JSD faction observes flag hoisting day
Politicians and civil society leaders on Wednesday urged the government to give state recognition to March 2 as flag hoisting day when in 1971 student leader ASM Abdur Rob first hoisted national flag of Bangladesh at Dhaka University.
Mother killed 2 Banasree siblings:RAB
Rapid Action Battalion officials on Thursday said the mother of the siblings killed inside their rented apartment at Banasree in the city on Monday herself killed them ‘out of frustration.’ RAB had detained the parents and an aunt of the siblings from their village home in Jamalpur on Wednesday and interrogated them.
Truck kills 2 policemen at Chapainawabganj checkpoint
Two policemen were killed as a truck, to which they signaled to pull over, crashed into their motorcycle in Kansat area of Shibganj of Chapainawabganj early Thursday.
Some politicians assisted Jan 11 players: Quader
Mentioning that some politicians had assisted the actors of 1/11 political changeover, road transports and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said if the country’s politics is on the right track and political leaders maintain honesty, the conspiracies of evil forces would never be successful.
Hasina became PM as Jan 11 outcome: BNP
BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Tuesday said Sheikh Hasina became prime minister as an outcome of the 1\11 conspiracy and her party is the most beneficiary of it.
Khaleda urges PM to arrest actors of January 11
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday asked prime minister Sheikh Hasina to arrest the actors of January 11, 2007 political changeover to prove her intention to try them.
Coordination of agencies can help save tigers: dialogue
Officials of forest department and other government agencies including law enforcement and judiciary at a national dialogue on Tuesday underscored the need for effective coordination among the agencies and neighboring countries to check poaching of tigers and save their habitats in the Sunderbans.
Banks to destroy cards stuck in ATMs
Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday asked scheduled banks to issue new debit or credit card within seven days to a client if his or her card got stuck in the ATMs.
VAT ON TRADE LICENCE : Muhith asks NBR to review legal aspects as FBCCI raises questions
Finance minister AMA Muhith has asked the National Board of Revenue to review the legal aspects of imposition of value-added tax on trade licence as the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry raised question in this regard.
Jan 11 actors still active: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, told parliament on Monday that conspiracy against democracy was still on and actors of January 11, 2007 political changeover remained active. ‘Their conspiracy is yet to come to an end…They want to come to power at any cost through undemocratic way,’ Hasina said in her valedictory speech of the 9th session of the 10th parliament.
