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.
UNB, Dhaka BNP on Tuesday suggested quizzing the authorised officials of the Bangladesh Bank in connection with the heist of $101 million from the Bangladesh Bank’s account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to unearth its mystery. “The mystery behind the heist will get debunked if the authorised persons, having the password, physical…
UNB, Mymensingh The upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Trishal was killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Boilor in the upazila on Tuesday afternoon. Officer-in-charge of Trishal Police Station M Moniruzzaman said the accident took place as a bus hit the motorcycle of UNO Rashedul Islam, 37, from behind around 5:45pm while he…
UNB, Dhaka The board of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has been reconstituted with former Air Force chief Air Marshal (retd) Muhammad Enamul Bari as its new chairman. The 13-member Biman board has been reconstituted in light of the Bangladesh Biman Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007, the Company Act, 1994 and Article of Association of Biman Bangladesh Airlines…
UNB, Dhaka The Center for Excellence-Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DM) has appreciated Bangladesh’s efforts in significantly improving its disaster preparedness terming Bangladesh a ‘regional example of courageous progress’. “Despite the vulnerability of Bangladesh to cyclones and other natural disasters, the country has made a significant progress in improving its disaster preparedness,” said Director of…