Nov 7 uprising anniv today
Today is the 40th anniversary of the November 7 uprising in which Bangladesh Army soldiers and the people overthrow the then government.
Govt urged to cancel Rampal Power Plant
Politicians, academics, cultural activists and journalists on Thursday called on the government to refrain from implementing coal-based Rampal Thermal Power Plant to save the Sunderbans, the biggest mangrove forest in the world.
2 Taiwan citizens hacked in city
Unidentified miscreants on Thursday night hacked two citizens of Taiwan at Uttara in the city, said the deputy commissioner of Dhaka metropolitan police (Media) Mumtasirul Islam on Friday.
DELTA PLAN-2100 : Netherlands, BD agree to work together
Bangladesh and the Netherlands have agreed to work more closely for the implementation of the ‘Bangladesh Delta Plan-2100’ to make the delta safe and productive for the people of those areas in Bangladesh.
Gayeshwar sent to jail
A Dhaka metropolitan sessions judge’s court on Wednesday sent Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy to jail in connection with a violence case filed with Rampura police station.
Stop harassment by field-level VAT officials, DCCI urges NBR
Leaders of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday demanded the National Board of Revenue take steps to stop harassment by field-level tax officials while collecting value-added tax.
Dipan’s father Abul Quasem gets death threat, feels insecure
Slain publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan’s father Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq said on Wednesday that he was feeling insecure as he had felt in 1971.
DELTA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION : Netherlands to help Bangladesh
The Netherlands on Wednesday assured Bangladesh of providing all kinds of support and assistance for implementation of its Delta Plan-2100, as the two countries are facing the common problems.
Yet another cop hacked to death at checkpoint
Assailants hacked to death a policeman and injured another in a ‘premeditated’ attack minutes before the law enforcers were setting a makeshift check post on Nabinagar-Chandra highway in Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital Wednesday morning.
Fakhrul sent to jail
The acting Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, landed in jail on Tuesday for the seventh time since May 2012.
