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…
UNB, Dhaka Detectives in a drive arrested eight alleged members of an inter-district robber gang from Matuail in city’s Jatrabari area early Monday. Tipped off, a team of DB (East) police, led by Zayed Shahrier, senior assistant police commissioner, conducted a drive in the area and arrested the eight alleged gang members while taking preparation…
UNB, Habiganj A court here on Monday put two people, arrested in connection with the killing of four schoolboys at Sundrateki village in Bahubal upazila, on different terms of remand. Senior Judicial Magistrate Koushik Ahmed Khandaker placed Hadibur Rahman Arju on a seven-day remand while Abdul Bashir on a five-day remand.
UNB, Dhaka President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Abdul Matlub Ahmed has urged the newly elected BMCCI leaders to work towards enhancing trade with Malaysia by three fold over the next two years. He made the call when the Board of Directors of the Bangladesh-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and…
UNB, Khagrachhari The dawn-to-dusk road blockade, enforced by Parbatya Bangalee Chhatra Parishad (PBCP) protesting the killing of a motorcycle driver in Matiranga upazila, is underway peacefully in the district on Monday. Activists of PBCP picketed in different places of the district since early morning. Vehicular moment, except for rickshaw and battery-run easy-bike, remained suspended during…