Fire guts 60 rooms in city
At least 60 rooms of tin-shed structures at capital’s Konipara adjacent to Hatirjheel were gutted in a fire that broke out on Tuesday afternoon.
Khaleda gets bail in five cases
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia was granted bail on Tuesday in five cases on various charges including sedition, sabotage and graft.
3,000 villagers prosecuted for Banshkhali killing
Three cases accusing over 3,000 people were filed on Tuesday over the Monday’s clash with police, in which four villagers were shot dead during protests against a move to construct a coal-based power plant at Banshkhali in Chittagong.
NBR plans online access to ECR, POS to prevent VAT evasion
The tax authority has decided to establish online network between electronic cash registers or similar devices and its server to prevent value-added tax evasion by traders by altering the sales records.
SUJAN’S DEATH : DU students take to streets
Dhaka University students blocked Shahbagh intersection for two hours and a half on Monday afternoon, demanding fair trial in the killing of Sujan Mridha, a student of the university’s marketing department.
PROTEST AT COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN BANSHKHALI : 4 villagers killed in firing
At least four villagers were shot dead and 20 others, including 11 policemen, injured on Monday in a clash between the lawmen and villagers who were demonstrating against a move to construct a coal-fired power plant at Banskhali in Chittagong, police and witnesses said.
Unemployed nurses begin non-stop sit-in today
Unemployed nurses on Sunday alleged that the government initiative to appoint them against vacant posts of ‘senior staff nurse’ through recruitment tests was ‘a clear business.’
Interest rate for SMEs to be single digit: Amu
The government is taking initiatives to lower the interest rate of the small and medium enterprises loan to single digit through banks and other financial institutions under their refinancing scheme, said industries minister Amir Hossain Amu on Sunday.
12,887 students absent on 1st day of HSC exam
Forty-three examinees were expelled for copying and 12,887 remained absent on the first day of Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations that began on Sunday, according to education ministry control room formed to oversee the HSC exam.
TONU RAPE, MURDER : Student strike observed
Protests continued across the country while students observed strike at educational institutions on Sunday and announced that they would besiege the home ministry on Thursday for immediate arrest of rapists and killers of Comilla college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu as the police were yet to arrest any suspect.
