Loading...

Search results for: National

ACC starts case against Moosa Bin Shamsher

ACC starts case against Moosa Bin Shamsher

-- 2019-10-17 18:24:28

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated a case against controversial businessman Moosa Bin Shamsher on charges of forging the registration documents of a car imported under the 'Carnet de P...

Padma Bridge work to be completed by June 2021: Minister

Padma Bridge work to be completed by June 2021: Minister

-- 2019-10-17 17:33:07

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the construction work on the Padma Bridge will be completed by June, 2021. He made the remark while talking to reporters at the Vis...

Don’t go beyond rules: PM to UGC

Don’t go beyond rules: PM to UGC

-- 2019-10-17 14:50:15

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the University Grants Commission (UGC) not to go beyond the rules in case of overseeing both public and private universities. “Don’t go beyond th...

Man dies in city bike crash

Man dies in city bike crash

-- 2019-10-17 13:52:54

A motorcycle rider has died when the vehicle crashed into a road divider on the Mayor Hanif Flyover in Dhaka. The incident occurred around 2:30 am on Thursday, said police, adding that two others rid...

Police arrest three Neo-JMB operatives in city

Police arrest three Neo-JMB operatives in city

-- 2019-10-17 13:46:44

Police have arrested three suspected operatives of the banned militant outfit Neo-JMB in Gabtoli area of Dhaka. They were nabbed during a drive in the early hours of Thursday, said Saiful Islam, depu...

RAB to probe arms, drugs cases against Samrat

RAB to probe arms, drugs cases against Samrat

-- 2019-10-17 12:47:24

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) is set to take over the investigation duties in the illegal arms- and drugs-related cases against Ismail Chowdhury Samrat, the expelled chief of Jubo League Dhaka Sout...

Three cops suspended for transporting mother Hilsa

Three cops suspended for transporting mother Hilsa

-- 2019-10-17 12:17:16

Three policemen in Shariatpur district have been suspended for transporting mother Hilsa defying a government ban. The policemen are-- Sub-Inspector Montu Mia of Motor Vehicle Department of Shariatpu...

Govt revises Bangla calendar

Govt revises Bangla calendar

-- 2019-10-17 12:04:14

Bangladesh government has revised the Bangla calendar to match the national days with the Western calendar. The change has made Ashwin a 31-day month, which means Kartik has started on Thursday (toda...

Eight Rohingyas held in Goalanda

Eight Rohingyas held in Goalanda

-- 2019-10-17 11:55:56

Police arrested eight Rohingyas from Goalanda Bus Terminal area in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari on Thursday. The arrestees are - Rashid Ullah, 25, Nure Kalema, 20, Minar Begum, 20, Zohura, 55, Khushna...

Two ‘drug traders’ die in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

Two ‘drug traders’ die in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-10-17 11:41:17

Two suspected drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Hoaikong Satgharia Para in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district early Thursday. The deceased were identified as Zi...

Govt to set up tea plant in Panchagar

Govt to set up tea plant in Panchagar

Rezaul Karim 2019-10-17 10:54:16

The government is set to establish a tea processing plant in the northern district of Panchagar, aiming to create a level playing field for all the tea planters, sources said. They said the initiativ...

Livestock ministry seeks ban on meat import

Livestock ministry seeks ban on meat import

TALHA BIN HABIB 2019-10-17 10:51:24

The ministry of fisheries and livestock (MoFL) has requested the government to impose restrictions on the import of frozen processed meat in order to protect the local livestock industry, officials sa...

Handloom factories on verge of closure in Bogura district

Handloom factories on verge of closure in Bogura district

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-10-17 00:30:27

BOGURA, Oct 16: Handloom factories in the district are on the verge of closure due to price hike of yarn and other raw materials against low market price of woven clothes. Already about 1,000 weave...

PM calls on President at Bangabhaban

PM calls on President at Bangabhaban

BSS 2019-10-16 21:14:50

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made a courtesy call on President M Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban in Dhaka on Wednesday evening. “The Prime Minister discussed different state-level issues, specially...

Oikyafront wants to hold public rally on October 22

Oikyafront wants to hold public rally on October 22

UNB 2019-10-16 19:30:13

Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, has decided to hold a public rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on October 22, protesting the murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad.  The alliance wil...

Former NSI DG indicted for 1971 crimes

Former NSI DG indicted for 1971 crimes

-- 2019-10-16 19:09:04

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Wednesday indicted former director general of National Security Intelligence (NSI) Muhammad Wahidul Haque in a crimes against humanity case. Justice Md Sh...

