A Dhaka court on Tuesday framed charges against Awami League MP Abdur Rahman Bodi in a case, the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) filed for accumulating wealth beyond his known sources of income. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of the Special Court-3…
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13 Jamaat leaders on 3-day demand in explosives case
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed 13 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and its student front IslamiChhatra Shibir on a three-day remand each in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act. Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Mohammad…
19 alleged dopers held in city
Dhaka – The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 19 alleged members of a doper gang including its three alleged ringleaders from different places of the city in three separate drives from Monday noon till evening. The law…
IBBL organises orientation for probationary officers
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organised an orientation program on September 7 Monday at Mohammad Younus Auditorium of Islami Bank Tower on on the occasion of joining of newly recruited probationary officers. Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of the Bank was…
Tougher movement soon for pay scale revision- RUTA
We have been demanding for re-determination of 8th national pay scale and also a individual pay scale, but the government has devaluated us by approving the pay-scale ultimately without considering our demand. We have been compelled to struggle on the…
Ctg Stock Exchange Index revised as per performance
Dhaka – The CSE-30 index has been revised on the basis of performance of the CSE-listed companies. The new index will be effective from September 20.. CSE 30 index is reviewed twice in a year, says a press release on…
JU suspends five students for assaulting assistant proctor
The authorities of Jahangirnagar University have suspened five students, including a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activist, for their alleged involvement in an assaulting of a teacher of the university. The decision was taken at in emmergency syndecate meeting chaird by…
Tragic: Wall collapse ends dream of hawker-cum-student Robi
Dhaka – Robiul Islam (Robi) 17 student of class VIII. Rajdhani Pilot High School and also part time news paper Hawker. S/O Md. Dagon Mia Rickshaw Puller, House 1143, Norerchala, Vatara, in capital Dhaka.
Comparing AL with snake Khaleda urges Hindus to rally round Bnp
Comparing Awami League with a snake, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday night urged the Hindu people to rally around her party changing their traditional mentality of supporting Awami League. “You should make your family members understand that it won’t…
UN plan to save Earth is “fig leaf” for Big Business: insiders
Why the new Sustainable Development agenda is “fundamentally compromised” by corporate interests By Nafeez Ahmed The SDG stakeholder engagement process draws selectively on the input of civil society groups to promote its public legitimacy, while systematically ignoring the voices that…
Deposition against 147 leaders of 20-party Oct 7
A Dhaka court on Monday deferred recording the deposition in the case filed against 147 BNP-led 18 party-men including BNP Joint Secretary Generals Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Amanullah Aman and former Chief Whip Zainul Abedin Farroque to October 7. Magistrate Atiqur…
Charge hearing against Fakhrul: 35 others in arso0n case Oct 19
A Dhaka court on Monday fixed October 19 to hear on framing charge against BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 36 other party men in a case filed for arson attack and burning people to death on…
Germany to spend extra €6bn to fund record influx of 800,000 refugees
States and local governments will be given €3bn while federal government allocates €3bn extra to pay for benefits, says ruling coalition The German government will spend an extra €6bn (£4.4bn) to cope with this year’s record influx of refugees, the…
14 watch towers to monitor traffic movement ahead of Eid: Police IG
Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque on Monday asked all the police units to ensure foolproof security so that no unpleasant incidents occur centering on Eid-ul-Azha. He also directed members of law-enforcing agencies not to stop any vehicle…
Body of young man recovered from Jessore General Hospital
Police recovered the body of a young man from Jessore General Hospital in the district town on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Rakib Raihan, son of Firoz Mollah, a resident of Ramnagar village in Abhoynagar upazila.Police said two…
Minor girl drowns in Pabna
A minor girl drowned in a pond at Satbaria village in Sujanagar upazila on Sunday evening.The deceased was identified as Dipa, 6, daughter of Satbaria union parishad chairman bul Hossain.
2 old men die from snake bite in Rajshahi
Two old men reportedly died from snake bites in different incidents in Poba and Charghat upazila of the city on Sunday.The deceased were identified as snake charmer Munjed Ali, 70, son Aroj Ullah, a resident of Holidagashi Moddapara village in…
Cell set up at police HQ to help BD expatriates
A cell named Expatriate Help Cell (EHC), has been set up at the police headquarters to address the complaints of Bangladeshi expatriates. Inspector General of police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque disclosed this while briefing reporters at the police headquarters after…
Tk 10cr VoIP equipment of TCB seized at Shahjalal Airport
Customs Intelligence officials seized huge illegal Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) equipment worth Tk 10 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday. Briefing reporters at the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) office, its Director General Mainul Khan said…
3 Shibir activists held in Kishoreganj
Police arrested three activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, while they were holding a ‘clandestine meeting’ in Nagua area of the district town on Sunday.The arrestees were identified as Masum Ahmed, 21, Mostakim, 18, and Al…
Law enforcers again killing opposition workers sans trial: Bnp
BNP yesterday alleged that law enforcers are once again resorting to extra-judicial killing and abduction of opposition workers. “After the killing of some ruling party men in crossfire, we feared that the opposition men will again be subjected to enforced…
Forced motor Cycle registration fetched Tk 112 crore
Government earned revenue of around Tk 112 crore as 14,5,92 unregistered motorcycles were forced to registered during on going drive against unregistered motorcycles by police across the country till September 5 from July 1 5. It was disclosed by Inspector…
Migrant crisis: Influx will change Germany, says Merkel
Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the “breathtaking” flow of migrants into Germany will “occupy and change” the country in the coming years. She said Germany would speed up asylum procedures and build extra housing, but called on other EU states…
How a single photograph may be changing the way the world thinks
By Thomas E. Franklin By now, you’ve probably seen the photo. A lifeless boy, body limp and legs dangling, is carried by a Turkish paramilitary officer from the water’s edge. The image is a powerful representation of the refugee crisis…
BAU unit BCL committee dissolved
The Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) dissolved its Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) unit committee. Confirming the matter BCL central organising secretary Mobarak Hossain said that the committee was disbanded as investigation found that the tenure expired long ago. Besides the leaders…
Yunus opens new HQ of Grameen Koota in Bangalore
Bangalore – Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus today inaugurated the new corporate head quarters of Grameen Koota (GK), one of the largest microfinance organizations in India reaching over one million women members in five states of the country. GK began…
Help floating migrants!
People from the developing countries are adopting illegal, risky and dangerous ways and means to migrate to the advanced countries in hope for job plus better living condition. Many of these unfortunate people have already met with tragic end of…
Where would they go?
In mega city Dhaka, traffic jam is a serious problem acting as retardation to our economic activities. In addition, blocking of footpaths by small businessmen is causing deceleration to our everyday movement. The law enforcers off and on conduct drives…
Cricketer Shahdat, his wife sued over torturing housemaid
Bangladesh National Cricket Team player Shahadat Hossain and his wife Nitto Shahadat have been sued in court over torturing their housemaid early Monday. A journalist named Mojammel Hossain filed the case with Mirpur Model Police Station under the Women and…
Test shows how old your body really is
Scientists say they have developed a way of testing how well, or badly, your body is ageing. They say it could help predict when a person will die, identify those at high-risk of dementia and could affect medicine, pensions and…