It’s next to impossible to make politicians, influentials obey law: OQ
Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Monday said that it was next to impossible to make politicians and influential people go by law.
BB reserve theft: PH court orders return of $15.25m to B’desh
A Philippine court on Monday ordered Philippine central bank – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas – to return to the Bangladesh Bank $15.25 million recovered so far out of $81 million stolen from the latter’s reserve account with Federal Reserve Bank of New York in February.
MP Rana shifted to Kashimpur jail
Ruling Awami League lawmaker for Tangail 3 constituency Amanur Rahman Khan Rana was shifted to Kashimpur jail in Gazipur on Monday.
PM reaches NY to join UN General Assembly
The prime minister Sheikh Hasina has arrived in New York from Montreal, Canada to attend 71st UN General Assembly.
Eight killed in road accidents
At least eight people including three women were killed while 51 others injured in separate road accidents in Munshiganj, Bogra and Magura on Monday.
FREEDOM FIGHTER MURDER: AL MP lands in jail
Ruling Awami League lawmaker from Tangail-3 parliamentary constituency Amanur Rahman Khan Rana landed in jail on Sunday after he surrendered to a Tangail court in the case of the murder of freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed in 2013.
AL MP’s son arrested on extortion charge
Police on Sunday arrested the son of a ruling Awami League lawmaker in Satkhira in two extortion cases.
NBR may raise upper limit of turnover for VAT imposition
The National Board of Revenue may increase the upper limit of turnover from the existing Tk 80 lakh for imposing turnover VAT on businesses in a bid to implement smoothly the new Value-Added Tax and Supplementary Duty Act-2012 from the next fiscal year.
RAWHIDE OF SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS: Merchants bought rawhide at 30pc lower than usual price: meat traders
Rawhide traders bought skins of sacrificial animals during this Eid-ul-Azha at prices which were more than 30 per cent lower than that in any other time of the year, depriving the poor and unprivileged, the recipients of the money, of higher financial assistance.
Number of jatra troupes drops sharply
The number of jatra troupes in the country declined to 50 from 2,000 in last 30 years. Jatra artistes attributed the sharp decline to non-cooperation from the government and the law enforcement agencies.
