Pasteurised milk: HC keeps 14 cos off trade for 5 weeks
The High Court Division in a suo moto rule on Sunday directed the owners of all the 14 authorised pasteurised milk companies to refrain from producing, distributing and selling their milk for five weeks as their milk was found to be contaminated with banned antibiotics and lead.
Myanmar tags conditions to Rohingya citizenship
The Myanmar government continued to impose conditions on granting citizenship to the Rohingya people on their return to Rakhine while the members of the forcefully displaced community were unwilling to accept the conditions.
Sylhet DIG Prisons held with Tk 80 lakh in Dhaka
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday arrested deputy inspector general (prisons) of Sylhet range Partha Gopal Banik after it found Tk 80 lakh at his Dhaka’s Kalabagan residence.
Relief crisis deepens as govt in denial
Amid reports of inadequate relief distribution leaving many half-fed or unfed in flood affected districts across the country, state minister for disaster management and relief Enamur Rahman said on Sunday that flood victims did not want relief.
Mayor Khokon finally admits dengue situation worrying
Dhaka South city mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon on Sunday finally admitted that the dengue situation in Dhaka was now worrying.
Dengue breaks record every day
The numbers of dengue patients hospitalised in a single day and in this year so far have broken the all-time records in Bangladesh on Saturday.
Govt fails to stand by flood victims, check dengue: BNP
Leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday alleged that the government failed to stand by the flood victims for which the affected people were facing immense sufferings and that the government was in a mess in tackling dengue outbreak.
Khaleda receives treatment for uneven teeth
Jailed Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has been undergoing treatment at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University hospital, received dental care for her uneven teeth on Saturday.
Government criticised for getting trapped in suppliers’ credits
Speakers at a seminar on Saturday said the present government has shown more interest in suppliers’ credits that breed corruption and generate quick bucks for a handful of politicians, businessmen and bureaucrats.
FBI detains Bangladesh-origin US citizen on terror charges
A US citizen Delowar Mohammad Hossain, originally from Bangladesh, was arrested in New York on terror charges on Friday just prior to his departure, according to US media reports.