‘Extremist’ killed in M’singh blast
A suspected extremist was killed in a blast in a rented house in remote village of Bhaluka in Mymensingh on Sunday evening.Police cordoned off the tin-shed house at village Kathor in Habirbari after the blast which took place about 6:30pm.
HAJJ CRISIS HAAB holds govt responsible
Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh on Sunday dismissed the allegations of cheating aspirant Hajj pilgrims and held the government responsible for the reported mismanagement in sending hajj pilgrims to Saudi Arabia this year.
Govt to bring all industries under central welfare fund: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said all manufacturing and exporting industries would be brought under the central fund of the Ministry of the Labour and Employment created to provide financial support to the families of the workers who die or receive grave injuries in their working places.
FLOOD-HIT SUNAMGANJ Farmers uncertain about new crop loans
Farmers in flood-hit Sunamganj are uncertain about cultivation in the upcoming season as the banks have yet to issue any directive as to whether the interest of the previous crop loans would be remitted and new crop loans would be offered without realising the unpaid loans.
Reduce Eid expenditure, help flood victims: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday suggested its party men along with people of the country to reduce their expenditure during Eid-ul-Azha and urged them to spend the money for flood-affected victims.
HAJJ TRAVEL CRISIS Minister flies to Makkah leaving pilgrims in uncertainty
The religious affairs minister, Motiur Rahman, his wife and entourage left Dhaka for Saudi Arabian city Jeddah on Saturday evening to perform hajj this year, leaving hundreds of aspirant pilgrims in uncertainty on their travel to the Middle Eastern country.
Rohingyas flee Myanmar as violence escalates
Thousands of Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar crowded along the Bangladesh border on Saturday as clashes in Rakhine State between suspected Rohingya extremists and Myanmar security forces continued for the second day.
SC asks Dhaka CMM to return Manna’s passport
The Appellate Division on Thursday directed the chief metropolitan magistrate of Dhaka to return passport of Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna for three months to facilitate his treatment in abroad.
B’desh risks ‘devastating’ hunger after major floods: UN
As food aid rolls out to more than 200,000 people in flood-hit Bangladesh, the United Nations said on Wednesday that long-term food supplies were at risk with so much farmland now ruined.
SAGAR-RUNI MURDER RAB misses 50 deadlines for probe report
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate’s court on Wednesday asked Rapid Action Battalion to submit by October 8 its report on the investigation into the sensational murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi
