METRO RAIL ECNEC approves two projects worth Tk 93,800cr
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council on Tuesday approved another two metro rail projects involving an overall estimated cost of Tk 93,800 crore in a bid to address the
Jahangirnagar University protests for VC’s removal resumes
Jahangirnagar University teachers and students, who are demanding removal of vice-chancellor Farzana Islam, resumed their agitation on Tuesday, the first day after the end of Durga Puja
Arrest of 7 ex-MDs of Barapukuria coalmine ordered
A Dinajpur court on Tuesday issued a warrant for the arrest of 23 people, including seven former managing directors of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited, in a case filed over the
Juba League leader killed in Chattogram ‘gunfight’
A Juba League leader was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion in Agrabad area of Chattogram Sunday night.
8 indicted in publisher Dipan murder case
Dhaka Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal on Sunday indicted eight suspected operatives of banned extremist outfit Ansar al-Islam, also known as Ansarullah Bangla Team, in the case of murdering
Opposing India capital of BNP-Jamaat politics, says Menon
Workers Party of Bangladesh president and former minister Rashed Khan Menon on Sunday said that he did not see anything goes against the interests of Bangladesh in the agreements recently
BUET continues drive against outsiders
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology on Sunday continued the drive against the outsiders and succeeded in ousting about ninety per cent of them in response to a demand by the
Dengue still a risk
Though hospitalisation of dengue patients slowed down in recent days, over 300 patients were hospitalised per day across the country in the last 13 days of October.
Bank accounts with over Tk 1cr triple in 10 years
The number of bank accounts having more than Tk 1 crore in deposit has increased almost three times along with a five times rise in the deposited money in those accounts over the last 10 years, thanks to rising income inequality.
BNP leader Hafiz Uddin arrested
Police arrested Bangladesh Nationalist Party vice-chairman Major (retired) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed in Dhaka city on Saturday.
