UNB, Dhaka The motor vehicle agreement among Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal or BBIN is expected to come into effect in July next allowing its members to use each others’ roads to transport goods and passengers by paying fees. Road Transport and Bridges Ministry Obaidul Quader and Indian High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla came…
UNB Dhaka Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government has a plan to set up one medical college hospital in each district, aiming to provide better healthcare services to people. The Prime Minister said this while speaking at the 43rd annual conference of Bangladesh Ophthalmological Society at Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh in the…
UNB, Dhaka Bagladesh started their Super-10 stage World Twenty20 campaign with a 55-run defeat against Pakistan in their Group-2 opener at iconic Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Wednesday. Replying massive 201, Bangladesh finished the innings at 146 for 6 in 20 overs including all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan’s rediscovering his batting form with an unbeaten half…
UNB, Dhaka Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said that Bangladesh Bank`s different systems require serious reforms. ”It is not in a very healthy condition. This is my assessment,” said Muhith, while talking to reporters at Cabinet Division following the meeting of the Cabinet Purchase Committee. The finance minister’s comment came against the backdrop of…
UNB, Dhaka The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has cleared the personal secretary of Railways Minister Mazibul Hoque of a graft charge. The Commission gave the clean chit to Minister’s PS AKMG Kibria Mazumdar through an official notification issued by ACC secretary Abu M Mustafa Kamal recently. The ACC had received a graft allegation in…
UNB, Rangamati A court here has transferred the anti-terrorism case against leader of Myanmar’s insurgent group Arakan Army, Dr. Renin Suye, and three of his accomplices to an anti-terrorism tribunal on Wednesday. The court has also ordered that they be sent to jail under the Money Laundering Act till having to appear before…
SM Nur Mohammad A writ has been filed with the High Court to challenge the order that requires political parties to have 33% women participants in committees of all levels. Section – (RPO) 90 (Kha). (1)(Kha)(A) of the Representation of the People Order, requires all new political parties to fulfil this condition and all existing…
Riku Amir The rate of breast feeding babies between the ages of 0 to 6 months has lessened by 9% in the last 4 years in Bangladesh. The rate was 64% in 2011, when a research was last conducted on this subject. The rate of feeding powder milk to these babies is increasing dangerously. These…
Riku Amir Dhaka Metropolitan Police had recently launched a campaign to collect the personal information of Dhaka city dwellers to create a citizen database. As a part of that campaign, Banani Police Station has taken an initiative to collect the information of slum-dwellers. Besides taking their personal information, the officers have taken this chance to…
Md. Taqi Yasir Bangladesh has experienced a massive cyber crime threat by the unknown hackers few days back. The crime was carried out by the Malware installed in the computers of the bank. The hackers obtained identification needed for payment relocation from Federal Reserve Bank of New York and then moved massive sums to sham…