China plans bullet train to Kolkata via Bangladesh
Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu said his country was mooting a bullet train service between Kunming and Kolkata, traversing through Myanmar and Bangladesh, reports NDTV.
Padma plays havoc in Shariatpur
Over 5,000 families in Naria, Shariatpur became homeless in last three months as the Padma devoured a vast area on its right bank.
Contempt petition against DU officials for not holding DUCSU polls
Fifteen former Dhaka University students on Wednesday filed a petition for charging Dhaka University vice-chancellor, proctor and treasurer with contempt of court for violating a High Court order asking them to hold election to Dhaka University Central Students Union.
Police press charges against five JMB suspects
Kishoreganj police on Wednesday pressed charges against five suspected members of a faction of Jammatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh in a case relating to extremist attack on a police check post close to the Sholakia Eidgah on July 7, 2016.
Khaleda declines to appear before court set up in jail
The Dhaka Special Judge’s Court 5 set up inside erstwhile Dhaka Central Jail on Nazimuddin Road on Wednesday adjourned hearing in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia declined to appear before it.
US to play strong role in UNGA over Rohingya repatriation: Bernicat
US ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat on Tuesday said the US will play a strong role in the coming United Nations General Assembly for the repatriation of over 1 million Rohingyas living in Bangladesh.
EC to train DCs, UNOs, magistrates before declaring election schedule
The Election Commission is planning to organize a two-day training on electoral laws and system for the deputy commissioners, upazila nirbahi officers, judicial and executive magistrates and the EC’s field level officers before declaring the schedule of the general election.
Each MP to select six madrassahs for development
The executive committee of the National Economic Council at a meeting on Tuesday approved a project to improve infrastructure of 2000 madrashas at a cost of Tk 5,918.63 crore.
Shahidul Alam denied bail
The Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge’s Court on Tuesday rejected the bail petition filed by internationally-acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam in a case filed against him for spreading rumour in social media and running a propaganda campaign against the government.
Defaulted bank loans near Tk 90,000cr
Defaulted loans in the country’s banking sector neared Tk 90,000 crore by the end of June as amount of such loans soared by 20.23 per cent or Tk 15,037 crore in the first six months of this year.
