Bangladesh Bank disposed of some 495 complaints, out of a total of 496 received from bank customers in August this year.
Day: September 23, 2015
3 promoted as secretaries
Three senior officials have been promoted to the rank of secretary. The Public Administration Ministry issued separate gazette notifications in this regard on Wednesday. As per the first notification, acting secretary of the Statistics and Informatics Division Begum Kaniz Fatema…
Cattle market is still running high
The cattle markets in the capital ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha are still in favour of the traders as there has been lower inflow of sacrificial animals so far due to inclement weather and late supply from the neighbouring India.
Khaleda celebrates her first Eid in abroad
STAFF REPORTER BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is expected to exchange her Eid greetings with people in a London hotel on Thursday, according to a source in the UK.
Court deferred hearing against MP son Rony
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred the hearing in the case filed against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of Awami League MP Pinu Khan to November 11, as the prosecution did not produce the accused to the court on…
Electrician killed by lightning strike
An electrician was killed by a lightning strike at Deula Madhyapara village in Baghmara upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Birendranath Sarker, 48.
BGB seizes phensidyl bottles in Chuadanga
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 504 bottles of Indian phensidyl syrup from a sugarcane field at Khoyerhuda village under Jibannagar upazila of the district on Monday night.
VGF rice distributed in Chandpur
Chandpur District administration recently distributed more than 948.720 tonnes of rice among 70,226 VGF card holders of the district on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF).
Youth stabbed to death by friends in Bogra
A young man was stabbed to death allegedly by his friends at Talore Bazar in Dupchanchia upazila of the district onTuesday evening.The deceased was identified as Muktar Hossain, 35, son of late Sona Miah, a resident of Talore Bazar.
Robber’ injured in ‘gunfight’ with cops
An alleged robber was injured in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and police at Chalkidanga village in Manirampur upazila of Jessore district early Wednesday.The injured was identified as Akbar Ali, son of Abdus Sattar, a resident of Pardia area of…
Ctg road to be named after FF Danu
Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) mayor AJM Nasir Uddin today declared that the CCC authority would name a city road after the name of late Awami League (AL) leader Kazi Enamul Hoque Danu and would erect a memorial at Chawkbazar intersection…
Mobile court fines 6 pharmacies in Ctg
A mobile court of Chittagong District Administration today fined six pharmacies Tk 60 thousand for selling doctors’ sample medicines and unapproved Indian medicines.Deputy Revenue Collector and Executive Magistrate of Chittagong District Administration Mohammad Ruhul Amin led the mobile court at…
Sports science dept, gymnasium inaugurated at CU
The authority of Chittagong University (CU) today opened the newly-constructed Gymnasium and the newly-launched “Physical Education and Sports Science” department here.CU Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury formally inaugurated the gymnasium as well as the new department at a…
Kapotakkha dredging project raises hope among locals
The 262-crore Kapotakkha River dredging project is now nearing completion, raising hope among the people living in its vicinity that there will be a better life for them soon.Once implemented fully, it will lead to creation of more arable land and…
Sonamasjid remains closed for 5 days from today
All export and import activities through Sonamasjid land port will remain closed for five days from yesterday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.
Minor boy drowns in Jessore
A minor boy drowned in a well at Baulia village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as one year and three months old Siam, son of Shahidul Islam of the village.
Truck hits auto-rickshaw killing four
Four people were killed as a truck crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Hasnabad on the Sylhet-Chhatak highway in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj district on Wednesday morning. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately
Cancellation of MBBS admission results demanded
Admission seekers on Tuesday a staged demonstration demanding cancellation of the results of the admission tests of MBBS and Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) claiming that question papers of the tests were leaked. At about 12:30 pm, the demonstrators brought…
ADB predicts 6.7 percent GDP growth in 2015-16
Bangladesh may achieve 6.7 percent GDP growth in the ongoing fiscal year, says the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In its outlook for 2015 released on Tuesday, the lending agency said a stable political environment, public and private sector investment as…
Road traffic accidents across Bangladesh kill 16
Road traffic accidents in Bangladesh amid the rush on highways ahead of the Eid have left 16 people killed in a single day. Collision between truck and autorickshaw claimed four lives in Sunamganj while three were run over by bus…
Top cops’ comments on Tangail shooting irk Suranjit
Senior Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta has taken a dig at top police officers for their comments on the shooting at Tangail last Friday that left four people dead. He said it was only “natural” that people would agitate against…
Higuain dropped by Argentina, Dybala gets first call-up
Forward Gonzalo Higuain has been dropped by Argentina for their opening two World Cup qualifiers while Juventus striker Paulo Dybala has been called up for the first time. Higuain had a disappointing Copa America tournament in July, scoring two goals…
Robert De Niro scores one for baby-boomers as ‘The Intern’
Ben Whittaker is 70, retired and discovers that tai chi classes, learning a new language and visiting his grand-kids isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, so he turns to a new challenge – being “The Intern” at a New…
Divided EU leaders to offer cash for Syria refugees
European Union leaders could promise billions of euros in new funding for Syrian refugees at an emergency summit on Wednesday where they will also try to patch up bitter divisions over the migration crisis. Meeting for dinner a day after…
US assistant secretary Delany, Ambassador Bernicat say Bangladesh has not met all GSP conditions
The government may claim it has fulfilled the 16-point action plan Washington rolled out two years back, but Bangladesh appears a long way off getting back preferential trade benefits in the US market under GSP facility. Visiting Assistant US Trade…
4 killed in truck-auto rickshaw collision in Sunamganj
Four people were killed and another was injured when a truck and an auto-rickshaw collided on the Sylhet-Chhatak road near Hasnabad at about 8 am on Wednesday. According to reports the goods laden Sylhet-bound truck crashed on the Cng autorickshaw…
PM leaves for NY to attend Unga session
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here for New York on Wednesday morning on an eight-day official visit to the United States to attend the 70th United Nations General Assembly (Unga). A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime…
Situation in Arakan State, Myanmar
by Dr. Wakar Uddin, Director General, Arakan Rohingya Union There is no sign ofthe GovernmentofMyanmar/Burma backingdown fromits hostile policies against the Rohingya and other Muslim community in Myanmar. Series of recent actions by the Government of Myanmar against Rohingya and…
25 fishermen kidnapped in Sundarbans
Twenty-five fishermen were kidnapped by forest robbers from Kakrakhali canal of the Sundarbans under Shyamnagar upazila on Monday. Seven of the victims were identified as Rafiqul, 38, Mazid, 28, Sannasi, 38, Kawsar, 55, Khokon, 25, Amirul, 28, and Farid, 35.…
Govt. curving media by covert policy, control on ad: Bnp
The BNP on Monday alleged the government is controlling the media through a ‘covert media policy’. “The government is trying to establish its authoritarian rule in the country. They’re putting direct and indirect pressure on the mass media. Even social…