Hospitals must display charts showing Covid-19 test prices, says HC

The High Court today directed the government to display charts showing prices of tests for Covid-19 patients at main gates of all hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres across the country in seven days.
13 December 2020, 13:25 PM

Govt to finalise list of martyred intellectuals by next year

The government took a decision in principle to include names of 1,222 people in the martyred intellectuals list.
13 December 2020, 12:57 PM

Govt cannot withdraw or recommend for withdrawal of graft cases, HC rules

The High Court has ruled that the government cannot withdraw any corruption case filed or moved by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and cannot recommend for withdrawal of such cases from the trial proceedings either.
13 December 2020, 12:17 PM

Sinha discovered Pradeep’s links to drug trade, was threatened by him: Rab

Former officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das had met with murdered Maj (retd) Sinha Rashed Khan at the police station, and threatened him, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) revealed at a press conference.
13 December 2020, 11:49 AM

Dhaka to raise major issues during Hasina-Modi Dec 17 Summit

Bangladesh will raise all the major issues, including over water and border, during the meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi -- scheduled to be held on December 17, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said today.
13 December 2020, 11:27 AM

Sylhet bomb blasts in 2005: JMB leader gets life term

A court in Sylhet today sentenced a man to life term imprisonment in a case filed over a series of bomb blasts in the city’s Kadamtali Bus Terminal on August 17, 2005.
13 December 2020, 10:51 AM

Mobile court at Dhaka airport fines Air Asia Tk 1 lakh for carrying Covid-19 positive passenger

Mobile Court at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early today fined Air Asia, a Malaysia based budget airlines, Tk 1 lakh for carrying an identified Covid-19 positive passenger.
13 December 2020, 10:29 AM

Public universities can take final exams as per respective academic councils’ decision

The public universities of the country can take their honours and masters’ final year examinations as per the decisions taken by their respective academic councils.
13 December 2020, 10:19 AM

MP contacts Home Secretary regarding Bangladeshi chef’s appeal to stay in UK

MP Paul Bristow is taking Bangladeshi chef Saiful Islam’s case to the House of Commons after receiving a negative response from the UK Home Office. Saiful Islam is facing deportation after his application for extension was refused by the Court of Appeal on October 8, 2020.
13 December 2020, 09:45 AM

Cox’s Bazar court dismisses petition challenging Sinha murder case

A Cox’s Bazar court today dismissed a revision petition filed by Liaqat Ali, suspended inspector of Baharchhara Investigation Centre, challenging the legality of the Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case filed by the victim’s sister, Sharmin Shahriar Ferdous.
13 December 2020, 09:43 AM

Corruption case: HC questions lower court order of bail for suspended DIG Bazlur Rashid

The High Court today questioned the legality of a lower court order that granted bail to suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid, in connection with a case filed for amassing Tk 3.08 crore beyond known sources of income.
13 December 2020, 09:22 AM

Ctg UP chairman murder in 1999: 10 to walk gallows, 5 get life term

Twenty years after submitting charge sheet, a court in Chattogram today sentenced ten persons to death and five persons to life term imprisonment in connection with the murder of Satkania's Sonakania Union Parishad Chairman Amjad Hossain in 1999.
13 December 2020, 08:39 AM

Hefajat Secretary General Kasemi passes away

Hefajat-e Islam Secretary General Nur Hossain Kasemi died today at a hospital in Dhaka. He was 74.
13 December 2020, 07:56 AM

Govt signs Covid-19 vaccine procurement contract with Serum Institute of India

The government has signed Covid-19 vaccine procurement contract with Serum Institute of India today.
13 December 2020, 07:19 AM

UNESCO adopts proposal on Bangabandhu Int’l Prize on creative economy

The UN has adopted a proposal for establishing UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize in the field of the Creative Economy.
13 December 2020, 07:08 AM

Govt taking preparations so that children can return to schools: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government is taking preparations so that children can return to schools and resume their academic activities.
13 December 2020, 06:37 AM

Sinha murder case: Rab presses charges against ex-OC Pradeep, 14 others

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) pressed charges against 15 people -- including former officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das -- in the Major (retd) Sinha Rashed Khan murder case.
13 December 2020, 05:08 AM

UP member shot dead in Gopalganj

A member of Union Parishad (UP) was shot dead near Gopinathpur High School area of Gopalganj Sadar upazila yesterday evening.
12 December 2020, 18:29 PM

Manikganj freed today

Manikganj was freed from the Pakistani occupation forces on this day in 1971.
12 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Boro, winter vegetable farming uncertain

Boro paddy and winter vegetable cultivation has become uncertain as no dam is built on the canal in Pakhimara area under Kalapara upazila this year for prevention of saline water intrusion towards fields, much to the worry of farmers.
12 December 2020, 18:00 PM