Protests on as DU restricts outsiders’ movement
Dhaka University authorities would set up security posts on the campus to restrict outsiders’ movement, said vice-chancellor Professor Akhtaruzzaman on Tuesday
Oil-gas committee blames govt for gas, power price hike
The government’s unrestrained bout of increasing power and gas prices despite poor supply was a poor show of the sectors concerned, discussants said at a seminar on Tuesday.
18.7 lakh driving licences against 35 lakh vehicles: minister
There are only 18.7 lakh people with valid driving licences for driving nearly 35 lakh registered vehicles, road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader told parliament on Tuesday
RMG workers block city road protesting factory closure
Several hundred garment workers blocked Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue at Tejturibazar in the city on Tuesday morning protesting at the closure of their factory without any prior notice
Local AL declares Kalihati MP persona-non-grata over infighting
Local Awami League in Kalihati of Tangail has declared local member of parliament Hasan Imam Khan Sohel Hazari persona-non-grata as goons blessed by him attacked three local leaders of the party demanding extortion.
Some doctors in Bangladesh criminalised their noble profession: HC
The High Court Division said Monday that physicians’ noble profession was getting vicious. The court said that the poor and the common and the poor patients were suffering due to criminalization of the noble profession by some physicians.
QUOTA REFORM MOVEMENT DU restricts movement of ‘outsiders’ on campus
Dhaka University authorities on Monday imposed restrictions on the movement of ‘outsiders’ on the campus and told the proctor’s office and hall administration
Devastated crop fields emerge as flood waters recede
As flood waters receded from low-lying northern and north-eastern districts, the impact of its devastation on crops began to emerge.
BNP observes token hunger strike
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday observed 7-hour hunger strike in Dhaka and other cities and district headquarters vowing not to allow the next general election keeping party chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail
Govt scraps VAT exemption on int’l flights’ airport charges
The government has withdrawn value-added tax exemption three weeks after offering the benefit on port services for operating international flights as the benefit was given based on ‘misleading’ information provided by the International Air Transport Association.
