Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Sunday started recording the partial deposition of witness in the case filed for loan default of Tk 45,59,37,295 of Dandy Dying.
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Govt. has no plan to form banking commission: FM
STAFF REPORTER Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said the government has no plan to form a banking commission right now for further look into irregularities in the country’s banking sector.
Khaleda to surrender today on police station attack case
Court Correspondent BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia will surrender before a Dhaka court to seek bail in a case filed with Jatrabari Police Station over petrol bomb attack on a bus that killed a man last year.
SC judges can sign on verdict copies within 6 months of delivery
STAFF REPORTER The Supreme Court in a full verdict has dissolved a long pending issue allowing the judges for six months to put their signature on the copies of the verdict from the date of its delivery in the open…
Windies stun Aussies to claim maiden women’s T20 crown
Dhaka – Powerful half-centuries from Hayley Matthews and skipper Stafanie Taylor fired the West Indies to their maiden women’s World Twenty20 crown in a thrilling last-over win against Australia in Sunday’s final in Kolkata.Chasing a competitive 149 for a win…
Ronaldo winner ends Barcelona’s 39-game unbeaten run
Dhaka – Cristiano Ronaldo struck the winner as 10-man Real Madrid came from behind to end Barcelona’s 39-game unbeaten run 2-1 in El Clasico at the Camp Nou on Saturday.Gerard Pique’s towering header put the hosts in front on the…
UNO, driver injured in road accident in Karaniganj
MUNSHIGANJ – Upazila Nirbahi officer (UNO) of Nababganj upazila under Dhaka district Shakil Ahmed and his driver Mahbub Hossain were injured in a road accident at Karaniganj early this morning.UNO Shakil Ahmed was going to his working station Nababganj from…
Fake RAB member held in Manikganj
MANIKGANJ – A fake RAB member was arrested from Uthuli under Manikganj district today.Police sources said the arrested person introduced himself as Md. Tanvir Ahmed, a Lieutenant Colonel of RAB and cheating people for long.On the basis of allegation of…
Mobile court evicts 50 illegal shops in Rangpur
RANGPUR – A mobile court of Rangpur City Corporation evicted more 50 illegal roadside shops from footpaths in the city and seized various goods in the day-long drives today.Executive Magistrate of the City Corporation S M Golam Kibria led the…
Couple killed in Bogra road accident
BOGRA- A couple was killed and six others were injured when a truck collided head-on with a CNG-run auto rickshaw at Jamunapara on Dhaka-Bogra highway under Sherpur upazila of the district this noon.The deceased were Thandu Miah, 42, son of…
Shakila, 32 others chargesheeted for militancy funding
CHITTAGONG – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) today submitted charge-sheet against 33 people, including BNP leader Syed Wahidul Alam’s daughter Barrister Shakila Farjana, in a case of funding militancy.Assistant Director of RAB-7, Chittagong, Ruhul Amin, also investigation officer of the case,…
Windies take maiden title dethroning Australia in women’s T20
Dhaka – West Indies notched their maiden title of the Women’s World Twenty20 with an emphatic 8-wicket victory dethroning straight three times champion Australia in the 5th edition final at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Sunday. The new powerhouse of Women’s…
First passenger flight leaves as Brussels airport reopens
Brussels — A Brussels Airlines plane heading to the Portuguese city of Faro took off from Brussels Airport on Sunday, the first passenger flight to leave the airport since suicide bombings on March 22 ripped through its check-in counters. Security…
Khaleda surrenders before court Tuesday
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday will surrender before a trial court here and seek bail as the court has issued a warrant for her arrest in a case filed over an arson attack on a bus at…
SC defers Nizami’s review petition hearing for a week
Dhaka –The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday deferred the hearing for a week on the review petition of condemned war criminal Jamaat Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami against its verdict upholding the International Crimes Tribunal’s judgment that had sentenced him to…
HC directs govt to arrest Tonu’s killers in 24 hrs
Dhaka –A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Sunday seeking its directive on the government to arrest the killers of Sohagi Jahan Tonu within 24 hours. Eunus Ali Akond, a Supreme Court lawyer, moved the HC with…
Trickster animals
From caterpillars that masquerade as queen ants to fish that sneak in sperm, nature abounds with clever creatures. A reed warbler feeds a young European cuckoo. The cuckoo’s parent left its egg in the warbler’s nest to raise as its…
The hair mistakes that make you look older
Health Desk A bad hairstyle isn’t always so easy to identify—and, chances are, if you don’t have a total hacksaw job, you probably think you are doing everything right with your current look (hello, high school yearbook photo). But, according…
Drew Barrymore,Will Kopelman split after 3 years of marriage
Just one day after news broke that the two were splitting, Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman have released a statement to People: “Sadly our family is separating legally, although we do not feel this takes away from us being a…
Dev for Indo-Bangla production
Entertainment Desk Tollywood’s heartthrob Dev has been cast as one of the leads in the upcoming joint production between India and Bangladesh. Jazz Multimedia from Bangladesh and SK Movies f rom India will jointly bring in the production. Details of…
Parched fields force Thailand to look beyond rice
Thailand has long served as one of the globe’s main rice bowls, but chronic water shortages are pushing the country to move away from a grain that dominates its fields and has defined a way of life for generations. Laddawan…
7 ‘robbers’ held in Moulvibazar
Police in separate drives arrested seven alleged members of a robber gang from Kulaura upazila and deferent places of the district on Saturday.
More times needed to relocate tanneries
Though the government has stopped rawhide supply to Dhaka’s Hazaribagh tanneries to force the entrepreneurs to shift their units to the designated industrial park in Savar, the industry insiders observed that it will take at least 5-6 more months to…
HSC, equivalent exams begin Sunday
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will begin across the country on Sunday.
Quick trial of Tonu killing not possible with obsolete laws: CJ
Terming the existing laws of the country obsolete, Chief Justice SK Sinha on Saturday said it is not possible to arrange the trial of Tonu killing within a short time with the traditional and 18th century’s laws.
National Film Day being observed Sunday
Dhaka – Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy will observe the National Film Day on Sunday, UNB news agency reported. They have chalked out elaborate programmes for the day.
N’ganj boiler blast kills three workers
Dhaka – Three workers were killed and four others injured as a boiler of an ice factory went off in Kanchpur area of Sonargaon upazila in Narayanganj, about 15 kolomeres east of the capital on Saturday night, UNB news agency…
Another six months needed to relocate tanneries, say owners
Dhaka – Though the government has stopped rawhide supply to Dhaka’s Hazaribagh tanneries to force the entrepreneurs to shift their units to the designated industrial park in Savar, the industry insiders observed that it will take at least 5-6 more…
RU JCD protest arrest warrant against Khaleda
RU Correspondent The Bangladesh Jatiatabadi Chatra Dal (BJCD) Rajshahi University (RU) unit protested the arrest warrant issued against Begum Khaleda Zia, a former Prime-minister of Bangladesh and Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and staged demonstration demanding the cancellation of…
Asian Chess: BD chess team share 3rd position
DHAKA- Bangladesh chess team sharing 3rd position along with Iran, Mongolia and Iraq after 4th round games with 6 points in the points table of the Asian Nation Cup Chess-2016 now being held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirate.Chain is…