Staff Reporter Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday left a programme at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) as he saw the programme was sponsored by Saifur’s coaching centre.
Day: May 6, 2016
Spain reports 1st case of Zika-linked microcephaly
Health authorities say they’ve identified the first case in Spain of the birth defect microcephaly in the fetus of a pregnant woman infected with the Zika virus. The health department for the northeastern region of Catalonia said the woman traveled…
BD actively considering TFA ratification: ICCB
Bangladesh is ‘actively considering’ to ratify the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) to allow an easy flow of goods and lowering the costs of doing business across borders. “In order to become middle income country by 2021, Bangladesh has to ensure…
Highest in tax payment, yet under NBR scanner!
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has prepared a list of 50 highest taxpayers in its each tax zone and deeply monitor whether they properly paid taxes or not. “We have already started the process,” a senior NBR official told…
HC verdict over 16th amendment historical: BNP
Terming historical the High Court verdict that declared the 16th constitutional amendment illegal BNP on Friday said it has strengthened people’s confidence in the judiciary . Dhaka, UNB news agency reported.
Family meets Nizami at Kashimpur jail
Family members of death-row war criminal Matiur Rahman Nizami met him at Kashimpur Central Jail part-2 in Gazipur on Friday. Jail sources said six members of Nizami’s family-his wife Samsunnahar Nizami, two sons– Barrister Najib Momen and Khadiza Mohsina, daughter-in-laws…
RU student injured falling from tree dies after nine days
Md. Zarjees Hossain, a final year student of Social Work Department and Shaheed Surawardi Hall, Rajshahi University (RU) died to his injuries after fighting for life for nine days long at Rajshahi Medical Collage Hospital (RMCH) on Thursday morning. He…
BAU greater Dhaka association committee formed
A committee was formed for Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) greater Dhaka association for two years in a general meeting. Prof Dr Fazlul Auwal Mollah selected as president and Prof Dr Mohammed Al-Mamun selected as a general secretary. Prof Dr Nurul…
Not all meat is created equal
Danielle Nierenberg Raising livestock provides livelihoods for an estimated one billion people, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Many small farmers in developing countries own livestock, including cattle, goats, horses, sheep, pigs, rabbits, chickens, donkeys, ducks, geese,…
Keraniganj sweetmeat shops fined by mobile court
Dhaka – The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) organised a mobile court which fined five sweetmeat shops of Tk 6 lakh on charge of making low quality sweetmeat in Keranigonj,on the outskirts of the capital, on Thursday. Sources at the Rab-10…
Jamaat calls hartal for Sunday in protest
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has called a dawn to dusk countrywide hartal for Sunday protesting the Supreme Court verdict that upheld death penalty awarded to the party’s chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for his 1971 war crimes. Jamaat acting ameer Makbul Ahmad and…
Uproar in BD Parliament as HC scraps assumed power to remove judges
Dhaka – The High Court on Thursday declared the 16th amendment establishing Parliament’s power to remove the Supreme Court judges illegal and contradictory to the national Constitution. Noting that parliament members cannot go against the party decision as per the…
Investigation of violence at Hefazat-e-Islam rally not yet complete
STAFF REPORTER Investigation in most of the cases relating to the violence centering Hefazat-e-Islam rally at the city’s Shapla Chhatra has not yet been completed even after three years of the incident.
SC upholds Nizami’s death sentence
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday dismissed a review petition paving the way for the execution of Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for crimes against humanity committed during the War of Liberation in 1971.
Using arms publicly at UP polls is ominous for democracy: Shujan
STAFF REPORTER Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan) yesterday said the use of arms publicly in the Union Parishad (UP) polls along with violence and irregularities is ominous for democracy.
2700 cartoons contraband cigarette seized
Customs preventive team at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport seized 2700 cartoons contraband cigarette from Cargi Village on Thursday.
BGB seized Indian clothes worth 1.7 crore
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized Indian clothes worth around Tk 1.7 crore from Kolaroa frontier of Satkhiras district on early Thursday. The also seized a truck carrying the contraband Indian cloths.