People suffer for hours as transport workers clash
People suffered serious traffic congestion at Gulistan as transport workers blocked Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover for about two hours following a clash between two transport worker organisations on Monday.
Avijit, Niladri killings: Key suspect killed in ‘crossfire’
A prime suspect in the killings of bloggers including Avijit Roy and Niladri Chattapadhyay Niloy was killed in a reported incident of crossfire at Khilgaon in the capital early Sunday, claimed the Detective Branch of police.
End to political uncertainty, infra crisis key to investment
Boosting private sector investment, generating adequate employment and ensuring good governance will continue to be the major challenges in next year to achieve higher economic growth and other targets of the proposed budget for fiscal year 2016-17, economists and politicians told a dialogue on Sunday.
10-day Jamdani exhibition begins in city
A 10-day long ‘Jamdani Exhibition 2016’ began at Bangladesh National Museum in the capital on Sunday.
14-party announces ‘Mass Resistance Week’ against militancy
The Awami League-led 14-party alliance will observe a ‘Mass Resistance Week’ from July 15 to July 21 protesting militancy and the recent spate of target killings across the country.
BCL factional clash leaves 6 injured in Ctg
At least six Bangladesh Chhatra League activists were injured, including one with bullet, in a factional clash at Chittagong College on Sunday noon.
Big cache of arms, ammo found in city canal
Police and fire service divers reportedly recovered a huge cache of firearms and ammunition from a canal in the capital’s Turag Saturday evening.
PM calls on UK govt for actions against Tarique
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday urged the British government to take actions against those who had taken shelter there and were hatching conspiracy against Bangladesh.
Sponsor-directors’ minimum shareholding: BSEC order remains on paper since Nov 2011
A much hyped directive of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission regarding mandatory 30 per cent shareholding by listed companies’ sponsor-directors remained on paper as 31 companies’ sponsor-directors are still holding less than the stipulated amount of shares.
Govt using ‘crossfire’ to hide own link: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday said the government is ‘killing criminals in crossfire’ to conceal their own involvement.
