HC disqualifies river grabbers from polls, bank loans
The High Court Division in a verdict on Monday disqualified grabbers of rivers, canals and wetlands from contesting local and parliamentary elections.
Jahalam freed at last
Jahalam who had been in jail custody since February 6, 2016 after being mistakenly identified as the accused in 26 corruption cases was released from Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur early Monday.
Answer scripts evaluation with special arrangement: Dipu Moni
Following the wrong question papers distribution to students at several centres on the first day of SSC and equivalent examinations, education minister Dipu Moni suggested that their answer scripts would be evaluated with special arrangement.
Janata bad loans up by Tk 2,868cr in 3 months
The scam-hit Janata Bank has Tk 2,868.77 crore more added to its piles of defaulted loans in the past three months mainly due to the failure of two of its clients to repay loans.
Nine doctors take care of 90,000 jail inmates
Lack of physicians and medical facilities inside overcrowded jails across the country is severely hampering healthcare services with only nine doctors, against approved 141 posts, for about 90,000 inmates.
10,387 SSC, equivalent examinees absent, 24 expelled
On the first day of this year’s Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations on Saturday, 10,387 students were absent and 24 were expelled.
EC rejects Shafin’s nomination, accepts Atiqul’s, four others’
The Election Commission on Saturday rejected the nomination paper of Jatiya Party mayoral aspirant Shafin Ahmed and accepted that of five others, including Atiqul Islam of Awami League, for the by-polls to Dhaka North City Corporation.
BB files case against RCBC
Bangladesh Bank has filed a case in New York against a Philippine bank to recover stolen fund worth $81 million by unidentified hackers from its account at Federal Reserve Bank nearly three years ago.
JOF formally regrets PM’s invitation to tea party
The Jatiya Oikya Front sent a letter to prime minister Sheikh Hasina informing her that the opposition alliance regretted her invitation to a tea party at Ganabhaban on Saturday. The letter was signed by Oikya Front steering committee member and Gono Forum executive president Subrata Chowdhury.
‘Living some sort of captive life,’ bemoans PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina lamented her inability to roam around the Amar Ekushey Book Fair freely, saying that she was now living a life full of restrictions.
