direct flights of the national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines between Sylhet and London.
Quality education a far cry in Sylhet
Once famed for their educational standards, schools in Sylhet have lost their dignity, with the quality of education a far cry from what was expected earlier, guardians of students say.
Fish cultivators awarded in Narail
A prize giving ceremony to inspire successful fishermen was held on Tuesday at Upazila Parishad Auditorium.
BNP leader arrested in Bogra
Dupchanchia thana police arrested a BNP leader under Dupchanchia upazila in Bogra district on Tuesday.
Housewife commits suicide
A housewife took her own life by taking gas tablet in her house over a family feud in Sarderpara village under Dupchnchia upazila of Bogra district recently.
Aarong opens sales centre marking holy Ramadan in Barisal
Aarong, a leading fashion and lifestyle brand in the country, opened its first discount sales center on occasion of holy Ramadan in Barisal at the basement of K Jahan Center on Sadar Road area of the city center Tuesday.
Drug peddler gets life term
A trial court in Barisal on Tuesday sentenced a drug peddler to life term imprisonment and fined Tk 20 thousand or to suffer six months more RI in default.
Secondary students protest SSC Mathematics syllabus
Students of Secondary School Certificate Examination of 2015 and 2016 batches protesting introduction of creative (srijonshil) type of curriculum in Mathematics took out procession on city roads, formed human chain and handed over memorandum to the education board officials on…
7 Jamaat suspects arrested in Sirajganj
Police in a drive arrested seven suspected activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from Koillanpur village in Belkuchi upazila of the district early Wednesday.
Schoolboy’s body recovered in N’ganj
Police recovered the body of a schoolboy from his house in Muslimpara area of Sadar upazila on Tuesday afternoon.
‘Terrorist’ held with arms in Chuadanga
Local people caught an alleged terrorist along with arms and handed over him to police at Phulbagadi village in Alamdanga upazila on Tuesday night.