National,Politics
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Monday published notice on two national dailies, asking ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Shakil Akand Bulbul to appear before it on June 3.The notices were published on daily Jugantor and daily New Age ...
Stephen Schneck, Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), met Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in the capital on Monday.Their discussions encompassed the state of religious freedom in Bangladesh, the July 2024 uprising, the Interim...
National,Business & Commerce,Sports
The government in a statement said they have started taking legal action against over 1,100 agents involved in online gambling."Strict legal action will also be taken against all mobile financing agents, banks and other financial institutions involved in such activities," the statement sai...
National,Front Page
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Sunday filed the formal charge in a crime against humanity case lodged over the killings of six innocent people in the city's Chankharpul area on August 5, 2024. It is the first formal charge filed at the ICT in connection with t...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) would be upgraded into a separate and specialized Division of the government under the Ministry of Finance.According to a press release of the Ministry of Finance issued on Sunday, the separation structure of the revenue board for strengthening the NBR and thus tu...
National,Back Page
The government has reconstituted a standing committee to review and examine various demands, opinions and suggestions of the public employees.Additional Secretary of the Public Administration Ministry was made head of the 10-member committee.The member secretary of the committee will be the Joint Se...
International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam on Sunday read out a tragic letter, written by July martyred school student Shahriar Khan Anas to his mother, before the tribunal.The chief prosecutor read out the letter from the formal charges filed with the tribunal for the...
Business & Commerce
Country's both the bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), on Sunday plunged due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities. DSEX, the broad index of the DSE lost 10.1 points to settle at 4,736 points as against 4,746 points in the previous trading session...
A financing Agreement was signed today between the government of Bangladesh and the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group involving $270 million loan to implement the 'Bangladesh Sustainable Recovery, Emergency Preparedness and Response Project (B-STRONG)'. ...
Ahead of the holy Eid-ul-Azha, the government on Sunday fixed the prices of the salt-applied rawhides of cows at Tk 60 to Tk 65 per square foot in the city and Tk 55 to Tk 60 per square foot outside the capital. The price of goat hides was set at Tk 22 to Tk 27 per square foot, while that of sh...
City
Speakers at a seminar on Sunday put emphasis on creating an integrated roadmap to turn the leather sector as the next pillar of export growth.They also underscored the need for ensuring compliance and international certification to tap the potentials in the export growth of leather goods.They made s...
Land Adviser Ali Imam Majumder on Sunday said that land services of the country are being made people’s friendly by using the Information Technology (IT). “The recent technological advancements of the ministry, its reforms programme and achievements have attracted different segments...
Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday said the waste of the sacrificial animals will be cleared within 12 hours during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha festival. “The administrators of the two Dhaka city corporations assured us of clearing the waste of the s...
BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday reiterated his demand for holding the next general election by December next.BNP has reiterated its demand for holding polls by December next during the meeting with the Chief Adviser yesterday, he said.Tarique Rahman was virtually addressing a discussion...
If the government's usual activities are hindered making performing its responsibilities impossible, it will take necessary decisions involving the country's people, said the council of advisers on Saturday."The interim government embodies the mass expectations of the July uprising,&quo...
National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam has urged the interim government to announce a comprehensive roadmap for three vital things- the trial of mass killings during last year's July-August Uprising, overall reform process, and the next national election."The roadmaps for justice...
The 126th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be observed across the country today through various programmes.A poet, novelist, lyricist, composer, playwright and journalist, Kazi Nazrul, is one of the most celebrated cultural icons of the nation.His fiery poems had made him a ...
Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud on Saturday said Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus did not say he will resign."The Chief Adviser is staying with us. He did not say he will resign. Other advisers are also staying. We have come to perform the responsibilities those were given on us,"...
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has welcomed the first step taken by the United Kingdom's National Crime Agency (NCA) against close associates and beneficiaries of Bangladesh's fallen authoritarian regime in relation to money laundering and illicit wealth. TIB hoped that thi...
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has frozen 35 bank accounts of journalist Munni Saha, her husband Kabir Hossain along with several others and entities. The Financial Crime Unit (FCU) of the CID seized the bank accounts of Taka over 18.16 crore belonging to Munni Saha and others, sa...
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