Eid train tickets from July 29
Bangladesh Railway will sell advance tickets from five different spots in the capital from July 29 ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
HC asks mayors to stamp out aedes mosquitoes in 24 hours
The High Court Division on Sunday asked two mayors of the capital and the government to stamp out aedes mosquitos in 24 hours.
Police attack LDA marchers, 25 injured
At least 25 leaders and activists of Left Democratic Alliance were injured on Sunday as police charged them with truncheon during their march towards energy ministry demanding withdrawal of increased gas price.
S Korea to consider duty-free access of Bangladeshi products
South Korean prime minister Lee Nak-yon on Sunday assured Bangladesh of considering duty-free quota-free market access for all Bangladeshi products to their market as the bilateral trade was heavily tilted towards Korea.
PM for good governance for dev
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday stressed the importance of establishing good governance everywhere for the country’s overall development.
ANTIBIOTICS, BACTERIA, DETERGENT IN PASTEURISED MILK HC orders retest in 4 labs as BSTI lacks capacity
The High Court on Sunday directed the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution to arrange a fresh test on 14 brands of pasteurised milk at four government laboratories in seven days to detect whether the packaged milk contained harmful substances like bacteria including coliform and
No protective gear for suspects raises question
Law enforcers produce crime suspects in protective gear before the press and in courts but do not do so when they take out the suspects in night-time operations for cohort arrests and arms or drugs recovery.
Retest finds antibiotics in milk again
Multiple antibiotic residues have again been detected in all the 10 samples of both pasteurised and non-pasteurised cow milk tested at a Dhaka University laboratory.
Won’t tolerate corruption, warns PM
Reaffirming that corruption would not be tolerated, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the top government officials to keep more vigil against corruption so that this menace did not affect the country’s development in any way.
Floods affect 13 districts
Hard times lie ahead of the disaster responders as hundreds of thousands of people have been cut off from road communications on Saturday and could be reached out only by boat.