Religious forum leader hacked
Assailants wielding machetes attacked the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council’s Faridpur district secretary general Aalak Sen in front his house Tuesday afternoon. The religious minority leader was admitted to the Faridpur Medical College Hospital with injuries on hands and legs.
PM for reopening roads thru frontier with India
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said Bangladesh wants to reopen the frontier roads connecting India which remained closed since 1965 India-Pakistan war, aiming to further strengthen connectivity.
234 municipalities to go to polls on Dec 30
Out of the country’s 323 municipalities 234 would go to polls on December 30, chief election commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad announced Tuesday. He announced the schedule for the civic polls at a news briefing at the Election Commission’s media centre.
SQC, MOJAHEED EXECUTION : PM criticises media coverage of families’ reactions
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday criticised the way some private television channels and newspapers covered reactions of the families of hanged war crimes convicts Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed.
50 orgs hold bulk of BASIC’s Tk 4,146cr defaulted loans
The top 50 defaulters of BASIC Bank hold 83.99 per cent, or Tk 3,482.58 crore, of the bank’s defaulted loans as the management of the state-owned bank did not take adequate measures to recover the non-performing loans.
WP wants govt to ban politics of Jamaat, Shibir
Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner of the Awami League-led alliance on Monday demanded a ban on politics of Jamaat-e-Islami, the main Islamist party of the country and its front student organisation, Islami Chhatra Shibir.
JAMAAT’S HARTAL : Life remains almost normal
Traffic movements in major cities were almost normal although presence of cars in the streets was thin and long route buses operated less in number because of shortage of passengers during the general strike on Monday called by the Jamaat-e-Islami.
Army chief hosts reception for Bir Shresthas families
Chief of army staff General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq on Friday hosted a reception for family members of the Bir Shresthas and other gallantry award-winning freedom fighters at officers club of Dhaka cantonment marking the Armed Forces Day on November 21.
BSEC, India stock regulator sign cooperation deal
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday pinned on robust Indo- Bangla relation in all socio-economic areas saying the two countries need to come forward with liberal mentality and sink narrowness to boost up ties.
Path of democratic change in govt now blocked: Ershad
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Sunday said the path of change in the government through a democratic process in Bangladesh was blocked.
