The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has asked authorities concerned to provide wealth information of former state minister for water resources Mahbubur Rahman The commission on Monday sent letters to some authorities in this connection, according to an ACC official.
The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Dhaka on Monday granted bail to Tazreen Fashions Chairman Mahmuda Akter Mita while the bail petition of the Managing Director (MD) and also Mita’s husband Delwar Hossain was rejected and he was sent to…
All the power distribution companies in the country have been asked to send their respective proposal on power tariff hike within the current month (February). “Last month, we sent a letter to all the distribution entities to send their proposals…
International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s concessionary arm, will provide US$ 535 million for strengthening delivery of urban services and quality of higher education in the country. Mohammad Mejbahuddin, Secretary of Economic Relations Division and Johannes Zutt, World Bank…
The government has merged the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications with the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology. The fresh nomenclature for it would be the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, said a government handout on Monday.
So far, 19 newspapers in the country have implemented the 8th Wage Board, Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu told Parliament on Monday. An 8-member ‘Monitoring Committee’ has been formed with representatives from the government as well as of journalists and…
National Professor and veteran sociologist Dr Rangalal Sen died at a hospital in the city on Monday. He was 82. Rangalal, a former teacher of Dhaka University, breathed his last at Surgical Hospital around 3:30pm, his son-in-law Dr Shikh Sankar…
Bangladesh Coast Guard members seized a dredger and arrested six people on charge of lifting sand illegally from the Meghna River at Nunertek under Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj on Monday. Sources at the Coast Guard headquarters said a team of…
The High Court has ordered the withdrawal of indigenous three-wheelers, locally known as Nasiman, Kariman or Bhatbhati, from highways in 10 districts of south-western Bangladesh. The bench of Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice Md Habibul Gani issued the order…
The High Court here on Monday granted six-month anticipatory bail to former Health and Family Welfare Minister and BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a money laundering case. An HC bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Zafar Ahmed passed…
The government is examining the matter of giving permission to two closed private TV channels—Diganta TV and Islamic TV to resume their operation. Minister for Information Hasanul Haq Inu told the Parliament while replying to a question from Jatiya Party…
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has set a target of producing around 1.25 lakh tonnes sweet potato from around 8,000 hectares land in the country’s northwest region during the current season.
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday alleged that the government is pushing the country’s political situation towards a deeper crisis through its increased repressive acts. “Retaining power through a farcical election, this illegal government keeps on arresting the leaders and…
Four political parties — Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), Socialist Party of Bangladesh (SPB), Gano Forum and Nagarik Oikya — on Sunday slammed the government for its move to commercialise education in the country’s public universities. Addressing a human chain,…
Speakers at a function here on Sunday stressed the need for providing quality and standard services to the municipality dwellers regularly through ensuring transparency and accountability.
More than 3324 dropout students from the distressed and underprivileged communities in the city are getting financial grants valued at around Taka 1.79 crore for continuing their institutional learning in the city Grants of Taka 64.32 lakh have, so far,…
BNP vice chairman Abdullah Al Noman on Monday called for changing the government accusing it of killing democracy through the January 5 parliamentary elections. “We want downfall of this autocratic government. It has killed democracy,” he told a discussion –The…
A BRAC official identified as Zafar Iqbal, 40 was killed yesterday in a road crash under Madhukhali upazilla on Dhaka-Khulna Highway.
US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan Mozena on Monday reconfirmed America’s views on January 5 elections saying there has been no change in USA’s position which called for immediate dialogue to hold election as soon as possible. He, however, said it…
Police recovered body a young girl with slit throat in Soyedabad area in the town on Sunday night.
Train communications of Chittagong with Dhaka and Sylhet, which remained suspended following a derailment in Gangasagar area of Akhaura upazila, resumed after about 10 hours early Monday.
Parliament on Monday witnessed a debate as question was raised over Jatiya Party’s stance simultaneously in the treasury and opposition benches. The debate resumed when independent lawmaker Rustom Ali Faraji questioned the role of opposition Jatiya Party that shared the…
All types of export and import-related activities at Hili land port will remain closed for the next four days from Monday because of the ongoing road reconstruction works on the Indian side.
An unidentified young man died after fell down slipping off a running train at Rupdia railway station on the Jessore-Khulna route on Sunday evening.
Some 4,254 private sector small and medium industries under the BSCIC across the country incurred loss of Tk 7150.25 crore due to the “destructive activities by the BNP-led 18-party alliance over the trial of the war criminals.”
German Maria Hoefl-Riesch retained her Olympic super combined title in Sochi after an impressive slalom display.
Fulham defender Dan Burn has likened defending against Manchester United to playing in the Conference.
Gunmen on motorbikes have shot dead eight people, including an eight-year-old girl and her father, at a faith healer’s house in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi.
Italy has reacted angrily to an Indian decision to try two Italian marines, accused of killing two fishermen, under an anti-piracy law.
“I came to tell the world I’m an openly gay man,” the defensive lineman told ESPN. “If I work hard, if I make plays – that’s all that should matter.”