AL’s Atiqul wins mayoral by-polls largely ignored
Ruling Awami League candidate Atiqul Islam was elected Dhaka north city mayor for about one-year term in the by-elections largely ignored by city dwellers on Thursday.
City dwellers hardly take interest in polls
Most of the voters refrained from casting vote in the elections in Dhaka north and south city on Thursday as they were seen hardly to take an interest in the polls, boycotted by all opposition parties, including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Utilities of 21 houses snapped in old Dhaka
The taskforce against chemical warehouse in old Dhaka cut off the utilities of 21 houses on Thursday, the first day of its drive after fire at Chawk Bazar killed 69 people and left dozens injured on February 20.
PM appreciates pilots, crew of Biman exposed to hijack threat
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday appreciated the ‘courage, intelligence and prudence’ of a Biman aircraft pilots and crew members which was exposed to a hijack threat on Feb 24.
World powers call for calm as Indo-Pak tension mounts
Indian and Pakistani troops traded fire briefly along the contested border in Kashmir on Thursday morning, a day after the two nuclear powers both downed enemy jets, with Pakistan capturing an Indian pilot.
Eat khichuri and cast vote: Atiqul
Awami League candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral by-election Atiqul Islam on Thursday morning called upon all the voters to exercise their voting rights braving the bad weather.
UNICEF for birth registration, edn, skills of Rohingya kids
UNICEF executive director Henrietta Fore on Wednesday stressed the need for registration of Rohingya children born in Bangladesh after their mothers were forced to leave Rakhine amid atrocities committed by Myanmar military.
Two infants burnt dead in Bhashantek fire
Firefighters recovered the charred bodies of two infants as they died in a slum fire in the city’s Bhashantek area on Thursday.
Bad loans shoot up in Bangladesh in 2018
Bad loans in the country’s banking system grew by 26.39 per cent in 2018, much higher than 19.51 per cent growth in 2017.
Police start investigation, get ‘toy pistol’ as evidence
The Chattogram Metropolitan Police counter terrorism unit on Tuesday received material evidences of the attempted plane hijack, including the ‘toy pistol’ the lone suspect was carrying, as it began investigating the incident.
