Tarique, Fakhrul sued, investigation ordered
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate’s court on Sunday asked police to investigate a complaint filed by Jananetri Parishad president AB Siddique accusing acting BNP chairman Tarique Rahman, its
Dr Kamal re-elected GF president, Reza Kibria new gen secy
Gono Forum on Sunday announced its 111-member new central committee, formed through the April 26 special council re-electing Dr Kamal Hossain its president and electing Reza Kibria its new general secretary.
Support cyclone affected people: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina, now in London on an official visit, has asked the authorities concerned and Awami League leaders and activists to help the people affected by the cyclone Fani after prompt assessment of the losses caused by the storm.
Flash flood strikes haor areas in north-east Bangladesh
People in the haor region in Bangladesh’s north-east started facing flash flood on Sunday because of heavy rains caused by cyclone Fani inside Bangladesh and upstream in neighbouring India while the rebuilding of damaged houses began elsewhere.
10 killed as Fani crosses Bangladesh
At least 10 people were killed, including five children, as weakened super cyclone Fani crossed Bangladesh on Saturday flattening hundreds of houses and standing crops and uprooting thousands of trees mostly in nine districts.
BAD LOAN RECOVERY Asset management companies to join the effort
The government is reviewing proposals for establishing asset management companies to recover bad loans from the errant borrowers, officials said.
GM Quader made acting JP chairman
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Saturday night announced that his younger brother GM Quader, who was declared on April 4 as chairman in his absence, would act as the acting party chairman.
Politicisation pushes universities on the verge of collapse: Anu
Jahangirnagar University economics professor Anu Muhummad on Saturday said that education system at the universities was on the verge of collapse because of extraordinary politicisation.
108th birth anniv of Pritilata Waddedar today
The 108th birth anniversary of Bengali revolutionary nationalist Pritilata Waddedar will be celebrated today.
Villages flooded as weakened Fani passes through Bangladesh
Parts of Bangladesh experienced spells of rains and gusty wind throughout Friday as the super cyclone Fani weakened by the time it reached Bangladesh after making landfall more than 800km away in the Indian state of Odisha in the morning.
