11,684 arrested in four days
The number of people arrested in special drive reached 11,684, including 145 militancy suspects, in four days till Tuesday morning.
Brexit may hit B’desh export, say economists, exporters
Economists and exporters are in fear that a possible exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union could put a negative impact on the Bangladeshi exports to the UK, which is the third largest export destination for Bangladesh products.
Huda to back 14-party alliance programmes: Nasim
The Nazmul Huda-led Trinamool BNP from now on will express solidarity with and join programmes to be announced by the Awami League-led 14-party alliance.
Khaleda Zia hosts iftar in honour of foreign diplomats
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday took her iftar with the international diplomats stationed in Dhaka.
Maniruzzaman Miah dies
Educationist and a former Dhaka University vice-chancellor M Maniruzzaman Miah died of old age complications at Square Hospitals in Dhaka on Monday noon.
8,569 rounded up in 3 days
Law enforcers rounded up 8,569 people including 119 militancy suspects till 8:00am on Monday in a weeklong ‘anti-militant’ special drive beginning on Friday morning across the country.
Post-poll violence: Chairman, two others killed
Three more people including a newly elected chairman and a nonagenarian woman were killed on Sunday and Saturday night in post-poll violence in three districts as the maiden partisan elections to union parishads ended on June 4.
2 suspects remanded, IO changed over death of police officer’s wife
The Chittagong Metropolitan Police authorities changed the investigation officer of a case filed following the shoot-to-death of counter-militancy police officer Babul Akhter’s wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, for the IO’s ‘poor performance.’
Sans banking licence, DMCBL collects Tk 981cr, disburses loan
Bangladesh Bank is worried about the continued banking operation by The Dhaka Mercantile Co-operative Bank Ltd (DMCBL) which does not have central bank’s licence, as it has already collected Tk 981.05 crore from depositors and disbursed Tk 1,079.55 crore in loans.
Tonu rape, murder: 2nd autopsy not sure about rape
The second autopsy of murdered Comilla Victoria College girl Sohagi Jahan Tonu neither determined the cause of her death nor confirmed whether she was raped but found evidence of ‘intercourse’ before the death.
