Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the tannery owners to relocate their tanneries from Hazaribagh to Savar byApril 6.
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IBBL board recommends 10pc cash dividend for shareholders
Dhaka – The Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited recommended 10% cash dividend for the shareholders for the year 2016 subject to approval of the 34 rd Annual General Meeting of the Bank. The decision came from a…
Sharmin receives Women of Courage award from Melania Trump
Dhaka – Sharmin Akter, a Bangladeshi young activist against early and forced marriage, has received 2017 International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award from US First Lady Melania Trump and the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A Shannon.…
Hawaii judge places indefinite hold on Trump travel ban
A US federal judge in Hawaii has indefinitely extended the suspension of President Trump’s new travel ban. Judge Derrick Watson’s ruling means Mr Trump will be barred from enforcing the ban on six mostly Muslim nations while it is contested…
IEC calls on disruptive tech for universal energy access
Geneva, March 30 –The IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) is stepping up efforts to bring electrical energy to the 1,3 billion people who have no access to electricity, via a disruptive technology – low voltage direct current (LVDC). The IEC is…
SC sets stage for FBCCI election
Dhaka, Mar 30 –The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the High Court order that stayed the process of holding the FBCCI election for two months. A three-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice…
‘JMB man’ held in Satkhira
Satkhira, Mar 30 – Police in a special drive arrested a suspected member of the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh from Bangal intersection in the district town on Wednesday night.
Minus-Messi, Argentina loses another World Cup qualifier
Sao Paulo, Mar 29 (AP/UNB) — Hours after Lionel Messi was suspended by FIFA for four World Cup qualifying matches, Argentina lost 2-0 to Bolivia in the altitude of La Paz on Tuesday and heightened its risk of missing a…
Comilla city polls begin
Dhaka, Mar 30 – Voting in the election to Comilla City Corporation (CCC) election began on Thursday morning. The balloting in 103 polling stations across the city started at 8am and will continue till 4pm without break with under an…
Moulvibazar ‘militant dens’ drive held up for heavy rain
Dhaka, Mar 30 – The joint forces’ raid on two ‘militant dens’ at Nasirpur village in Sadar upazila and at Barhat in municipality area in the district of Moulvibazar, was suspended on Thursday morning due to heavy rain.
Death toll in Bagerhat trawler capsize 12
Dhaka, Mar 30 – The bodies of seven more people, who had gone missing after a trawler capsized in the Panguchi River in Morrelganj upazila of Bagerhat on Tuesday morning, were recovered from the river on Thursday, raising the death…
How to stir up a refugee crisis in five steps, Trump style
By Madeleine Penman Mexico City, Mar 29 (IPS) – The sight of one of the most infamous borders on earth – roughly 1,000 kilometers of porous metal fence dividing lives, hopes and dreams between the USA and Mexico, is undoubtedly…
a2i, BRAC to jointly coordinate vocational training
Dhaka 29 March – Access to Information (a2i) Programme of Prime Minister’s Office and BRAC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at SSF briefing room of Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday. The aim of the MoU is to coordinate technical…
HC rejects tannery owners’ appeal to function in city
Dhaka -The High Court (HC) Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a petition of tannery owners that sought HC permission to operate their factories at Hazaribagh in Dhaka till Eid-ul- Azha.
Sylhet’s Atiya Mahal not safe after 111 hours of operation
Dhaka – After 111 hours of tense end of operation Twilight by the law enforcing agencies on Tuesday in Sylhet at Atia Mahal, the block of flats were remained to be fully sanitized by the police bomb disposal squads on…
Withdraw OC, Sub-Inspector Of Madaripur Sadar: HC
Dhaka – The High Court yesterday directed the government to immediately withdraw the officer-in-charge (OC) Ziaul Morshed Sub-Inspector Md Mahatab Hossain of Madaripur Sadar police station for keeping two mothers in custody and keeping outside their babies.
Patuakhali-Barguna Rakkhine Community fall in size
Dhaka – The Rakhine community in Patuakhali and Barguna has decreased significantly due to oppression and land grabbing by influential people in the areas, said a group of citizens who recently visited the areas.
Former HC judge summoned on contempt charge
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka on Wednesday summoned former justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik on charge of contempt of court for his alleged ‘contemptuous comments’ about Chief Justice SK Sinha.
Character as currency
Sudhirendar Sharma One can feign ignorance but being consumers of industrialized products we are but an integral part of the destructive resource extraction that is anything but organized violence… Only after living without money for three years and having established…
Death anniversary of Engr. Rukunuddin Satrurday
The first death anniversary of superintendent engineer of Bangladesh Post Office, Rukunuddin Ahmed will be observed on Saturday. Last year on this day he died due to stroke while working on his laptop. He did his S.S.C from Gopalganj Model…
Islamabad withdraws from 1st April Dhaka IPU Assembly
AKM Moinuddin, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Mar 29 – Pakistan has withdrawn from the 136th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to be hosted by Bangladesh on April 1-5. A Foreign Ministry official in Dhaka on Tuesday confirmed Pakistan’s decision…
Police cordon off two ‘militant dens’ in Moulvibazar
Dhaka, Mar 29 – Nearly eight hours after Bangladesh Army officially called off its operation at ‘Atia Mahal’ in Dakkhin Surma upazila of Sylhet on Tuesday night, police cordoned off two houses at Fatehpur village and Barohat in Sadar upazila…
‘Operation Twilight’ called off: Police take charge
Sylhet, Mar 28 – Bangladesh Army called off the ‘Operation Twilight’ at ‘Atia Mahal’ in Dakkhin Surma upazila on Tuesday night, 83 hours after its Para Commandos launched the raid on the militant den on Saturday morning. Army’s Military Intelligence…
Bangabandhu not given time to rebuild country: PM
Dhaka, Mar 28 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday regretted that Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was not given time to rebuild war-ravaged Bangladesh although he gave its people independence and a state.
Anti-terrorism steps shouldn’t restrict freedom: UN
‘Broaden NHRC mandate allowing it to probe all alleged HR violations’ Dhaka, Mar 28 – The UN Human Rights Committee has urged Bangladesh to make sure that counterterrorism measures are not used to restrict freedom of expression and opinion of…
UN to investigate violations against Rohingya
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Mar 27 (IPS) – A top UN human rights group has decided to investigate human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. The UN Human Rights Council agreed to send an international fact-finding mission to investigate…
IBBL Shariah Supervisory Committee meeting held
A meeting of the ShariÔah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on 28 March 2017, Tuesday at Islami Bank Tower.
Costa Rican town fears the sea will steal its shiny new face
Cieneguita, Costa Rica, Mar 28 (IPS) – Two years have gone by since the new government initiative which subsidises community works changed the face with which the coastal town of Cienaguita, on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, looks out to the…
Human chain at BAU seeking job for food tech graduates
Mymensingh – Students of B.Sc. Food Engg made a human chain in front of ‘Mukhtomanch” of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh on Tuesday.
Five dead as trawler with 100 passengers capsizes in BD
Dhaka – Fiver bodies have been recovered early Tuesday as a passenger trawler carrying about 100 persons capsized in river Panguchi in Bagherhat district on the southwestern part of Bangladesh.