SC scraps bail of Abdul Mannan

The Supreme Court yesterday scrapped a High Court verdict that granted bail to New Bashundhara Real Estate Limited’s Managing Director Abdul Mannan Talukdar and ordered him to surrender to a lower court concerned in two weeks in connection with a money laundering case involving Tk 110 crore.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM

RU to hold in-person exams

The Rajshahi University authorities have decided to hold in-person final exams of 2019 and 2020, pending due to the pandemic.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Three suspected militants arrested

Police’s Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) claimed to have arrested a member of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from Ashulia’s Shimultola Bazar area on Wednesday.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM

31st death anniv of Abdul Rashid today

Today is the 31st death anniversary of Abdul Rashid, a freedom fighter, said a press release.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM

QAMA Rahim passes away

QAMA Rahim, a freedom fighter, breathed his last on May 31 at his residence in Uttara, Dhaka. He was 79, said a press release.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Unrealistic or time-befitting?

BNP, Jatiya Party and other political parties yesterday said the proposed budget for 2021-22 fiscal is unrealistic and not implementable while ruling Awami League hailed the budget terming it participatory and time-befitting.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM

19 arrested for gambling at Ctg stadium

Law enforcers arrested 19 persons with cash and cards for gambling inside the referees’ association office at Chattogram’s MA Aziz stadium on Tuesday night.
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Sylhet city staffers clash with pullers of battery-run rickshaws

Workers of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) locked into a clash with drivers of battery-powered rickshaws in front of the Nagar Bhaban at Bandarbazar area in the city yesterday.
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Musician Noble sued under DSA

Popular singer and musician Mainul Ahsan Noble was sued under the Digital Security Act yesterday.
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Mobilising $100b for climate action a matter of trust

UK lawmaker and COP26 president Alok Sharma is urging developed countries to step up efforts to mobilise $100 billion annually, as pledged in 2015, to support climate vulnerable countries for climate adaptation and mitigation.
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Tufan Sarkar can’t seek bail from any court: apex court

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court ruling that Tufan Sarkar, a suspended Sramik League leader of Bogura who is accused of committing corruption, cannot seek bail from any court for six months for resorting to fraudulence.
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM

PM condemns Israeli attack on Palestine

The parliament yesterday expressed its condolences to Palestinians killed in the recent Israeli airstrikes.
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM

No Hefajat activist to be arrested without specific allegations: JS body chief

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, also the chairman of cabinet committee on law and order, yesterday said that no Hefajat-e-Islam leaders or supporters would be arrested in future without any specific allegations.
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM

‘All about ensuring services to people’

With 13 districts, 42 circles and 96 police stations under its jurisdiction, Dhaka range is one of the most important institutions of police that not only ensures safety and security of people but also oversees and monitors services provided by law enforcers.
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM

DSA Case against Engineer: S Alam Group, police given contempt notice

Six rights organisations yesterday served a contempt of court notice on S Alam Group and Chattogram’s Banshkhali police for filing a case under the Digital Security Act against a local engineer in violation of a High Court directive.
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM

DU Prof Imdadul new JnU VC

Prof Md Imdadul Hoque of the Botany department at Dhaka University has been appointed as the new vice-chancellor (VC) of Jagannath University (JnU).
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM

HC may decide on suo-moto rule today

The High Court is likely to deliver its verdict today on a suo-muto (voluntary) rule over the sensational incident of gang rape on the Murari Chand College campus in Sylhet on September 25 last year.
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Awal, wife seek HC order to release bank accounts

Pirojpur’s former Awami League lawmaker AKMA Awal and his wife Laila Parvin have sought High Court directives to scrap a lower court order that asked Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze their bank accounts and seize documents of properties in two corruption cases.
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM

SC scraps HC bail order for Rashedul Haque Chishty

The Supreme Court yesterday scrapped a High Court verdict that granted bail to Rashedul Haque Chishty, son of former chairman of Farmers Bank audit committee Mahbubul Haque Chisty, in a money laundering case involving Tk 159 crore.
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Budget session of JS begins today

The budget session of the eleventh parliament begins this afternoon amid the ongoing second wave of Covid-19. Scheduled to begin at 5pm, this will be also the thirteenth session of this parliament.
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM