UNB, Dhaka A court here on Monday placed a Polish national and three officials of a Bangladeshi private bank, arrested in connection with ATM card forgeries, on a six-day remand each. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mazharul Islam passed the order when Sohrab Hossain, a DB sub-inspector and also the investigation officer of the case, produced them…
UNB, Dhaka The Cabinet on Monday approved a proposal of the Finance Division to raise the salaries, allowances and other benefits of the members of Bangladesh Judicial Service, fixing the monthly salaries of senior district judges at Tk 78,000. The approval came from the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat with…
UNB, Dhaka A Dhaka University (DU) student was killed as a police requisitioned minibus hit his motorcycle in the city’s Banani area on Monday afternoon. Ashraful Islam Tapu, 24, was a 2nd year student of the DU Business Studies Faculty. Police said the minibus crashed into the motorcycle near Banani Graveyard around 3:45pm, leaving Ashraful…
Desk Report One of Bangladesh’s most wanted, Mintu Sheikh has been arrested by Indian police. He was arrested on the charges of using illegal arms from Dewa Sharif, Barabanki – a district of the state Uttar Pradesh in India. He was later taken to Kolkata. Kolkata police has been trying to get in touch with…
UNB, Dhaka Dhaka North City Mayor Annisul Huq on Monday said they are in the process of making Dhaka a ‘smart city’ overcoming ‘multifaceted challenges’ so that people feel safe and have a hassle-free life. “The whole city will come under complete communication network in five years’ time and we’ll be able to monitor everything…
BSS, Jamalpur President Abdul Hamid yesterday cautioned students against dangers of “blind faiths” asking them to remain alert so such dogmas could not impede their creativity. “You have to devote yourselves in pursuit of knowledge for surviving in this competitive world. You must remain alert so that blind faith and fundamentalism cannot inhibit your creativity,”…
UNB, Dhaka The Central Anti Smuggling Task Force has been reconstituted with the chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) as its chair. Nineteen members from different law enforcement and intelligence agencies have been included in the new committee headed by NBR chairman Md Nojibur Rahman, said Mainul Khan, director general of the Customs…
BSS, Dhaka Civil Aviation and Tourism Mister and Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon today said the country’s independence did not come in a day rather it came through different movements including 1952 Language Movement, 1954 Jukta Front Election, 1969 Mass Upsurge led the country to independence. “1962’s movement against Hamoodur Rahman Education Commission report…
UNB, Dhaka A tribunal here on Monday framed charges against Shahadat Hossain, a suspended national cricket team player, and his wife Nitto in a case filed for allegedly torturing their 11-year-old domestic help. Judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-5 Tanzina Ismail framed the charges and passed to order for starting the trial…
BSS, Dhaka Environment and Forests Minister Anwar Hossain today told parliament that the government has undertaken 334 projects across the country under the CCTF, apart from 63 schemes adopted in the private sector. The minister made the assertion in the House today while responding to a question from treasury bench member M Abdul Latif. He…