Deadly fire kills 65 in Dhaka’s Chawk Bazar
At least 65 people were killed and 55 others injured as a deadly fire broke out in a densely populated residential area at Chawk Bazar in old town of Dhaka Wednesday night.
Nation salutes language heroes
Streams of barefooted people from all walks of life began filing past the shaheed minars after placing flowers at the altars across the country as the clock ticked past Wednesday with the nation paying tributes to the 1952 Language Movement heroes.
Shamima not Bangladesh citizen: foreign ministry
The government on Wednesday said that ISIS outfit member’s wife Shamima Begum would not be allowed to enter Bangladesh territory as she was not a citizen of the country.
Jamaat should apologise: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Wednesday said that the Jamaat-e-Islami should apologise to the nation for opposing the country’s War of Independence in 1971.
Nation set to observe Amar Ekushey
The nation will observe Amar Ekushey paying homage to the martyrs of the language movement of 1952 a minute after midnight past Wednesday by placing flowers standing in solemn silence for a while at Shaheed Minars across the country amid beefed up security.
Newly elected women MPs sworn in
The newly elected lawmakers to the seats reserved for women in the 11th Parliament were sworn in on Wednesday morning.
Farashuddin report not published as CID probe on: minister
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday told parliament that the probe report on the Bangladesh Bank reserve heist was not made public to avert influence on the ongoing investigation into it by the Criminal Investigation Department.
Greater press freedom in Bangladesh than elsewhere, says minister
Information minister Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday claimed that Bangladesh has been enjoying greater press freedom than other countries of the world.
Govt’s project on back burner
The government’s project to relocate chemical warehouses and concerns from the densely populated Old Dhaka to Keraniganj has been on the back burner for nine years since 2010.
JP MP questions Shajahan Khan’s road safety job
Jatiya Party lawmaker Fakhrul Imam on Monday questioned the rationality of making former shipping minister Shajahan Khan as the head of a committee formed Sunday to ensure road safety.
