Three killed, 100 injured as train derailed in Moulvibazar
At least three people were killed and 100 more were injured, 10 of them critically, as five compartments of Upaban Express train derailed on Boromchal Bridge at Kulaura in Moulvibazar on Sunday night and one of the compartments fell into the Boromchal canal.
Poverty rate to be brought down to a level less than US’s: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that the government’s target was to bring down the country’s poverty rate to a level less than what the USA has.
CID submits charge sheet in DU question leak case
The Criminal Investigation Department of police on Sunday submitted charge sheet against 125 people including 87 students of Dhaka University in a case filed over leak of question papers of the university’s Gha unit admission test in 2017.
HC wants list of un-licenced companies, individuals marketing milk, curd
The High Court Division on Sunday directed Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution to submit by July 15 the list of companies and individuals illegally marketing cow milk and curd in poly bags across the country.
Good governance, transparency, democracy must for stable growth: seminar
Speakers at a seminar on Saturday stressed the need for good governance, transparency in public spending, proper utilisation of the budgetary resources and the presence of a government elected in acceptable polls for sustainable economic growth as well as stability.
Top 300 loan defaulters named in JS
A list of 300 top loan defaulters under all the banks and financial institutions of the country’s public and private sector involving bad loans amounting to Tk 50,942 crore was revealed in the Jatiya Sangsad on Saturday.
Awami League’s 70th founding anniversary today
The ruling Awami League will celebrate its 70th founding anniversary today.
Bangladesh on Tier 2 Watch List for failure to curb trafficking-in-persons
Bangladesh has been put on Tier 2 Watch List for the third consecutive year in the wake of the government not meeting the minimum standards of trafficking elimination, according to the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2019, released on Thursday.
Banned food products not pulled back yet
Many of the banned food items ordered to have been withdrawn from the market for being harmful to health 12 days ago were still being sold.
Rajuk estimates scrap value after receiving quotations
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha is estimating scrap value of 15-storey BGMEA building although five firms have already submitted tenders in response to its invitation in April for demolishing the building illegally standing on Hatirjheel.
