Desk report State Minister for Post and Telecommunications, Tarana Halim went to the customer care center of Grameen Phone to register one of her own SIMs in disguise on Sunday. She did so to determine whether the SIM users were facing any problems while registering their SIMs following the bio-metric procedure, reports Bangla Tribune….
Desk Report Japan has been found responsible for the unfortunate deaths of 333 Antarctic Minke whales. According to the Japanese Institute of Cetacean Research, the 333 dead Minke whales include 200 pregnant females. The legitimacy of the program was challenged by the International Court of Justice in 2014, National Geography reports. The International Whaling Commission…
Ismail Hussain Emu The Comilla District Police Super has assured protesters that Tonu’s murderers will be arrested within 7 days. Due to this assurance the students an organizations protesting Tonu’s death have called off their activities for now. According to the Comilla Correspondent, protesters had blocked the Dhaka-Chittagong highway near Nandanpur, Adarsha Sadar Upazila at…
UNB, Dhaka In a bid to prevent forgeries, no official passport will be issued without government order (GO) from now on, said Director General of the Department of Immigration and Passports Brig Gen Md Masud Rezwan on Sunday. He also said the DIP will start issuing new passports with a validity period of 10…
Priyanta Islam A group of students from Viqrunnisa Noon School and College called for a protest, seeking justice for Tonu, on Saturday 26th March in front of the main gate of the institution. General people also joined in with the students to voice their solidarity and speak against the injustice. The mass gathering took place…
Delwar Hossain Election Commissioner Md Shahnewaz refused to be blamed for the killings taking place centering the Union Council polls. He made this clear during a discussion with the press at the Election Commission Secretariat. He said, “Why should the Election Commission take responsibility for any killings that occur because of the elections? Local elections…
UNB, Dhaka A court here on Sunday framed charges against 25 people, including Hallmark Group managing director Tanvir Mahmud and its chairman Jesmin Islam, in nine separate cases filed in connection with much-talked-about Sonali Bank loan scam. Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge M Kamrul Hossain fixed April 21 for starting the trial of the case….
UNB, Dhaka Bangladesh Bank`s newly appointed governor Dr. Fazle Kabir has sought help of four international agencies including chairman of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to realize the money that was lost through cyber heist. The other three agencies are the Philippines’ central bank, the Philippines Anti-money…
UNB, Dhaka The Election Commission on Sunday announced the 4th phase of elections to 743 Union Parishads, fixing May 7 for balloting. According to the schedule, the deadline for the submission of nomination paper is May 7 while the nomination papers will be scrutinised on April 10 and 11, and the last date for…
UNB, Dhaka Four people, including three Bangladeshi nationals, were shot dead when unidentified gunmen fired shots on them in Benghazi, the second largest city of Libya, on Friday evening, said an official on Sunday. ASM Ashraful Islam, councillor of Bangladesh Embassy in Libya, told UNB that the three Bangladeshi nationals — Hasan of Jessore,…