37kg gold found in Emirates flight
The Dhaka Custom House authorities seized 320 pieces of gold bar weighing 37 kilograms concealed under a passenger seats of Emirates flight that arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Thursday evening.
President, PM’s treatment at foreign hospitals criticised
Citizens’ Rights Movement on Thursday said Bangladesh’s top executives, such as, the president, the prime minister and ministers, seek medical treatments in foreign countries that indicate that qualities of public and private sector health care at home are poor.
Bangla Academy celebrates diamond jubilee
Bangla Academy celebrated its 60th founding anniversary in the city on Thursday amid much enthusiasm and fanfare.
Hasina among 100 leading global thinkers
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been named as one of the world’s 100 leading global thinkers by Foreign Policy, a Washington-based prestigious magazine of global politics, economics and ideas.
Municipal polls generate enthusiasm
Municipal polls, scheduled for December 30, has generated enthusiasm amongst voters as political parties have finalised their nominations of mayoral aspirants and the deadline for the submission of nominations for the candidates expires today.
18 YEARS OF CHT PEACE TREATY : Govt urged for full implementation
Different organisations on Wednesday urged the government to implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord fully to uphold the rights of the ethnic people and the spirit of War of Independence.
Remittance inflow drops in five months
Remittance inflow decreased by 0.68 per cent in the first five months of the financial year 2015-16 compared with that in the same period of the FY15 which might put an adverse impact on the country’s socio-economic situation.
Keep girl’s marriage age strictly at 18
Samajik Protirodh Committee, a platform of 68 women human rights and development organisations on Wednesday demanded the marriage age for girls is kept at 18 and the child marriage restraint bill 2014 is changed in this regard.
Fakhrul released from jail on bail
Nearly one month into his arrest, Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was freed from jail on bail on Tuesday.
Pakistan can’t hide 1971 genocide: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday said that Pakistan in no way can hide the fact of ‘genocide’ and ‘atrocities’ staged by its army during the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh.
