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The High Court has formed a three-member committee to investigate the alleged irregularities in the allotment of 60 kathas of plots by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (RAJUK) in the name of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and five members of her family between 2009 and 2024.The HC bench of Justice ...
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A Dhaka court has acquitted BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, along with the party’s standing committee members Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, in the long-standing Gatco graft case.Judge Abu Taher of Dhaka Special Judges’ Court...
The High Court has directed the ministry of housing and public works to formulate a guideline for allocating industrial plots at Begunbari-Hatirjheel development project in the capital. Delivering judgement on a 12-year-old suomuto (voluntary) rule, the higher court also ordered the ministry to...
The government has increased the maximum age limit for applying to government jobs to 32 years.The decision was made at a meeting of the interim government’s advisory council, chaired by chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, according to a press release issued by the Cabinet Division on Thur...
Former State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Zakir Hossain was arrested from Mohammadpur area in the capital on Thursday. Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested him.Zakir Hossain was accused in number of cases linked to the attack on the recent student-people movement.He is accused of ille...
In an effort to provide essential food items at lower prices, the Department of Agricultural Marketing (DAM) on Thursday launched an initiative to sell agricultural products directly from trucks. This initiative is aimed at offering consumers an affordable alternative to regular market prices.T...
Business & Commerce
Experts at a meeting on Thursday pointed out that tannery relocation without ensuring compliance in TIED especially CETP has contributed to the export losses and unemployment. The meeting titled, 9th SME Development Working Committee (SMEDWC) Meeting, was organized jointly by the Ministry of In...
Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh (TOAB), the apex tourism association of Bangladesh on Thursday staged protest against the government's restrictions on St. Martin and demanded lifting the ban on travel to hill tracts.The organization also demanded canceling the bond mentioned in the rule...
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Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, emphasized the need for forest officials to work with courage and speed in protecting forests. She advised officials to report any issues to their superiors and assured them that her door is always open for...
In response to escalating protests calling for the resignation of President Mohammed Shahabuddin, security measures have been significantly ramped up around Bangabhaban in Dhaka.Following an attempted break-in at Bangabhaban late last night and violent clashes with police, authorities have imposed a...
Charge d'Affaires of the United States Embassy in Dhaka Helen LaFave on Wednesday met Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and informed him that a high-level delegation of the United States would visit Bangladesh in the coming weeks. Helen LaFave called on Dr Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest ...
Leaders of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on Wednesday said that the Constitution, written in 1972, is no more relevant in Bangladesh following the July-August events of 2024.“The Constitution, which was written after the Great Liberation War, was basically the Constitution of the Aw...
Information Adviser Nahid Islam on Wednesday said a decision regarding President Mohammed Shahabuddin can be reached through political consensus and national unity, rather than following legal or constitutional procedures.“The interim government is consulting all stakeholders, and a decision m...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday urged all to remain alert so that no new constitutional or political crisis is created in the country.“We all should remain alert so that no new constitutional or political crisis is created in the country,” BNP standing committee member Nazrul I...
The interim government has affirmed that there has been no decision yet regarding the removal of President Mohammed Shahabuddin, who has been facing immense pressure to step down as the head of the state following a statement on the resignation of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.“Political...
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, interim government’s adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, and the Ministry of Water Resources; has said that the EU will back the ongoing reforms of the interim government. She also said that the EU will support Bangladesh in expanding r...
The High Court has scrapped four extortion cases filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman. The cases were filed during one-eleven government in 2007.The HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain issued the order on Wednesday after hearing a rule.Barrister Mahbub Udd...
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; has announced that USAID will provide a grant of $15 million for the USAID ClimAct Project to boost the climate resilience projects in Bangladesh.This initiative will assist the Ministry of Environment, Forest an...
Anti-tobacco activists have alleged that tobacco companies recklessly promote e-cigarette in Bangladesh to expand their business and gain profits by getting teenagers and young adults addicted to the harmful product. Despite repeated warnings to the cigarette companies, the tobacco companies ar...
The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling commodities including rice at subsidized rates through truck sale from today (Wednesday) among the common consumers in Dhaka and Chattogram.Under such an initiative, essential items like edible oil, lentil alongside rice provid...
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