Suzana Rahman Police recovered a schoolboy’s body from a paddy field at Ahmedpur village in Senbagh upazila on Friday morning. Dead Abu Shaker Shaheen, 15, was a class IX student of Kabilpur Hazi Maksudur Rahman High School, reports The Daily Observer. He was the son of Murshedul Alam, a resident of Moizdipur village in the upazila.The…
Abrar Hussain Bangladesh and India have agreed to set up several border haats along the common borders of the two countries in the future due to the increase in local demand. The agreement was reached at the Ministry of Commerce in Dhaka on a two-day Bangladesh-India com merce secretary level meeting that ended on Thursday. Commerce…
Sayeed Muhammad Just day after Bangladesh confirmed that it would sue a Philippines bank over the 2016 Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve account heist, Manila-based Rizal Commercial Bank Corp (RCBC) has threatened counter measures.The RCBC in a press statement issued on Thursday said it was mulling legal actions against BB officials, reports The Philippine Daily Inquirer.It…
Abrar Hussain Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) yesterday filed two separate cases against 49 BNP men in connection with Thursday’s clash in front of party office over the graft case court verdict that handed BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia five years jail. Jashim Uddin, Officer in Charge of Kotwali thana, said that one of the cases…
Abrar Hussain Four relatives of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia met the former prime minister at the prison on Nazimuddin Road, Dhaka yesterday afternoon. Khaleda’s sister Selina Islam, younger brother Shamim Eskander, his wife Nasrin Eskander and son Avik Eskander entered around 3:35pm and met her around 4:15pm, reports the Daily Star.. After a 40-minute conversation…
Sofian Khan BNP voiced concern on Friday over the media reports that its chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, who’s been convicted in the Zia orphanage graft case, has been kept in the jail like any other ordinary prisoners. ‘We’ve come to know through media reports that our leader (Khaleda) has been kept like a simple prisoner….
Abrar Hussain Hundreds of BNP leaders and activists were protesting in Dhaka yesterday demanding release of their Chairperson Khaleda Zia who was jailed in a corruption case. The protesters brought out a procession from the North entrance of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque that ended at the BNP central party office in Nayapaltan. BNP Secretary General…
Tahmeed Taha NBR has claimed that Mobile operator Robi Axiata Ltd has evaded Tk 926 crore in value-added tax (VAT) on interconnection charge, VAT on merger fees, spectrum charge and Withholding VAT and VAT at source during the period from January 2012 to December 2016. According to the demand notices sent by the Large-Taxpayers Unit…
Shariatpur Representative Shariatpur District Professionals Union Forum 45 member committee has been formed. It was formed unanimously on Tuesday, 6 February 2018. The President of the newly-made committee is Advocate Mohammed Masudur Rahman and General Editor Raj MD Ali Akbar Bangal. In this committee, the heads are Senior Vice President Dr. Monirul Islam Monir, Vice…
On the occasion of 39th anniversary of the glorious victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran (National Day) Iran Cultural Centre, Dhaka arranged a discussion meeting on ‘Independence, National Ability and Development of the Islamic Republic of Iran’ inauguration of 6 days long Iranian Film Show (jointly organized by Iran Cultural Centre, Dhaka and Bangladesh…