ACC for shutting coaching centres

Anti-Corruption Commission chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Saturday urged the government to shut illegal coaching centres saying that the coaching centres were dens of corruption.

Knee injury ruins Tamim’s IPL chances

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Saturday said that opener Tamim Iqbal would require at least four to six weeks to recover from his knee injury, effectively ruling him out any outside chance of playing in the forthcoming Indian Premier League.

Pay hike for public servants on cards before next poll

The government is expected to announce a fresh salary hike for its servants ahead of the general election as a panel has already finalised recommendations to adjust perks and packages for offsetting the general inflation

UP polls violence: One killed in Tangail ‘police firing’

A man was killed when police reportedly fired on supporters of Awami League-backed chairman candidate and supporters of independent chairman candidate at Sagardighi union parishad of Ghatail upazila in Tangail early Thursday

ARSON ATTACK CASE Hearing on Khaleda’s bail petition April 8

A court in Comilla on Wednesday set April 8 for hearing on the bail petition filed by Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case of arson attack on a bus that killed eight people and injured 20 others at Jodhomanpur in the district on February 3, 2015

7 clinic staff jailed for operation by fake doctors

A mobile court on Wednesday jailed seven staff, including two fake doctors, of a private hospital, Crescent Hospital, for varying terms ranging from six months to two years for conducting surgical operation by fake doctors

PM calls for rooting out terrorism for secure region

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday called for uprooting all sorts of terrorism to establish a secured and prosperous region.

REPATRIATION CLEARANCE Dhaka to send another list of Rohingyas

The government would send the second list of Rohingyas for clearance of the Myanmar authorities for their repatriation to Rakhine State. The government made the decision at a meeting on Wednesday, as sending list and getting names cleared by Myanmar authorities was a continuous process, a senior foreign ministry official said.

Khaleda’s bail in graft case extended until Apr 5

A Dhaka court on Wednesday extended until April 5 the bail of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.

BGMEA BUILDING DEMOLITION Deadline extended again

The Appellate Division announced Tuesday that it would for the third time extend the deadline demolishing BGMEA’s illegal building on Hatirjeel Lake on production of undertaking that no further time would sought