Barguna, July 2 (UNB) – Prime accused in the Rifat Sharif murder case Sabbir Ahmed alias Nayon Bond was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Sadar upazila early Tuesday. Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Abir Mohammad Hossain said…
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Don’t recall Apollo 11? Global festivities have you covered
Dhaka, Jul 2 (AP/UNB) – You can run a race, hit a museum, shoot off a rocket or count down to the moment 50 years ago that Neil Armstrong first stepped foot on the moon. There’s no shortage of events…
Tigers confident to beat India
Dhaka, July 2, 2019 – Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza was not inclined to loss his sleep, thinking too much about India’s strength as he believed that his side can beat anybody else if they can play to their true…
Gas price hike to hit garment sector hard: BGMEA
Dhaka, July 1 (UNB) – Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Monday said the gas price hike will be another blow for an industry struggling for every penny. “On the basis of the information I have, the gas…
PM Hasina flies to China on five-day official tour
Dhaka, Jul 1 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here on Monday afternoon for Dalian and Beijing on a five-day official visit, which is expected to bolster ties with Bangladesh and China. A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines…
Writ for Rifat killers’ arrest to be placed in 3rd HC bench
Dhaka, June 30 (UNB) – Two High Court benches on Sunday declined to hear a writ petition filed seeking its directives to arrest the killers of Barguna youth Rifat Sharif within 24 hours. Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Eunus Ali Akond…
100 pc voter turnout in 69 centres not ‘normal’: CEC
Dhaka, June 30 – The 100 percent voters’ turnout in 213 polling centers in the 11th parliamentary polls has raised questions among political parties, experts and even the Election Commission. Even Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Sunday…
BD passes Tk 5tln budget appropriation bill for 2019-20
Dhaka, June 30 (UNB) – Parliament on Sunday passed the Tk 5,23,190 crore national budget for the fiscal year 2019-20, themed as ‘Bangladesh on a Pathway to Prosperity: Time is Ours, Time for Bangladesh’. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal moved…
BD Finance Bill changes stocks, textiles tax proposals
Dhaka, June 29 (UNB) – Parliament on Saturday passed the Finance Bill 2019 with some changes in the proposals over the capital market, VAT and handloom industry. For the first time in Bangladesh’s history, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina moved the…
BNP gained nothing by joining JS: Manna
Dhaka, Jun 29 (UNB) – Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna on Saturday said BNP has gained nothing by joining parliament where MPs are always busy flattering the Prime Minister. “Parliament members start praising the leader (Hasina) just after taking…
Reform banking sector for budget execution: Ibrahim Khaled
Dhaka, June 29 (UNB) – Former Bangladesh Bank Deputy Governor Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled on Saturday underscored the need for reforming the country’s banking sector for proper implementation of the national budget for 2019-20 fiscal year. “Default loans must be recovered,…
BNP slams law-and-order ‘downslide’
Dhaka, Jun 29 (UNB) – BNP standing committee member Selima Rahman on Saturday said the incidents of killing, enforced disappearance and rape have now engulfed the country for lack of good governance and impunity culture. “Rifat was hacked to death…
5 BD cement factories near Sundarbans get EIA nod: Minister
Dhaka, Jun 29 (UNB) –Five air-polluting cement factories located within the ecologically critical area of the Sundarbans Reserve Forest have been given environmental clearance, Forest Minister Md Shahab Uddin told Parliament on Saturday. The factories are Meghna Cement Mills Ltd,…
Rampal project anti-constitutional: Sultana Kamal
Dhaka, June 28 (UNB)— The government’s decision to set-up a coal-fired power plant at Rampal goes against the constitution, National Committee for Saving the Sundarbans (NCSS) President Sultana Kamal said on Friday. “Although the constitution says that every decision will…
Lightning strikes kill 5 in Satkhira
Dhaka, June 28 (UNB) – At least six people, including three members of a family, were killed by lightning strikes in Kaliganj and Ashashuni upazilas of Satkhira and Sadar upazila of Magura on Friday. In Kaliganj upazila of Satkhira, a…
Rifat Murder: 4 suspects released hours after detention
