ACC flouts legal time frame for completing probes
The Anti-Corruption Commission has developed the practice of flouting the 30-day time-frame laid in the law to complete inquiries into corruption allegations as well as completing the investigations in 180 days.
JCD’s draft voter list released
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal’s draft voter list was released Monday.
Anti-Corruption Commission sues DIG Mizan, wife, 2 others
Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed a case against deputy inspector general of police Mizanur Rahman, his wife, brother and nephew on charge of their alleged involvement in accumulation of illegal wealth.
HC extends status quo on concessions to loan defaulters
The High Court Division on Monday extended until August 25 the status quo on the concessions given to loan defaulters by the Bangladesh Bank.
26pc deaths in Bangladesh due to poor diets: Lancet
Low intake of right kinds of food such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains and high intake of wrong kinds of food like sodium appear to be a cause for concern for the public health in Bangladesh.
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.
