HC summons DSCC, DNCC chief health officers
The High Court Division on Monday asked Dhaka North City Corporation chief health officer brigadier general Momimur Rahman Mamun and Dhaka South City Corporation chief health officer brigadier general Sharif Ahmed to explain on Thursday what they did to reduce aedes mosquito
Mob beatings continue
At least 13 victims of mob attacks survived in Chattogram, Rajshahi and Bogura Monday as the merciless mob beatings became viral across the country dubbing the innocent targets child lifters.
ACC approves charge sheet against 7 ex-MDs, 16 others for Barapukuria coal theft
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday approved a charge sheet against seven former managing directors and 16 officials of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited for their alleged involvement in the sensational theft of 1,43,728 tonnes of coal worth Tk 243.29 crore from the colliery in Dinajpur.
PM opposes hasty steps against Preo Bala
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has asked that no hasty step should be taken against NGO official Preo Bala Biswas for her complaint to US president Donald Trump during a meeting at the latter’s office in Washington DC, said road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday.
Pursue political, economic diplomacy together
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked Bangladeshi envoys in Europe to pursue political and economic diplomacy together in the interest of the country’s economic development.
DIG Mizan shown arrested in bribery case
A Dhaka Court on Sunday asked police to show suspended deputy inspector general of police Mizanur Rahamn arrested in a case filed in connection with bribing Tk 40 lakh to suspended Anti-Corruption Commission director Khandakar Enamul Basir.
Rivers around capital swell
There is no possibility of flood waters entering the capital though all the rivers flowing by it are swelling, the Water Development Board told New Age Sunday.
Urban bias keeps doctors off villages: study
Doctors in Bangladesh are highly urban centric while majority of the population live in rural areas, says a study of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh.
Bangladesh fails to find new overseas job markets for workers
Bangladesh could not yet find new markets for its unskilled workers though the job opportunities drastically shrank at traditional destinations in the Middle East and South-East Asia.
3 lynched on child lift suspicion
Three people, including a woman, were killed and five others injured in beating by angry mobs in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Pabna and Gazipur on Saturday after they were suspected to be child lifters.