Another Abrar murder accused put on five-day remand

Another Abrar murder accused put on five-day remand

-- 2019-10-16 18:57:22

A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed another accused in the Abrar Fahad murder case on a five-day remand. The accused is ASM Najmus Sadat son of Hafizur Rahman of Kalai Uttar Para in Joypurhat district...

Foreign minister begins Europe visit

Foreign minister begins Europe visit

-- 2019-10-16 18:35:00

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has started his visit to a number of European countries as Bangladesh is giving much importance to boost its export to the European market with diversification of pr...

'Fishermen get food assistance as Hilsa fishing ban continues'

'Fishermen get food assistance as Hilsa fishing ban continues'

BSS 2019-10-16 16:46:06

A total of 3,522 fishermen families of four upazilas in Gaibandha district got 70.44 tonnes of rice as food assistance from the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock on Tuesday so that they can pass Hil...

Dengue outbreak: Govt confirms 98 deaths

Dengue outbreak: Govt confirms 98 deaths

-- 2019-10-16 15:26:37

The government on Wednesday confirmed that 98 people died from dengue since January. The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research has reviewed 158 cases out of 246 suspected dengue dea...

Four to walk gallows for murder in Kushtia

Four to walk gallows for murder in Kushtia

-- 2019-10-16 15:13:42

A woman was among four persons sentenced to death by a Kushtia court on Wednesday over the murder of her husband in 2017. The convicts are Shyamal Pramanik, 27, Asmat Ali Mandal, 47, Mukul Hossain, 2...

PM vows to make railway profitable

PM vows to make railway profitable

-- 2019-10-16 14:54:28

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday vowed to make the railway a profitable sector saying that the government is working to bring the whole country under railway network. “We want to show...

Use roads responsibly, PM urges all

Use roads responsibly, PM urges all

-- 2019-10-16 14:49:48

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged all, including drivers, passengers and pedestrians, to stay alert and play their responsible roles while using roads and highways. "The people of our c...

Bangladesh ranks 88th on hunger index

Bangladesh ranks 88th on hunger index

-- 2019-10-16 11:01:56

Bangladesh ranks 88th out of 117 qualifying countries on the latest Global Hunger Index (GHI), much ahead of India. Bangladesh reduced hunger significantly, but with a score of 25.8, the country stil...

ADP execution drops in Q1

ADP execution drops in Q1

FE Report 2019-10-16 10:44:08

The Annual Development Programme (ADP) implementation rate fallen to 8.06 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year (FY) 2019-20. During the same period (July-September) of FY 201...

165 fishermen jailed for defying hilsha ban

165 fishermen jailed for defying hilsha ban

-- 2019-10-16 10:24:32

A total of 165 fishermen were jailed charged with netting hilsha fish defying the ongoing ban in the river Padma in Shariatpur district. Kafi Bin Kabir, executive magistrate of mobile court, gave the...

Lalon Shah - a bard, a philosopher

Lalon Shah - a bard, a philosopher

ZM Aminul Islam 2019-10-15 21:52:30

JHENIDAH, Oct 15: Lalon Shah is the king of Bauls, a unique mystical tradition of rural Bengal. In Bengali culture Lalon has become an icon of religious tolerance. Widely celebrated as an epitome of r...

Optical rain gauges  set up in Sylhet

Optical rain gauges set up in Sylhet

Our Correspondent 2019-10-15 21:51:09

SYLHET, Oct 15: The Meteorology Department has set up four optical rain gauges, sophisticated equipment at places including Sylhet district with a target of recording real time data of rainfall and it...

'Father, uncle, cousin behind murder of Sunamganj minor boy'

'Father, uncle, cousin behind murder of Sunamganj minor boy'

-- 2019-10-15 21:45:07

Tuhin Mia, the 5-year-old old boy whose mutilated body was found hanging from a tree near his home in Sunamganj’s Derai Upazila, was killed by his father, paternal uncle and cousin. They brutal...

Barapukuria coal disappearance: Seven ex-BCMCL MDs among 23 face arrest warrant

Barapukuria coal disappearance: Seven ex-BCMCL MDs among 23 face arrest warrant

-- 2019-10-15 21:40:07

A Dinajpur court on Tuesday issued a warrant for the arrest of 23 people, including seven former managing directors of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL), in a case filed over the disappe...