Amid the allegation that the fabrics imported for the cent percent export-oriented garment industries under the bonded warehouse system are often smuggled out, the government is planning to slash the supplementary duty (SD) on import of fabrics in a bid…
Lawyers community under the banner of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum will hold a rally at Supreme Court premises at 10:00am on Saturday protesting the increasing incidents of killing, enforced disappearance and abduction across the country. Lawyers from across the country will…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here for Japan on Saturday midnight on a four-day official tour, which is expected to usher in a new horizon in the Bangladesh-Japan relationship. This will be also Hasina’s first bilateral visit to the country…
A van driver was shot dead and several other people were injured in a gunfight between activists of Awami League and BNP at Amishapara Bazar in Sonaimuri upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Zaber, son of Montajul Hoque…
Alleging that Awami League MP Shamim Osman was involved in the sensational seven murders, Santras Nirmul Toki Manch, an anti-terrorist local organisation, on Friday demanded his immediate arrest. “The recorded conversations between Shamim Osman and Nur Hossain over the brutal…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will stage demonstrations across the country on Sunday protesting the police action on the BNP preventing them from holding their scheduled rally at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) on Thursday. BNP joint secretary general Ruhul…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday demanded formation of a commission to investigate all the incidents of killing, forced disappearance and abduction taken place recently across the country. She came up with the demand while addressing a press conference at…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the private entrepreneurs to go for more processed fish export, including shrimp, with value addition alongside exporting Halal meat and other items to grab the greater international market. “We’ve a great scope…
Police on Thursday stopped a rally organised by BNP’s Dhaka metropolitan chapter in protest against a spate of abductions and murders. The rally was to start at 4pm on Thursday at the auditorium of Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) and…
The Cabinet Purchase Committee on Thursday approved a Chinese company’s tender proposal for the construction of Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project involving Tk 12,133 crore. China Major Bridge Engineering Co. Ltd has submitted the proposal for the construction work of the…
District Awami League general secretary and MP of Feni-2 constituency Nizamuddin Hazari on Thursday alleged that Joynal Hazari was involved in the murder of Fulgazi upazila parishad chairman Ekramul Haque Ekram. Nizamuddin Hazari blamed Joynal Hazari in a written statement…
US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena on Thursday urged the government to conduct thorough, timely and credible investigations into all alleged human rights violations and abuses, including allegations against members of Rab for committing abuses and misconducts. “I continue…
A court here on Thursday placed former Rab officials — Tareque Sayeed Mohammad and Arif Hossain — on a fresh eight-day remand in connection with the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case. Senior Judicial Magistrate KM Mahiuddin passed the order when Detective…
Chairman of Phulgazi Upazila Parishad Ekramul Haque, who was shot and burnt to death on Tuesday, was a victim of upazila unit of Awami League intra party feud, says BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. “The government is…
A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred recording the depositions of the witnesses in the two graft cases against BNP Chief Khaleda Zia and others. Judge of Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-3, Basudeb Roy deferred the new date to June 19 after…
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started collecting information and documents to launch inquiry into wealth of Noor Hossain, the prime accused in the Narayanganj seven murders, based on allegations against him of amassing huge wealth. “The commission started the task…
Midterm election could be held in the country through talks if all political parties agree, says opposition leader Rawshan Ershad. She made this comment while exchanging views with journalists at Media Centre of Jatiya Sangsad in the city. The opposition…
The country’s per capita income has now increased to $ 1180 from $ 1044, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said on Wednesday. The Planning Minister revealed this after a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec)…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday turned down the pleas of BNP standing committee members Barrister Moudud Ahmed and Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain to quash the trial proceedings against them in two graft cases. A four-member Appellate Division bench, headed by…
A case was filed against 36 people, including BNP-backed Fulgazi upazila chairman candidate Mahtabuddin Chowdhury Minar, in connection with the killing of the upazila’s chairman Ekramul Haque Ekram. The election was held in the upazila on March 23. The victim’s…
Another case was filed against Narayanganj city councillor Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the seven-murder case, and five of his associates on charge of killing a schoolboy about eight years ago. Kazi Aktar Hossain, father of victim Tipu Sultan,…
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Tuesday refuted the rejoinder issued by Dr Kamal Hossain & Associates on Monday, saying it tried to suppress the truth and was a heinous act to distort history. The PMO, in a rejoinder signed…
A Dhaka court on Tuesday framed charge against juvenile Khadiza Akter Sumi, domestic help of slain Special Branch Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Begum in a case filed in connection with the murder of the couple. Judge Zakia…
Transactions in Bangladesh’s capital market have declined to eight-month low after witnessing some stability at the beginning of the year, just after the general elections. Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Tuesday recorded lowest ever transactions in last eight months. Analysts…
Leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) yesterday demanded withdrawal of army personnel from Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) for the sake of protecting the image of army. “The government should immediately withdraw all army personnel from the RAB. We want the…
Phulgazi Upazlia Chairman Ekramul Haque was killed as attackers shot him and set his car on fire in Feni town on Tuesday, accoirding to police accounts. Ekramul Haque came under the attack around 11 am near the Bilash Cinema Hall…
Diplomats of Muslim countries in Dhaka believe Bangladesh will consolidate its global standing as “a progressive and forward-looking nation” for international peace and security. According to the foreign ministry, the diplomats also reiterated their conviction that Bangladesh will continue to…
The annual development programme (ADP) for the upcoming 2014-15 fiscal year is being fixed at Tk 790.31 billion, a 17 percent increase over the current FY. Tk 81 billion is being earmarked for the construction of the Padma bridge, country’s…
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will attend a protest rally organised by party-backed lawyers on May 24. Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, a BNP-backed lawyers’ body, has planned the rally to protest the murder of fellow lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarkar in Narayanganj and…
Incensed by the police not showing disgraced RAB officers arrested in the multiple-murder case, lawyers at Narayanganj have called for Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya’s resignation from the cabinet. The demand came from a rally on Monday at the Narayanganj court…