UNB A bill, titled ‘Bangladesh Coast Guard Bill, 2016’, was passed in parliament having a provision for maximum punishment of death sentence for involvement in mutiny in the force. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan moved the Bill in the House which was passed by voice vote. The proposed law aims to make the Coast Guard a…
UNB Law Minister Anisul Huq on Monday told Parliament that over 30,000 smuggling cases are now pending with courts across the country. “A total of 30,787 smuggling cases are now pending, involving Tk 838,89,66,770,” he said replying to a starred question from treasury bench MP M Abdul Latif (Chittagong-11). The minister said various steps have…
BSS Saima Wazed Hossain, Chairman of National Advisory Committee on Autism, has urged the world community to identify country specific priorities for addressing Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and to act accordingly. She said this while chairing an expert group meeting on finalization of the WHO South-East Asia Regional Strategy on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) held…
UNB Dashing opening batsman of Bangladesh National Cricket team Tamim Iqbal is likely to play in the ongoing Asia Cup against Pakistan on Wednesday. The hard-hitting Batsman from Chittagong will replace celebrated off-cutter Mustafizur Raman who suffered injury in the last match against Sri Lanka on Sunday. Tamim, who was on parental leave from February…
BSS Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested eight kidnappers and rescued four victims from their clutches from different areas of the country. The arrestees are Md Rokon, 21, Ayesha Akhter Asha, 25, Amir Hossain, 22, Hasan Khandoker, 30, Habib, 32, Milton, 22, Samad 32, and Md Mamun Mirza, 28. RAB in separate raid since February 26…
UNB The High Court on Monday asked a Rangpur lower court judge to explain how he accepted a rape case filed against a 52-year-old man as a ‘child miscellaneous case’. While hearing the bail petition of the accused, an HC bench comprising Justice M Eanyetur Rahim and Justice Amir Hossain asked M Rokanuzzaman, judge of…
BSS A new probe is under way of a garbage dump where investigators believe the bodies of 43 missing Mexican students were incinerated, the attorney general’s office said Sunday. Independent experts and victim relatives had earlier rejected the theory that the remains of the slain students from the rural teacher college in Ayotzinapa, who went…
UNB ICC associate nation United Arab Emirates (UAE) won the toss and elected to bat first against Test playing Pakistan in the 6th T20I of the 13th Asia Cup at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Monday. Pakistan brought one change in their squad that played against India on Saturday. Left arm spin bowler…
BSS Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank (BB) SK Sur Chowdhury today laid emphasis on strengthening water and energy efficiency investment for achieving sustainable development. “Mechanisms to capture the opportunities for water and energy efficiency investments need to be created or strengthened,” he said while addressing a workshop on “Water and Energy Efficiency Financing” as the…
BSS Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia today sounded a note of warning of action if the house-owners fail to submit registration forms with detailed information about tenants by March 15 to the respective police stations. “If any house owners fail to submit information about his tenants by March 15, he or she will…