Fire safety kit prices shoot up
Prices of fire safety equipment, mainly fire extinguishers, have marked a sharp rise in the local market against the backdrop of high demand and supply shortage.
ACC okays charge sheet against ex-audit chief, 4 others
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday approved a charge sheet against five people, including former Farmers Bank audit committee chairman Mahabubul Haque Chisty, his wife Ruzi
Home ministers’ meeting postponed over Indian polls
The home minister-level meeting between Bangladesh and India, scheduled for this week in New Delhi, was postponed because of Indian national election, officials said on Monday.
BNP, allies to launch movement to free Khaleda
The leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance decided to launch a movement with all the parties forging separate programmes to demand the release of the jailed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Rohingya youths might be exploited by vested quarters: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday feared that vested quarters might exploit the frustrated Rohingya youths to materialise their ill motive.
7 hurt on CU campus as BCL activists clash with cops
At least seven were injured including police during a clash between the ruling party’s student front Bangladesh Chhatra League and police at Chittagong University campus on Sunday morning.
CUMILLA ARSON CASE AD upholds Khaleda’s bail
The Appellate Division on Sunday dismissed a government’s petition seeking stay on the bail granted to former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case of arson attack on a bus at Chauddagram, Cumilla in February 2015.
Kamal refutes US security alert for Bangladesh
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday refuted the US security alert saying Bangladesh does not pose any security risk to anyone.
Deadlock continues at Barishal Univ
Barishal University students on Sunday denied withdrawing their agitation programmes without written assurance from the authorities concerned about the decisions, including sending vice-chancellor on leave, taken in a tripartite meeting on Saturday afternoon.
Madrassah girl set on fire at exam centre in Feni
A madrassah girl was set on fire after being doused with kerosene on the roof of an examination centre at her two-storey madrassah building at Sonagazi upazila in Feni Saturday morning, nine days after her mother lodged a case accusing the madrassah principal of harassing the girl sexually on March 27.
