Tk 15,166.18cr supplementary budget passed
The Jatiya Sangsad on Monday passed the supplementary budget of Tk 15,166.18 crore for the 2018-19 fiscal year to meet the increased expenditures under different ministries and divisions.
Family seeks PM’s intervention in film-maker going missing
The family said on Monday that film-maker Syed Iftekhar Alam Sourav was called by Rapid Action Battalion members to meet them with his passport, curriculum vitae and other documents for a job and went missing after going to meet them in front of a Chattogram market on June 9.
Action plan sought from DCs of Munshiganj, Narayanganj
National River Conservation Commission has instructed district administrations of Munshiganj and Narayanganj to send time-bound action plans for evicting grabbers from the Meghna, Sitalakhya and Dhaleswari and ensure close monitoring of their drives.
Former Sonagazi OC Moazzem to be produced before CCT in afternoon
Former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi police station Moazzem Hossain, who was arrested on Sunday following an arrest warrant issued by a Dhaka court, will be produced before Dhaka Cyber Crimes Tribunal at 2:00pm on Monday, June 17.
No end of drug menace in sight
The death toll in the countrywide anti-drug drive over the last 13 months has crossed 400, with four more reported extrajudicial killings in Cox’s Bazar and Cumilla on Sunday, with no end of the menace in sight.
Bangladesh face Windies in do-or-die battle
Bangladesh’s World Cup campaign is standing at a crossroads when they face West Indies in their fifth match at Taunton, the tiniest of all tournament venues at the home of Somerset County Club, today.
PM asks army to stand by people
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the army to stand beside the people always by bestowing its leadership upon the competent and patriotic officers.
BNP MPs question JS legitimacy again
Bangladesh Nationalist Party members of parliament on Sunday once again questioned the legitimacy of the current parliament saying that it was formed through a faulty election.
Bribery Charge Appellate Div scolds ACC for not arresting DIG Mizan, ACC director Basir
The Appellate Division on Sunday scolded the Anti-Corruption Commission for not arresting ACC director for investigation Khandaker Enamul Basir and deputy inspector general of police Mizanur Rahman though he paid Tk 40 lakh in bribes to Basir to suppress the corruption charges against him.
Sunderbans’ ecology, status under threat
International Union for Conservation of Nature known as IUCN, the official advisor on natural world heritage to UNESCO, has recommended for inclusion of Sunderbans on UNESCO’s ‘world heritage in danger’ list.
