BBC: South Africa’s highest court has legalised the use of cannabis by adults in private places. Pro-marijuana activists cheered in the public gallery and chanted “Weed are free now” when the Constitutional Court gave its landmark ruling. In a unanimous ruling, judges also legalised the growing of marijuana for private consumption. South Africa’s government had…
Desk Report: The board of directors of Simtex Industries Limited has decided to set up a spinning unit of 26,000 spindles to produce high quality spun polyester Sewing Thread, reports The Financial Express. The project cost will be around Tk 1.80 billion, said a disclosure posted on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) website on Wednesday….
Desk Report: Police arrested four people and recovered a huge number of fake deeds and equipment of making fake deeds at Iluhar of Banaripara in Barisal on Wednesday, reports The New Age. Police seized fake non-judicial stamp, huge amount of fake deeds, several hundred rubber stamps of different offices, fake decrees, and fake warrants along…
Desk report: The youth has become a role model in the area by cultivating vegetables commercially, reports The Dhaka Tribune. A youth named Ashik Iqbal Badal has found huge success in cultivating papaya and lemon in Tangail’s Sakhipur upazila. The 32-year-old has changed his fate and set an example in his neighbourhood of Pratima Banki…
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Desk Report: President of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) Mahbubul Alam has disputed a suggestion that operational activities of the Chittagong Port be handed over to a foreign entity. The country’s seaports are now experiencing 20 per cent annual growth and the rate is increasing gradually, he said in a statement on…
Desk report: The late changes have not gone down well with Mashrafe, as it clearly shows discrepancy towards one team while not putting into consideration the extra challenges laid onto the other teams, reports The Dhaka Tribune. Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has been irked by the last moment Asia Cup format changes to accommodate…
Desk report: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three members of a theft gang along with 2600 litres of diesel stolen from trains from Azimnagar Rail Station area in Lalpur upazila early Wednesday, reports The Independent. The arrestees were identified as Makbul Hossain, Abdul Awal and Rafiqul Islam of the upazila. Tipped off, a…
UNB: A young man was crushed to death under the wheels of a train at Bypass Railway Station in Ishwardi in the district on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Alamin, 23, a carpenter and son of Rakibul Islam of Paksi Bagholkhapara area in Ishwardi. Alamin jumped off the running train at Bypass Railway…
Kabir Humayun: BNP is taking necessary preparations to come up with street programmes to push for Khaleda Zia’s release from jail and holding a credible election, said party’s BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed. “We need to forget about having Khaleda Zia released from jail through legal process …street movement is now the only way for…