Jatiya Party: a year without Ershad

The biggest achievement of Jatiya Party in last one year since the demise of party founder HM Ershad is that it has managed to stay united. Although the party did not split formally, there were clear indications of division in it, sources at JP said.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM

ACC to probe allegations against Shahed, Sabrina

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will enquire into allegations against JKG Healthcare Chairperson Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury and owner of Regent Hospital and Chairman of Regent Group Md Shahed over misappropriation of public money.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Madaripur road crash kills one

A man was killed in a road accident in Kulopdi area of Sadar upazila in Madaripur yesterday, reports our Faridpur correspondent.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM

85km of RHD roads damaged by flooding

At least 85 kilometres roads under Roads and Highways Department (RHD) network in eight districts were damaged due to ongoing flood in northern and north-western regions in the country till Sunday.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Railway to bring 10 locomotives from India by this month

Bangladesh Railway (BR) is going to bring 10 locomotives from India by this month, to overcome its locomotive crisis.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Launch Capsize in Buriganga: Mayur-2 master arrested

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday arrested the master of Mayur-2 launch that hit and sank another vessel in Buriganga river on June 29, killing at least 34 persons.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM

7 staffers of Lazz Pharma fined for selling date expired medicines

A mobile court during a drive today fined seven staffers of a branch of Lazz Pharma Ltd in Kakrail area of Dhaka Tk 29 lakh for storing and selling date expired medicines.
13 July 2020, 17:42 PM

Fake Covid-19 certificates: ACC to investigate JKG chairman Dr Sabrina

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will investigate the allegation against JKG Health Care Chairperson Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury for amassing Tk 8 crore through forgery.
13 July 2020, 12:56 PM

Jamuna Group Chairman Nurul Islam Babul passes away with Covid-19

Nurul Islam Babul, chairman of Jamuna Group -- one of the biggest conglomerates in the country -- died with Covid-19 at a city hospital today. He was 74.
13 July 2020, 10:36 AM

Misappropriating money from public: ACC to investigate allegations against Md Shahed

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will enquire into the allegations against owner of Regent Hospital and Chairman of Regent Group Md Shahed over misappropriation of public money.
13 July 2020, 07:38 AM

Fake Covid-19 certificates: JKG chairman Dr Sabrina on 3-day remand

JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury, also a government official, has been placed on a three-day remand by a Dhaka court in connection with a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 test reports.
13 July 2020, 06:40 AM

Launch capsize in Buriganga: master of Mayur-2 arrested

Rab has arrested the master of Mayur-2 launch that hit and sank another vessel in Burigang River on June 29, killing at least 34 persons.
13 July 2020, 05:04 AM

CMP DC Mizanur Rahman dies of Covid-19

Mizanur Rahman, deputy commissioner (DC) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch (South zone), has died of coronavirus while undergoing treatment at Central Police Hospital in Dhaka's Rajarbagh area.
13 July 2020, 04:47 AM

Bar council written exam likely in Sept

Since July 7, around 400 candidates have been demonstrating on the premises of Sonali Bank adjacent to the Supreme Court, demanding yearly enrolment of applicants in district courts, and enlistment of those who have passed the MCQ exams of 2017 and 2020 into the bar council.
12 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Bar council written exam likely in Sept

Since July 7, around 400 candidates have been demonstrating on the premises of Sonali Bank adjacent to the Supreme Court, demanding yearly enrolment of applicants in district courts, and enlistment of those who have passed the MCQ exams of 2017 and 2020 into the bar council.
12 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Focus on online cattle markets

The home ministry yesterday suggested for giving an extra focus on online cattle markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
12 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Amassing Wealth Illegally: ACC summons wife of lawmaker Shahid

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday summoned Kuwait-detained Bangladeshi lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam’s wife and sister-in-law for quizzing over amassing wealth illegally.
12 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Stranded in a strange land

As trafficking of Bangladeshis to Vietnam came to the fore after 27 stranded nationals demonstrated in Hanoi last week, 15 others are crying out to be rescued from the Southeast Asian country.
12 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Mahmud Yunus passes away

S Mahmud Yunus, former accounts and finance officer of Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority, passed away on July 6 at a hospital in the capital. He was 67.
12 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Govt to extend more support for their reintegration: minister

The government is working to undertake some additional reintegration initiatives alongside the existing ones for the returnee migrant workers, said Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad yesterday.
12 July 2020, 18:00 PM