UNB A mobile court here on Sunday night sentenced a young man to six months’ imprisonment for eve-teasing a schoolgirl in Jhenaigati upazila. Police sources said Monir Hossain, son of Abdul Haque, a resident of Gandhigaon Purbapara village, used to stalk a class-IX student of Bakakura High School on her way to and from school…
UNB A court here on Monday convicted four people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing a young man in 2004 in Savar. The lifers-Selam Uddin, Abdur Rauf, Waz Uddin and Kujrat Ali of Ghashirdia village in Savar, were also fined Tk 10,000 each. According to the prosecution, the convicts had killed Mohammad…
He is Donn. Dashing villain of Dhakai filmdom. His full name is Mohammad Ashraful Huq Donn. Starting his career in Dhallywood in 1990 he has worked nearly 700 films and wins thousands of hearts by his stunning action and daring characters. Recently this celebrity talks to Daily Our Time’s Shakir Shakirul Islam. Here is the…
UNB, Dhaka Newly formed Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police is ready to help Bangladesh Bank (BB) investigate the cyber heist where the central bank lost US$101. The hackers swindled out the amount from the BB account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York last month. The sensational heist…
UNB, Dhaka Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said that a decision has been reached by several ministries to stop illegal extortion in the name of highway toll collections. While speaking to reporters after an inter-ministerial meeting, he said that the Home Ministry was also looking into the matter and Home Minister…
UNB, Dhaka Acting secretary at the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Begum Shamsun Nahar on Sunday said the Malaysian government has not yet officially informed the Bangladeshi government about its suspension order on recruiting foreign workers, including Bangladesh. While speaking to reporters at the ministry, Shamsun Nahar also said Malaysia even did not…
UNB, Dhaka President Abdul Hamid on Sunday said corruption could be a major obstacle to the socio-economic progress of a country and public awareness can help check it. He made the observation when outgoing Chairman of then Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) M Bodiuzzaman and Commissioner M Shahabuddin made a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban….
UNB, Dhaka Muggers shot a shop employee to death and snatched Tk 2.90 lakh in the city’s Hajipara on Sunday afternoon. Quoting witnesses, police said Md Ismail Hossain, 36, manager of ‘Bangladesh Sanitary’ shop at West Rampura, was going to Dutch-Bangla Bank Rampura branch on foot to deposit Tk 2.90 lakh in the afternoon. When…
UNB, Dhaka BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Sunday said BNP could have been in power had the party men put in their half efforts to make their movement a success as they are making it now to get party posts in its sixth national council. “The county could have ruled by Khaleda Zia,…
UNB, Dhaka A new web portal, ‘Bangladesh Trade Portal’, the first of its kind in South Asia, was officially launched on Sunday to make export and import easier serving the business community with a one stop point of information. Hosted by the Ministry of Commerce with support from the Trade and Competitiveness Global Bank provides…