TV channels enjoying full freedom: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said all the television channels in Bangladesh were enjoying full freedom.

RIFAT MURDER HC verdict on Ayesha’s bail plea today

The High Court would deliver verdict today on the bail application of Ayesha Siddiqua Minni who was implicated in the case of her husband Rifat Sharif’s murder at Barguna on June 26.

12pc time utilised for laws: TIB

Transparency International Bangladesh on Wednesday said that the 10th general election held on January 5, 2014, was neither participatory nor contested as the main opposition party boycotted it.

HEAVY METAL IN COW MILK Regulators worried about leaks in dairy value chain

Excessive lead residues in almost all the 266 samples of raw and pasteurised cow milk and cadmium in all the samples that the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority found in April–May have the authorities worried, leaving them to look for further leaks in dairy value chain.

Four more die of dengue Patient hospitalisation declines

Four more people died of dengue in Dhaka, Jhenaidah and Rangpur on Tuesday though the rate of dengue patients hospitalisation has come down compared to the past few weeks.

Fakhrul asks youths to spread to villages, organise movement

Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday urged the youths to spread to villages and towns, make the people aware of current misrule and wage

BRTA moves afresh to raise bus fares

The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority has taken a fresh move to increase the fares of buses and minibuses all over the country following a proposal from the bus operators.

BADDA LYNCHING Why family won’t be paid Tk 1cr in damages: HC

The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why Tk 1 crore should not be given to the families of Badda lynching victim Taslima Begum Renu as compensation.

LYNCHING HC seeks govt report on actions

The High Court on Monday directed the home secretary and inspector general of police to submit separate reports by November 28 on what measures were taken to prevent lynching.

ACC okays charge sheet against 7 for embezzling BKB’s TK 260cr

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday approved the charge sheet against four former Bangladesh Krishi Bank officials and three business people accused of embezzling about Tk 260 crore from the bank.