UNB: A move is underway to install pre-paid metres for electricity consumers in Cumilla and Mymensigh regions as part of the government’s plan to gradually replace all the post-paid electricity metres. According to official sources at the Power Division, state-owned Power Development Board (PDB), which is responsible for power distribution system in Cumilla and Mymensingh…
M Humayun Kabir: Chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit Monirul Islam yesterday said there is no specific security threat across the country centering the verdict of August 21 grenade attack case on October 10. The CTTC chief also said if any quarter tries to create violence, they will be handled strictly. He…
Afrida Ahmed: Four slit-throats bodies were recovered by the police at a paddy field in Shibganj upazila of Bogra yesterday morning, reports BDnews24. Shibganj Police Station OC Sahid Mahmud Khan said that yesterday morning the bodies were taken into police custody and they were wearing tshirts, shirts and pants. The dead bodies were identified as…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : A Dhaka court has deferred the verdict in the anti-terrorism case against six Hizb ut-Tahrir leaders including its Chief Coordinator Mohiuddin Ahmed for the sixth time. Though the verdict was to be announced on Sunday, Anti-Terror Tribunal Judge Mujibur Rahman announced that the court was not ready to deliver it…
SM Nur Mohammad Principal of Maple Leaf School has been called to be present in front of the High Court, on 12 December. In order to justify his stance for not repositioning his school from a residential area of Dhanmondi. Bench of Judge Md. Ashraful Islam & Judge KM Kamrul Kader ordered this after taking…
BSS Daring robbery committed at Khedmothpur market under Pirganj upazila of the district on Sunday night. A group of dacoits entered the market wearing mask and assaulted and stabbed night guard Khurshid Alam 40. The dacoits looted valuables from different shops worth about Taka two lakhs. Local people rescued night guard Khurshid Alam and admitted…
M Humayun Kabir: The eight EPZ zones of Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) have achieved a record high growth rate in export by 19.66pc during the current fiscal year (FY). “A total of 476 operational enterprises have exported goods worth US$ 7,208.27 million in the recently ended fiscal year 2017-18… At the same time,…
DOT Desk: The Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh organised a solo musical performance of noted Nazrul Giti singer Shushmita Anis in the capital. The event was part of the EU’s policy, adopted in 2016, to encourage cultural cooperation between the union and its partner countries, reports The New Age. The Delegation also paid…
Desk Report: The beauty hunt event called ‘Miss World Bangladesh’ will be beginning today, for the second time in a row, the host of the event Antar Showbiz said, reports the Daily Asian Age. The winner will directly be sent to the final stage of Miss World competition, after the selection process ends in the…
Written by: Eshan Maitra New set of laws will be added, and former laws for establishing & operating Private Medical Colleges will be revised. Since, current ones have many critical gaps. The final report regarding this proposal will soon be sent to the Cabinet, said Health & Family Welfare Minister Md. Nasim. In a conference…