25kg gold seized at Shahjalal airport
Customs officials held a man with 25 kilograms of gold from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday night. Assistant commissioner of Customs Intelligence Ehsanul Kabir said Jamil, the arrestee, came to Dhaka from Singapore around 10:30pm.
Ethnic minorities now passing toughest time: Santu
Adivasi Forum president Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, known as Santu Larma, on Saturday said that ethnic minorities of the country were now going through the toughest time amid repeated attacks and land grabbing as they lacked constitutional recognition.
16TH AMENDMENT VERDICT Direct election to JS women reserved seats favoured
The Appellate Division in its 16th Amendment verdict, released Tuesday, hoped that the 50 women MPs from the reserved seats would be elected through direct election. The verdict called electing the women MPs from the reserved seats by 300 elected MPs as ‘incompatible with the spirit of the Preamble of the Constitution as well as its Article 7(1).
BANASREE DOMESTIC HELP’S DEATH Two cases filed
Two cases were filed on Friday night over the mysterious death of domestic help Laili Begum at her employer’s residence at Banasree in the capital. The victim’s brother-in-law, Shahidul Islam, filed a case with Khilgaon Police Station accusing her employer Munshi Moin Uddin, his wife Shahnaj Begum, their security guard
Mild tremor jolts Sylhet
A mild earthquake shook different parts of Sylhet early Thursday. The tremor, measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, was felt around 12:18am, said Ganesh Chandra Das, senior officer of local Met office.
PM approves nine power purchase proposals without tender
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has approved nine proposals for purchasing expensive electricity from private fuel oil-fired power plants with 1,763MW combined capacity without any tende
SC stays further proceedings on DU VC appointment
The Appellate Division on Thursday stayed further proceedings on the appointment of Dhaka University vice chancellor from the panels elected by the senate.
Hajj-related problems to go soon: Menon
All the hajj-related problems, including flight schedule debacle, will be resolved within a day or two, civil aviation and tourism minister Rashed Khan Menon said on Wednesday. He came up with the assurance after an emergency meeting to discuss the overall situation and find ways to make the hajj-related activities smooth and trouble-free.
Section 57 being misused: Quader
Ruling Awai League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said that Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act was being misused. Obaidul Quader, also minister of road transport and bridges, made the comment while visiting the development work of the metro rail project at Agargaon in the capital.
Consult before recording case under Sec 57: IGP
Inspector general of police AKM Shahidul Hoque on Wednesday asked all units of the police to consult law wing at the police headquarters before recording any case under the Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act.
