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ACC seeks bank details of 400 individuals

ACC seeks bank details of 400 individuals

-- 2019-10-30 22:04:39

The Anti-Corruption Commission or ACC has sought bank details of more than 400 individuals from Bangladesh Bank in a bid to identify those who have made fortunes through corruption and other irregular...

SC verdict on Jamaat leader Azhar’s appeal on Thursday

SC verdict on Jamaat leader Azhar’s appeal on Thursday

-- 2019-10-30 18:15:39

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is expected to deliver a verdict on Thursday on a appeal petition filed Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam against his death sentence for war crimes i...

Farmers to get Tk 800m incentives

Farmers to get Tk 800m incentives

-- 2019-10-30 17:27:39

Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque on Wednesday said the government will give over Tk 800 million as incentives to 687,700 small and marginal farmers for the Rabi season, reports UNB. At a media bri...

Cylinder blast leaves five dead in city

Cylinder blast leaves five dead in city

-- 2019-10-30 16:52:31

At least five persons, including four children, were killed and seven others injured in a gas cylinder blast near a school in Rupnagar Residential area in the capital’s Mirpur on Wednesday after...

Giasuddin Quader jailed for three years

Giasuddin Quader jailed for three years

-- 2019-10-30 16:23:28

A Chattogram court has sentenced BNP Vice Chairman Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury to three years in jail for making ‘assassination threats’ against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports bdnews...

Garment workers protest over back pay in Gazipur

Garment workers protest over back pay in Gazipur

-- 2019-10-30 16:20:21

The workers of Adib Dyeing Mills Ltd, a wing of garment maker Welltex Group, have taken to the streets to demand unpaid wages in Gazipur’s Sreepur Upazila. Hundreds of workers descended on the...

50 gold bars seized at Dhaka airport

50 gold bars seized at Dhaka airport

-- 2019-10-30 13:36:15

Customs officials on Wednesday recovered 50 gold bars, weighing 5.8kg, from a flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Sazzad Hossain, assistant commissioner of Dhaka Customs House, said a f...

Bangladesh rejects Myanmar’s 'baseless' accusation

Bangladesh rejects Myanmar’s 'baseless' accusation

-- 2019-10-30 13:35:29

Bangladesh has reacted sharply on Myanmar's persistent campaign to mislead the international community with fabricated information, misrepresentation of facts, unsubstantiated claims and undue accusat...

Appellate Division upholds HC order on BNP MP Harun

Appellate Division upholds HC order on BNP MP Harun

-- 2019-10-30 12:34:25

The Appellate Division on Wednesday upheld a High Court Division order granting six-month interim bail to BNP MP Harunur Rashid in a case filed over abusing duty-free import facilities. A four-member...

Greek business delegation to visit BD to explore trade

Greek business delegation to visit BD to explore trade

-- 2019-10-30 12:09:48

Greek Foreign Minister Nikolaos Dendias has expressed his desire to visit Bangladesh with a business delegation to explore trade and investment opportunities in the country. He showed this intention...

Samrat’s business partner held in Bhola

Samrat’s business partner held in Bhola

-- 2019-10-30 11:43:20

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an associate of expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Samrat from Charnoabad in Bhola sadar upazila on Tuesday. The arrestee was identified as Zakir Hos...

FRC forms another working group

FRC forms another working group

FE Report 2019-10-30 10:38:49

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has formed another working group to identify the challenges in implementing the international financial reporting standards (IFRS) in the country as well as to su...

Youth killed after protesting harassment of his female companion

Youth killed after protesting harassment of his female companion

-- 2019-10-30 10:34:30

A young man was killed reportedly by miscreants after he protested against their verbal harassment of his female companion in Hazaribagh area on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Ariful I...

Bridge lying unused due to absence of road

Bridge lying unused due to absence of road

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-10-30 00:37:31

PABNA, Oct 29: Bridge over the Gazony Beel is lying unused for long time due to absence of link road. It is causeing untold suffering for thousands of commuters at Hatkhali union under Suzanagar up...

Sonu’s dream to become   bellwether for Harijans fails

Sonu’s dream to become bellwether for Harijans fails

-- 2019-10-30 00:36:35

NARAYANGANJ, Oct 29 (UNB): Sonu Rani Das, the lone graduate from the Harijan community here, wanted to be a teacher to establish her own language, but could not yet materialise her dream. Sonu was ea...

