National,City
Members of the joint forces arrested a former additional secretary and his son with Tk1.09 crore in cash and eleven iPhones from their Uttara residence during a four-hour long raid from Sunday night to early hours of Monday.The detained ex-official was identified as Mohammad Amjad Hossain, a former ...
National,Front Page
Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, head of the committee tasked with preparing a white paper on the state of Bangladesh's economy, on Sunday said the administration was completely held hostage by the politics during the previous regime. “The administration had a role in promoting the developm...
Leaders of the Chhatra Odhikar Parishad on Sunday urged the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to clear its stand over Jatiya Party, an ally of the ousted Awami League. “Whether you want to sit in Parliament with Jatiya Party, an ally of the ousted Awami League,” Chhatra Odhikar Parishad ...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday urged all to keep fighting against fascists and stop the return of the deposed Awami fascism.Talking to reporters at the grave of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman, he also said the court's order declaring BNP leader Dr Shahadat Hossain as the e...
The Constitution Reform Commission may request the political parties to have their opinions to reform Constitution. “The commission will urge the political parties to send written proposals and specific proposals. The government will later hold discussions with political parties regarding...
National,Back Page
The company has already slashed supply from its Jharkhand plant as it seeks clarity on the settlement of almost $850 million in unpaid billsAfter slashing the power supply to Bangladesh over non-payment of dues, Adani Power has set a deadline of Nov 7 to switch off the flow of electri...
The search committee tasked with nominating members for reconstituting the Election Commission has requested political parties and professional bodies to submit nominations by 7 November. Political parties and professional organisations can propose up to five candidates for the positions of Chi...
Students of seven colleges on Sunday demanded cessation of their affiliation with Dhaka University and the establishment of an independent and autonomous university for them. Students of the seven colleges -- Dhaka College, Eden Mohila College, Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College, Kabi Nazru...
City
Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum on Sunday said various forms of misinformation are being spread regarding the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine administered to the teenagers for cervical cancer prevention.He came up with the statement at a view-exchange meeting with journalists in Chattogram on Sund...
Cabinet Secretary Sheikh Abdur Rashid on Sunday said that honest, fearless and efficient people will be appointed as per the law in the formation of Election Commission (EC).He said this in response to a question while talking to reporters in the Cabinet Division of the Secretariat on Sunday.Abdur R...
To curb polythene use, a nationwide operation against factories producing banned polythene shopping bags began on Sunday following the announcement by Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change.The Department of Environment (DoE) carried out the drive and...
The government’s revenue from the tobacco sector has increased 11 and a half times in the last 18 years while the rate of tobacco use has decreased as a result of enactment of the ‘Smoking and Using of Tobacco Products (Control) Act, 2005’. Experts on tobacco control and publi...
Culture & Entertainment
Rangpur Medical College (RMC) students, teachers, and staff have announced a complete shutdown of the institution for Wednesday, demanding the removal of Principal Mahfuzar Rahman.Additionally, a two-hour work stoppage is scheduled for Tuesday as part of ongoing protests led by the RMC’s anti-...
National,Politics
The search committee formed with the tasks of appointing members to the new Election Commission (EC) has requested nominations by November 7.A notification issued on Sunday by the Cabinet Division says; Political parties and professional organisations may propose up to five candidates for the positi...
National,Sports,Cricket
IFIC Bank has served a legal notice to world famous Bangladeshi cricketer Shakib Al Hasan Agro Farm Ltd, who is an entity owned by its namesake and the former captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team, after two cheques issued by the company bounced.The legal notice, which demanded the repayme...
National
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today exempted seven pro-BNP lawyers from contempt of court charges brought against them for holding press conference against two the then judges of the apex court and bringing out procession on the court premises."Dismissed as being not press,&q...
National,Business & Commerce
At least six factories of Tusuka Group were announced closed for an indefinite period in Konabari area under Gazipur City Corporation on Sunday.The authorities of the factories claimed that those factories have been shut amid workers' unrest.The factories are Tusuka Jeans Ltd, Tusuka Trousers Lt...
Students of seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka University have launched demonstrations on Sunday Morning, boycotting classes and examinations in protest against the government's refusal to form a commission for establishing a separate university for them.They gathered around 9:45am on Dhaka Co...
Ten more people have died from dengue in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning, marking the highest number of deaths in a single day so far this year.During this period, 966 new dengue patients have also been admitted to nationwide hospitals.This grim record was set between Friday (November 1) at ...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said that his party is against the ban of any political party in the country.“Attempts are made to create anarchic situation in the country by creating issues unnecessarily. There must be conspiracies behind such atte...
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