Dhaka – Nearly two weeks into a fire incident that occured in the Sundabans, another fire erupted at Abdullah Shila in Chandpai range of the world’s largest mangrove forest in Sharankhola upazila on Wednesday morning, unb news agency has reported.
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SC upholds stay on Gazipur mayor Mannan’s suspension
Dhaka – The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a High Court order that stayed for six months the government’s order suspending BNP-backed Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan.
Stocks recover on higher transactions
Dhaka – Stock market ended flat on Tuesday, with showing marginal increase in price indices and market activities, bss news agency reported. The market began the week on Sunday downward and continued sinking till the close of the next trading…
HC signals for continuing biometric SIM registration
Dhaka – The High Court on Tuesday cleared the path for continuing the SIM/RUIM registration through the ongoing biometric process terming it legal, unb news agency reported. An HC bench comprising Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice AKM Shahidul…
Sever ties with violence users: Resume talks – Oppn, Govt urged
Dhaka – International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based independent organisation, in its latest report released on Monday suggested Bangladeshi opposition parties to sever ties with political allies who use violence to destabilise the government. It also suggested opposition to commit to…
Think about AL in a newer way, Hasina tells party leaders
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said time has come to think about the ruling Awami League in a newer way to keep it dynamic and vibrant, unb news agency reported. The Prime Minister said this when the…
Bnp not unnerved as 500 workers killed, 4.5 lakh face cases: Fakhrul
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday claimed that his party is not frustrated despite killing of more than 500 leaders and activists of the party and its front organisations implicating about 4.5 lakh others in several thousand…
N Korea senior intelligence officer ‘defects to South’
A senior North Korean military officer who oversaw spying operations has defected, say South Korean officials. The officer has not been named, but the defence ministry in Seoul said he was a senior colonel in the Reconnaissance General Bureau and…
Election of new leaders has revived BNP, says Fakhrul
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday expressed his optimism that the new leadership of the party would bring to success to the future movement.“We are hopeful that our democratic movement will must bring successes,” he said while talking…
PM opens Dhaka’s New Central Jail on other side of Buriganga
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated the newly-constructed Central Jail in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of the capital, having better facilities for inmates, unb news agency reported. She opened the jail activities by unveiling a plaque. A…
Temple complex fire kills at least 100 in south India
Kerala, India — A massive fire broke out during a fireworks display in a south Indian temple early Sunday, killing more than 100 people and injuring at least 200 more, a top official said. The fire started when a spark…
BNP urges people: Get united, save democracy
Dhaka – Branding ruling Awami League as an anti-democratic force, BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan urged people from all walks of life to get united to save democracy by defeating its enemy, UNB news agency reported. “Now democracy is…
Comilla Cantt Board CEO gives statement over Tonu murder
Comilla – Twenty days after the killing of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu, Chief Executive Officer of Comilla Cantonment Board M Manirul Islam on Saturday gave a written statement over the murder, UNB news agency reported.
Another deadline expires for Capital’s tanneries to relocate
Dhaka – Though the extended deadline for the relocation of tanneries from the city’s Hazaribagh area expires on Sunday, no sign was seen on Saturday to move those to the designated leather industrial park in Savar. Industry insiders said it…
Democracy is under the grasp,get united to save country: BNP
Branding ruling Awami League as an anti-democratic force, BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan urged people from all walks of life to get united to save democracy by defeating its enemy.
Jamuna Bank manager missing in Comilla
The manager of the local branch of Jamuna Bank Ltd went missing from the city on Thursday evening.
‘Previous enmity’ led to blogger Nazimuddin killing?
Dhaka – Police primarily suspect that Jagannath University (JnU) student and online activist Nazimuddin Samad was murdered due to previous enmity as no anti-religious writing was found after the scrutiny of his Facebook status, unb news agency reported. Police have…
BNP strongly opposes move for gas, power tariff hike
Dhaka – BNP on Friday threatened to take tougher action programmes if the government raises the gas and power tariffs further, unb news agency reported. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi issued the threat at a press briefing…
ACC committee to see if Bangladeshis in Panama Papers list
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday formed a three-member probe committee to find out as to whether there was any name of Bangladeshi national in leaked Panama Papers on swindling money by influential quarters. Pranab Bhattacharya, public relations officer of the…
PM pushes for setting up Saarc food and seed banks
Dhaka – Urging the South Asian leaders to promise to ensure food and nutritional security across the region, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday underscored the need for speedy materialisation of the initiatives taken for setting up Saarc Food Bank…
HC rejects Khaleda plea to scrap graft case
Dhaka -The High Court on Thursday rejected the petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking cancellation of the Zia Charitable Trust graft case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) against her, unb news agency reported. An HC bench…
20mn drink arsenic-laced water in Bangladesh – 43,000 die a year
Dhaka – The Bangladesh government is failing to adequately respond to naturally occurring arsenic in drinking water across large areas of rural Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Approximately 20 years after initially coming to international…
HC hears May 4 ACC’s appeal against Tarique acquittal by trial court
The High Court yesterday fixed May 4 for hearing on an appeal filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against the trial court order that acquitted BNP leader Tarique Rahman of money laundering charges. The HC bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim…
Khaleda zia is unlikely to appear in court Thursday
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is unlikely to appear in a special court on Thursday for the hearing on the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
Major banks deny claims they helped clients avoid tax
International banking giants have denied allegations that they are helping clients to avoid tax by using complicated offshore arrangements. HSBC, Credit Suisse and the Royal Bank of Scotland-owned Coutts Trustees all feature in the leaked Panama Papers.
GDP growth set to hit seven percent: Minister
Dhaka – Bangladesh is set to overcome its six percent GDP growth ‘trap’ as its economy will grow by 7.05 percent at the end of the current fiscal year as per a provisional estimate. “This is a matter of pride…
Khaleda gets bail in Jatrabari arson case upon surrender
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Tuesday was granted bail in five cases after she had appeared to several courts with bail pleas. Of the courts, one allowed her exemption from appearing to it in person. The courts pronounced the…
‘Cultural shutdown if college girl Tanu killers not held’
Dhaka – Sammilita Sangskritik Jote on Tuesday demanded the arrest of Sohagi Jahan Tonu’s killers by April 11 for bringing them to quick justice, the UNB news agency has reported.
4 protesters killed in Ctg police firing
Four people, including two brothers, were killed in ‘police firing’ at Gandamara village in Banshkhali upazila on Monday afternoon during a demonstration against the construction of a coal-based power plant there.
BNP to decide boycott or continuation of UP polls
STAFF REPORTER BNP yesterday could not decide on whether it would boycott the ongoing Union Parishad polls as most of the senior leaders are in favor of staying in the race in the local body elections.