A ruling Awami League ministers on Thursday observed that the finance minister AMA Muhith and the former Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Atiur Rahman cannot avoid the responsibly of the recent heist from BB account with Federal Reserve Bank of New…
Category: Governance
Checking further heist to be first priority: new BB governor
Dhaka – Newly appointed governor of Bangladesh Bank Fazle Kabir said his first priority will be to prevent recurrence of such incident of heist through which hackers took away more than $100 million from the central bank account with US…
Very low chance of recovering BB’s $81m: Manila Senator
Dhaka – Though efforts are on to get back the stolen $81 million from the Bangladesh Bank, Philippines now finds ‘very low’ chance to retrieve it because the money is now likely outside the Southeast Asian country. “There is a…
Plea to drop graft cases against Tarique rejected
The High Court on Wednesday paved the way for trial court to run the trial proceedings against BNP vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and three others in a case filed on charge of bribery. The three other accused are: former State Minister…
Obama nominates Merrick Garland to Supreme Court
As a former prosecutor, Garland supervised both the Oklahoma City bombing and Unabomber cases in the US. US President Barack Obama has nominated Merrick Garland, an appellate court judge and former prosecutor, to the Supreme Court. In an address from the White…
Ex Govt-secy Fazle Kabir appointed BB governor
Dhaka – The government has appointed former finance secretary and chairman of state-run Sonali Bank Ltd Fazle Kabir as the new governor of Bangladesh Bank for the next four years.
Father killed in Narayanganj while resisting attempt to abduct daughter
A man was hacked dead by miscreants as he resisted abduction of his daughter at Bhuigarh in Narayanganj early Wednesday.The victim Manindra Chandra, 52, was a day labourer and resident of Raghunathpur in the area. Four people were arrested in…
Death warrant read out to Nizami at Kashimpur Jail
Dhaka –The jail authorities read out the death warrant to condemned war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami at Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur on Wednesday morning. Basanta Kumar, senior jail super of Kashimpur Central Jail-2, said, “The copy of…
Tangail 4 by-election stayed on Kader Siddique’s plea
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Tuesday stayed the by-polls of Tangail-4 constituency that was scheduled to be held on March 20. After granting a leave to appeal petition filed by Krishak Sramik Janata League President Abdul Kader Siddique,…
SC asks two ministers to appear before it March 20
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Tuesday adjourned till March 20 the hearing on contempt rule issued by it against two ministers— food minister Qamrul Islam and Liberation War affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque— for making “highly contemptuous comments”…
ICT issues death warrant for Nizami
Dhaka – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Tuesday night issued a death warrant for condemned Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. “Three judges of the ICT signed the death…
Atiur resigns: Ex-secy Fazle Kabir to be new BB Governor
Embattled Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Tuesday quit amid a huge row over the heist of $101 million from the Bangladesh Bank’s account with the US Federal Reserve Bank. The Governor’s resignation came following his meeting with the…
Demos at BAU, RU against including Zoology in BCS (Fisheries) cadre
Dhaka – Demonstrations were staged at least at two public universities of Bangladesh in Rajshahi and Mymensingh against the government’s Public Service Commission for incorporating a provision that would allow zoology graduates also to apply for posts in the BSC…
Youth jailed for stalking in Sherpur
Sherpur – A mobile court here on Sunday night sentenced a young man to six months’ imprisonment for eve-teasing a schoolgirl in Jhenaigati upazila.Police sources said Monir Hossain, son of Abdul Haque, a resident of Gandhigaon Purbapara village, used to…
Padma Bridge graft case filed ‘under WB pressure’, says outgoing ACC cheif
The outgoing chairman of Anti-Corruption Comission (ACC), M Badiuzzaman, on Sunday said the organisation filed the Padma Bridge corruption case in 2012 without any recorded facts and documents in face of World Bank pressure.The ACC chairman said, “The statement we…
HC rejects writ against collection of tenant info
Dhaka –The High Court on Sunday rejected a writ petition filed seeking an order to stop collection of tenants’ information through the owners of rented apartments. An HC bench compromising Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir passed…
N Korea submarine ‘missing’ during US-S Korea drills
North Korea says its military is ready to pre-emptively attack and ‘liberate’ the South if it sees signs that American and South Korean troops involved in annual joint military drills are attempting to invade the North A North Korean submarine…
UN adopts resolution to tackle sexual abuse by its troops
United Nations — The U.N. Security Council on Friday approved its first-ever resolution tackling the escalating problem of sexual abuse by U.N. peacekeepers who act as predators when sent to protect vulnerable civilians in some of the world’s most volatile…
Four alleged ‘robbers’ lynched in Noakhali
Noakhali – A mob beat four suspected robbers to death and injured two others foiling their bid to escape police custody at Chairman Ghat in Hatiya upazila early Saturday. Additional superintendent of police AKM Asaduzzaman said a gang of robbers…
FireEye to help probe Bangladesh Bank fund hacking
FireEye Inc’s Mandiant forensics division is helping investigate a cyber heist at Bangladesh’s central bank last month that netted more than $80 million, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The two sources said Silicon Valley-based FireEye, which…
Law on impeachment of judges drafted
The law ministry has finalised the draft of a new law on the removal process of Supreme Court judges, with ample provision for upholding their rights and to defend themselves. This has been named the Misconduct and Inability (Investigation and…
Fakhrul among 26 relieved of violence charge
A Dhaka court on Thursday relived 26 people, including BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, its standing committee members Mirza Abbas and Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, from a violence case filed under the anti terrorism (amendment) act. Dhaka metropolitan…
Iqbal Mahmud made ACC chief
Former senior secretary of the public administration ministry, Iqbal Mahmud, was appointed chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday.Cabinet secretary Md Shafiul Alam confirmed this to Prothom Alo. He said, “Iqbal Mahmud and a retired district judge, AFM Aminul…
Criminals in $100m heist likely spy on BB’s workers
The perpetrators of a $100 million digital heist at Bangladesh’s central bank had deep knowledge of the institution’s internal workings, likely gained by spying on bank workers, security experts said.Unknown hackers breached Bangladesh Bank in early February, stole credentials for…
2 buses set ablaze in Savar
Two buses were set afire by unidentified miscreants at Shyamoli CNG Refueling Station in Baliarpur area of the upazila early Wednesday, hours before the Jamaat-e-Islami enforced hartal got underway.Sub-inspector of Savar Police Station Farhad Hossain said unidentified miscreants torched the…
SC summons two ministers for their remarks on judiciary
STAFF REPORTER The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday summoned the food minister Advocate Qamrul Islam and liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque to appear in person before it on March 15 at 9.00am to explain their positions…
UP election will be held peacefully: IGP
Dismissing any apprehension of any big incident on the upcoming countrywide Union Parishad (UP) elections’ day, Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque on Tuesday said the election will be held peacefully without any big incident.
SC summons two ministers for reactions to CJ remarks
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday summoned Food Minister Qamrul Islam and Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque to appear before it on March 15 for their reactions to remarks of Chief Justice…
Mir Quasem’s death penalty upheld, Jamaat hartal Wednesday
Dhaka – Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday called a dawn-to-dusk hartal for Wednesday (March 9) protesting the Supreme Court judgment that upheld the death penalty of Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali convicted for war crimes. The verdict in the appeal case of…
Police doubt mother’s ‘confession of killing’ two children
Mahfuza Malek Jasmine ‘admitted to killing’ the two children once during initial interrogation by RAB and again in police custody, but ‘without any emotion’, the law enforcers said.Though the mother of two slain children has ‘admitted’ to the crime, police…