BSS Speakers in a meeting of exchange of opinion yesterday stressed on removing drugs, militancy and corruption from the country to achieve the goal of making the country a developed one by 2041. Chapainawabganj district unit of Durnity Protirodh Committee arranged the meeting with the association of Chapainawabganj district administration in observance of Anti-Corruption Week-2016….
UNB A private car driver was injured in a gun attack by miscreants in the city’s Banani area on Monday midnight. The injured was identified as Tofazzal Hossain, 46, son of late Fazlul Karim, haling from Samanta Gosairhat of Shariatpur district. Inspector Mozammel Haque, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police camp, said Tofazzal…
Mazaharul Islam A research report published by ‘Work for a Better Bangladesh’ (WBB) says that 44% of the roads of Dhaka do not have footpaths on either side. It further illustrates that 82% of the footpaths in Dhaka are not in fit state to be used. The research was based on 6 busy locations of…
Mazharul Islam Garments Worker’s Organizations demanded Prime Minister and Law minister Anisul Haque to intervene for the implementation of house rent control law in a human chain formed in front of National Press Club on Tuesday. Bangladesh Garments Industry Federation President Towhidur Rahman said, “Thousands of garments workers live in this city, but a class…
UNB, Dhaka Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday urged Chinese investors to invest more in Bangladesh. “We really need Chinese investment for power sector. Bangladesh is a good destination for investment,” he said while addressing a contract signing ceremony. Bangladesh-China Power Company Limited (BCPCL) inked a $1.56 billion contract with a Chinese consortium at a…
Ismail Hussain Emu 32 women police officers have been honored with the prestigious Bangladesh Women Police Award. The awards will be presented to the recipients at a function held at Bashundhara Convention Center. The awards were divided in 5 categories. They are: Bangladesh Police Women Leadership Award, Excellence in Act, Medal of Courage, Community Service…
UNB, Dhaka Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Tuesday said the legislative logjam in the country’s courts keeps on easing with the increased rate of disposal of cases following the Supreme Court’s initiatives. The Chief Justice said this when he, leading a five-member delegation of Bangladesh Supreme Court, met President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban to…
UNB, Dhaka Hundreds of people, including students, blocked Shahbagh intersection, one of the busiest intersections in the city, demanding the arrest of the killers of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu. Witnesses said around 300 students from Dhaka University formed a human chain at the intersection around 1:00pm, halting traffic in the area. Later,…
UNB, Dhaka The officially stipulated campaign period for nearly 650 Union Parishads across 47 districts of the country ends at midnight, 32 hours before voting opens on Thursday. All types of rallies, processions and showdowns will remain prohibited in the election areas from Tuesday midnight to Saturday midnight. “No one can carry out any type…
UNB, Dhaka The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday arrested a a man posing as a director of the commission on Tuesday. An ACC team detained the fake director Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury from the city’ Khilkhet area, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told UNB.