Barishal, June 28 (UNB) – Police on Friday morning released four people, suspected to be involved in the broad daylight killing of Barguna youth Rifat Sharif, a few hours after their detention. The four had been arrested in a drive…
RMG industry of BD wants higher prices from intl buyers
Dhaka, June 27 (UNB) – Bangladeshi apparel businesses called upon international buyers for maintaining responsible buying practices to obey their given conditions properly. The business insiders also said that their businesses are under pressure not getting proper prices of their…
Oli Ahmed floats new political platform to free Khaleda
Dhaka, Jun 27 (UNB) – President of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Oli Ahmed on Thursday announced to float a new political platform, ‘Jatiya Mukti Mancha’, in a bid to free BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail and ‘restore’ democracy in…
Young, educated and jobless
by Karola Klatt A decade after the onset of the global crisis, youth unemployment remains high in many industrialised countries. But it’s not an act of nature. The International Labour Organization (ILO), which marks its centenary this year, shone a…
Canadian envoy parries comment on Noor Chowdhury extradition
Dhaka, June 27 – Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Benoit Prefontaine yesterday said he cannot make any comment regarding Noor Chowdhury, a self-confessed killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, when the matter is in court but historically Canada is averse…
Six deep wounds found on Rifat’s body: SBMCH physician
Dhaka, June 27 (UNB)- Rifat Sharif died of excessive bleeding from six deep wounds on his body, said Dr Jamil Hossain, an assistant professor of Surgery Department of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) on Thursday. He received injuries on…
BD farmers to get loans at 4pc interest: State Minister
Dhaka, Jun 27 (UNB) – Farmers will be able to take loan at 4 percent interest for producing non-major food grains, said State Minister for Rural Development and Co-operatives Division Shawpan Bhattacharjee in Parliament on Thursday. A project titled ‘Production…
Barguna youth hacked dead before his wife
Barguna, June 26 (UMNB) – A young man was hacked to death by miscreants in front of his wife in the district town on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Rifat Sharif, 22, son of Dulal Sharif of Maitha…
High taxes to impede BD telecom sector growth, says insiders
Dhaka, June 26 (UNB) – High taxes and duties proposed in the national budget for 2019-20 fiscal year on the telecom sector will impede its growth, said insiders on Wednesday. They made the remarks at a roundtable discussion titled ‘Proposed…
Rohingyas maybe a threat to country’s security: PM
Sangsad Bhaban, Jun 26 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the security and stability of Bangladesh could be hampered if the displaced Rohingya people cannot be repatriated soon. “If we can’t send them back soon, there’s an…
Narsingdi fire-attack victim Fulan Rani loses battle for life
Narsingdi, June 26 (UNB) – Teenage girl Fulan Rani Barman, who was set afire by miscreants here on June 13, died on Wednesday morning after fighting for her life for 12 days. She succumbed to her burn injuries at Dhaka…
BAU approves 80 research projects for 2019-20
Mymensingh, June 26 – The Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System (BAURES) approved 80 research projects for the fiscal year of 2019-20. The University Grants Commission granted 6 crore taka on research sector of the University. The research activities will start…
Anti-graft body finds proof its director Basir took bribes
Dhaka, June 26 – After getting preliminary evidence of bribery allegations, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday sent a letter to the department of immigration so that its suspended director Enamul Basir could not leave the country. ACC director Sheikh Md…
18 suffer burns in Chittagong car air-compressor blast
Chattogram, June 26 (UNB) – At least 18 people, including three children, suffered burns when the compressor of a microbus air-conditioner exploded on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Highway in Patia upazila on Tuesday night. Sixteen of them were identified as Rubel,…
Conduct surveys on road-rail bridges: PM
Dhaka, Jun 25 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday instructed the authorities concerned to conduct surveys on dilapidated rail and road bridges in the country so that necessary repair works could be done before monsoon. The Prime Minister…