National,Politics
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved two separate cases against former chief of the Bangladesh Air Force Shaikh Abdul Hannan and his wife Tahmida Begum on charges of amassing wealth beyond known sources of income and suspicious financial transactions involving large sums of money.At a b...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday interrogated economist Abul Barkat, former chairman of Janata Bank, in connection with a Tk297 crore loan scam case.A team led by ACC Assistant Director Shahjahan Miraz brought Barkat from the central jail to the commission's headquarters in the cap...
BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Sunday said, those who are afraid of participating in elections have no business being in politics."Those who fear elections should become pressure groups or NGOs. You can't claim to be in politics while avoiding elections and di...
National,City
A marine engineer was killed after being hit by a train while crossing the railway gate on a motorcycle in Santahar Sunday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Nasim Ahmed Joy, 31, son of Abdur Razzak Master of Komarbhog Chaksunar village in Chhatiangram Union under the upazila.The incident occu...
National,Travel & Tourism
UNB, Sylhet: The body of a tourist who went missing after drowning in the Piyain River in Jaflong was recovered on Sunday morning, three days after he went missing.The deceased was identified as Mukit Ahmed, son of Shamsuddin Mia of Raynagar area in Shantiganj upazila of Sunamganj. His family had be...
National,Travel & Tourism,Politics,Country
UNB, Brahmanbaria: CNG-run auto-rickshaw owners and workers in Brahmanbaria went on an indefinite strike protesting alleged harassment by traffic police, extortion, vehicle seizures and corruption related to license renewals.The CNG auto-rickshaws have been off the roads across the district since Su...
National,Health,City
The health ministry on Sunday further revised down the death toll from the July 21 air force jet crash at Milestone College in Dhaka's Uttara to 33, following two updates issued within a span of six and a half hours.The ministry first revised the toll to 34 at 10:17am.However, a second revision ...
National,Business,Travel & Tourism,Politics
Commerce Secretary Mahbubur Rahman on Sunday said that Bangladesh has ordered 25 aircraft from Boeing as part of the trade negotiations with the United States (US) over the 35% reciprocal tariffs set to be imposed by the Trump administration on Bangladeshi exports from August 1.The Commerce Se...
The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday issued a notice inviting applications from private local organisations seeking registration as election observers.According to the notice signed by Md Shariful Alam, director (public relations) of the EC Secretariat, applications must be submitted in the prescr...
National,Politics,Education & Culture
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Sunday approved a Tk 2,840.39 crore project for the "Further Development of Dhaka University" under the education ministry.This was among 12 development projects cleared today, involving a combined outlay of Tk 8,149.38 cr...
World
Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to Malaysia acting as a mediator in their border conflict, the Malaysian Foreign Minister said on Sunday, as the combatants each said the other had launched further artillery attacks across contested areas.Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thai Acting Prime Min...
Four left-leaning political parties have raised strong objections to the National Consensus Commission's proposal to redefine the guiding principles of state policy in the constitution.Those parties are the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad), Basad (Marxist)...
National Consensus Commission Vice-Chairman Ali Riaz on Sunday claimed that political parties have reached a consensus that no individual may serve as Prime Minister for more than 10 years during their lifetime. They have also agreed, in principle, to the formation of an independent police comm...
National,Health
Thirty six victims of burn injuries are now undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery (NIBPS) here following the air force fighter jet crash at the Milestone School and College at Uttara here on July 21. Four of the injured are in critical conditions and they be...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday called upon all government and non-government institutions and organizations, media, guardians and conscious civil society to come forward in preventing the silent killer hepatitis.In a message on the eve of World Hepatitis Day, he said this year&rsqu...
The Israeli military has initiated a daily 10-hour pause in fighting across three densely populated areas of Gaza, starting Sunday, in response to growing international pressure and escalating concerns about widespread hunger in the region amid the ongoing 21-month conflict.The military announced th...
National,Politics,Country
Transport owners and workers on Sunday issued a 15-working day ultimatum to fulfill their eight-point demand, including amendments to the Road Transport Act-2018.They warned of enforcing a 72-hour nationwide transport strike from 6am on August 12 to 6am on August 15 if their demands are not met.The ...
Vice Chair of the National Consensus Commission Prof Ali Riaz on Sunday said the ongoing dialogue on state reforms must conclude by July 31 under any circumstances.“We must finish this process (of reform discussion) by July 31 by any means. There is no alternative,” he said while presidi...
The government has appointed an administrator to oversee the operations of the Bangladesh Fertilizer Association (BFA), according to an office order issued last Thursday.Mustafizur Rahman, a Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Commerce, has been named as the administrator, the order stated.Muhammad R...
National,Politics,City
‘Jatiyatabadi Writers’ Forum’ on Sunday laid a siege to Bangla Academy on Sunday morning to press home their five-point demand, including the withdrawal of the poetry collection titled ‘July Ganoubhyutthaner Kobita (Poems of the July Uprising).’Around 20 members of the ...
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