Eid-e-Milaudunnabi on Nov 10

Eid-e-Milaudunnabi on Nov 10

-- 2019-10-29 22:00:10

The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, the anniversary of birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), will be observed on November 10 amid religious fervor and due solemnity across the country. The Nati...

ECNEC clears 10 projects involving Tk 114.67b

ECNEC clears 10 projects involving Tk 114.67b

-- 2019-10-29 20:17:38

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved 10 projects involving Tk 114.67 billion, including a Tk 17.62 billion one for conducting the population and househo...

ICC bans Shakib for two years

ICC bans Shakib for two years

-- 2019-10-29 18:54:40

Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh's Test and T20I captain, has been banned by the ICC from all cricket for two years, with one year of that sentence suspended, after he accepted three charges of breaching t...

PM terms onion crisis temporary

PM terms onion crisis temporary

-- 2019-10-29 17:29:14

As the onion market still remains overheated, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday termed the crisis temporary, saying there is nothing to worry about it. “The crisis is temporary. It won&rs...

Rohingya repatriation: BD seeks stronger global pressure on Myanmar

Rohingya repatriation: BD seeks stronger global pressure on Myanmar

-- 2019-10-29 17:13:01

Bangladesh has sought a stronger pressure to be put on Myanmar by the international community to make sure that Myanmar takes the Rohingyas back in a “safe, dignified and sustainable” mann...

Shakib should have informed ICC about match fixing offer: PM

Shakib should have informed ICC about match fixing offer: PM

-- 2019-10-29 16:39:06

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said skipper Shakib Al Hasan should have informed the International Cricket Council about the match fixing offer, reports bdnews24.com. “It’s clear that Shaki...

ACC sues ex-Jubo League leader, wife for amassing 'illegal wealth'

ACC sues ex-Jubo League leader, wife for amassing 'illegal wealth'

-- 2019-10-29 16:18:03

The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed a case against expelled Jubo League Office Secretary Kazi Anisur Rahman and his wife Sumi Rahman for amassing Tk 128 million in illegal wealth, reports bdnews2...

Probe report in graft case against SK Sinha on Dec 5

Probe report in graft case against SK Sinha on Dec 5

-- 2019-10-29 13:58:07

A court on Tuesday fixed December 5 for submitting an investigation report in a case filed against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha for allegedly demanding bribe. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistra...

DU students stage sit-in demanding solution to accommodation crisis

DU students stage sit-in demanding solution to accommodation crisis

-- 2019-10-29 13:43:57

A section of students of Dhaka University on Tuesday staged sit-in in front of the Vice-Chancellor’s (VC) residence, demanding an end to the accommodation crisis in the residential halls. The p...

ADB for ceding ‘interventions’ by city corporations in Dhaka’s wholesale markets

ADB for ceding ‘interventions’ by city corporations in Dhaka’s wholesale markets

A Z M ANAS, from Manila 2019-10-29 13:36:11

Firing a broadside at the ‘interventionist’ role of the city corporations, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has suggested establishing private management for Dhaka’s key wholesale ma...

BD power generation to surge by year end

BD power generation to surge by year end

XINHUA 2019-10-29 13:20:35

Bangladesh's power generation capacity is all set to reach 23,222 megawatts (MW) by the end of this year as a mega electricity plant being built in collaboration with Chinese firms nears completion, s...

Ctg Airport becomes automated

Ctg Airport becomes automated

Our Correspondent 2019-10-29 10:41:52

Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport (SAIA), the second largest international airport of the country, has introduced two important systems - automation system and exit note systems - under t...

Three suspected robbers die in Sitakunda ‘shootout’

Three suspected robbers die in Sitakunda ‘shootout’

-- 2019-10-29 10:35:55

Three people have died in a reported gunfight with RAB in Sitakunda Upazila of Chattogram. The incident occurred at Choto Kumira area of the upazila at around 3:30am on Tuesday, according to RAB-7 As...

Govt forms wage board for tea workers

Govt forms wage board for tea workers

FE Report 2019-10-29 10:31:41

The government has formed a wage board to review the minimum wage for the workers of the country's tea sector, sources said. The ministry of labour and employment issued a gazette notification on O...

200-year-old Santahar railway station limping for lack of modern facilities

200-year-old Santahar railway station limping for lack of modern facilities

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-10-28 20:56:09

BOGURA, Oct 28: Thousands of train passengers at Santahar railway station and junction under Adamdighi upazila have been suffering much due to lack of common facilities and bad shape of the station....