In the wake of frequent incidents of abduction, Narayanganj Deputy Commissioner Manoj Kanti Baral has been transferred. Manoj Kanti has been made the Joint Secretary of Shipping Ministry and the Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard…
A new disease called Chikungunya that causes painful and sometimes crippling symptoms has spread in the capital Dhaka, raising a public health alarm. The mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus first broke out in the northern Chapainawabganj district in 2008 and a year…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday placed five persons including three policemen on a three-day remand each in the case filed in connection with recovery of gold bar. Magistrate Atiqur Rahman of the CMM Court passed…
Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) has suffered a loss of about Tk 1,500 crore for erasing call records from its international truck exchange (ITX), says a study of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). It reveals that there was no international…
Terming the present government as a slave and illegal, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday called upon the people to renew the movement to save the country. “This government is subservient and illegal. Nobody listens to a slave. So, movement…
Family members and relatives have indentified the bodies of three people including panel mayor Nazrul Islam that of six bodies recovered from Shitalakkhya River on Wednesday. The deceased along with Nazrul were identified as Swapon and Ibrahim, driver of…
A German delegation has questioned the acceptability of Bangladesh’s national election held on Jan 5 this year and asked for interim polls, says BNP Vice-chairman Shamser Mobin Chowdhury. He said the parliamentary delegation, led by Dagmar G Woehrl, revealed the…
German ambassador in Dhaka Albrecht Conze’s concerns about the Bangladesh-India joint Rampal power plant are not directed at a coal-fired project but the environmental risk it poses to the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest. The ambassador said on Tuesday…
President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Khandker Mahbub Hossain on Tuesday prayed for dismissing the plea of the chief prosecutor before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 seeking to draw contempt-of-court proceedings against him over the remarks he made on…
Law enforcers in Cox’s Bazar have launched a drive to nab the ‘Yaba syndicate’ peddling the contraband drug. The list of such traders has been prepared by intelligence organisations, Department of Narcotic Control (DNC), Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), RAB and…
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that the ruling party has become the enemy of people for its misrule. “The ruling party has turned people’s enemy… So, they’re now trying to hang onto power by…
Supporters of abducted Narayanganj City Corporation panel mayor Nazrul Islam blocked Dhaka-Chittagong highway for two and a half hours on Tuesday, demanding the immediate rescue of Nazrul and his four associates. Lawyers, meanwhile, demonstrated and boycotted the court here for…
Germany needs a “positive signal” that dialogue between the Awami League and the BNP will resume for an end to political bickering as it is in the process of “negotiating” annual funds for Bangladesh. “For us it is very important…
An alleged member of a gang involved in kidney trade has been arrested after he removed both of the kidneys of a six-year-old boy who subsequently died at Ullahparah Upazila in Sirajganj district. The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Khalil,…
Bangladesh on Monday sought a preferential treatment on Bangladeshi products to the US market like Sub-Saharan African and Caribbean countries considering its extreme ‘vulnerability’ due to climate change. Bangladesh also demanded duty- and quota-free access to the US market under…
An activist of Jubo League, the youth associate body of Awami League, was gunned down by unidentified miscreants at Anandipur in Ramganj upazila on Monday evening.
German parliament doubts the acceptability of the current Bangladesh parliament among the people. In a meeting with Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, a visiting parliamentary delegation also expressed scepticism on whether this parliament would be able to complete its five-year term. MP…
Accusing the government of committing crimes against humanity, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday asked his party’s leaders and activists to get ready for staging a mass upsurge to force the regime to stop killing, forced…
Visiting President of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Dr Ahmad Mohammad Ali on Monday said Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd is not involved in terror financing in any way. He came up with the claim at a press conference at the…
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad is likely to face legal action for not submitting the details for his election expenditure. Ershad contested the Jan 5 national polls from two constituencies – Rangpur-3 and Lalmonirhat-1. He won from Rangpur but lost…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has expressed deep concern over the deterioration of law and order particularly at the rise of killing and enforced disappearance in Bangladesh. “The people are suffering from sense of insecurity as the killings and the forced…
A local Awami League activist was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash between two factions of the ruling party over establishing supremacy in Khazra union of Ashashuni upazila on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Ashraf Ali…
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines official, arrested on Saturday for his suspected involvement in the smuggling 106 kilograms gold, has been remanded in five days’ police custody. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate SN Ashikur Rahman gave the order on Sunday after police produced…
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has found 265 luxurious cars like Mercedes, BMW and Land Rover roaming in the streets untaxed. NBR Chairman Md Ghulam Hussain revealed the information on Sunday at a pre-budget discussion between the finance minister…
The SAARC secretary-general has urged critics to wait to see the results of the South Asian regional grouping as he acknowledged that it “could not live up to its expectations”. “We can’t expect results overnight. It’ll take a while to…
Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) panel mayor Nazrul Islam along with his four associates was abducted by miscreants from Fatulla area of the city on Sunday. The other victims are Nazrul’s aides Tajul, Swapan, Liton and his private car driver. Witnesses…
A leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) was killed and at least 10 people were injured during a clash with police in Satkhira town on Sunday. Police said the activists of the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami shot at the…
BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas on Sunday said the Awami League (AL) would also fall victim to killing and forced disappearance just the same way they were now running the country. “The new generation did not see how the…
Boro paddy output in 12 upazilas in Rangpur (agricultural) region will fall drastically due to the lack of irrigation under the Teesta Barrage Project during the current season, observed farmers and officials. About 65,000-hectare land was cultivated for the dry-season…
Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman on Saturday said the ceiling on tax exemption for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities by banks and financial institutions should be raised. “For enjoying the income tax rebate, I think, the minimum limit for expenditure…