Wholesalers agree to sell rawhides to tanners
The wholesale traders of hides and skins of the country on Sunday agreed to sell rawhides to the tannery owners as they promised to pay the traders their dues gradually.
FR Tower ACC arrests Tasvirul
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday arrested Tasvir-ul-Islam, one of the owners of FR Tower at Banani in Dhaka, over his alleged involvement in expanding the building violating the approved design.
BNP to move internationally for Khaleda’s release
Opposition BNP on Saturday decided to move internationally to secure freedom and proper medical treatment of its ailing chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia as her health is deteriorating in the prison.
Additional cash incentive for RMG needs Tk200cr more
Additional one per cent cash incentive announced for the export oriented apparel industry would require the government to spend another sum of Tk200 crore.
28 Rohingyas killed in `gunfights’ in 2019
At least 28 Rohingyas, including two women, were killed in reported incidents of gunfight with law enforcement agencies and four others were found killed in Cox’s Bazar over their suspected
Dengue Menace Next 7 days crucial: government
With four more dengue patients dead and 1,460 others hospitalised on Saturday, the Directorate General of Health Services said the next seven days would be crucial for controlling dengue spread and destroying aedes mosquitoes, the vector of the viral fever.
Zia, Ershad usurpers, not ex-presidents, says PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said that there was no scope to refer to former military rulers Ziaur Rahman and HM Ershad as ‘former president’ as the High Court declared their regimes illegal.
75pc workers sent to Brunei thru middlemen
In 2018, about 75 per cent of Bangladeshi workers were illegally sent to Brunei by the brokers in collaboration with immigration police at the airport through so-called ‘body contracts’, said officials.
Rivers continue to swell
Major rivers in north, north-eastern and south-eastern regions continued to swell rapidly due to heavy rains in the cross border upstream and inside Bangladesh.
Number of dengue patients hospitalised crosses 50,000
The number of hospitalised dengue patients this year rose to 49,999 as of 8:00am Friday since January 1 after dengue took an alarming turn recently prompting many caregivers to refer to the situation as no less than an epidemic.
