Dhk seeks duty-free market, more investment from KL
Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed on Thursday sought duty-free market access of all Bangladeshi products to the Malaysian market so that the trade ties between the two countries can reach a newer height in the coming days.
SAVING MANGROVE FOREST : DLA to start road march to Sunderbans today
The leaders and activists of the Democratic Left Alliance, a combine of eight left leaning political parties, are scheduled to start their 3-day Dhaka-Sunderbans road march today as a part of their campaign to save the world’s largest mangrove forest from ‘destruction.’
SCHOOLBOY SHOOTING : AL MP lands in jail
Ruling Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton landed in jail on Thursday in two cases including one on charge of shooting a nine-year-old schoolboy in the legs in Gaibandha on October 2.
SCHOOLBOY SHOOTING : Gaibandha MP Liton arrested, finally
The Detective Branch of police on Wednesday night arrested ruling Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton at a house in the capital’s Uttara on charge of attempted murder of a nine-year old boy in Gaibandha.
Power plants to affect flora and fauna of Sunderbans
Leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh and Socialist Party of Bangladesh on Wednesday said that the people of the country would not allow any power plant projects destroying the Sunderban, the biggest mangrove forest in the world.
Banks facing cash dollar shortage
Bangladesh Bank has requested National Board of Revenue to withdraw tax on import of US dollar notes by local banks from their foreign corresponding banks as they (local banks) are now facing cash dollar crisis.
Plot was there to create a situation in Bangladesh: PM
In an apparent reference to the recent murders of two foreign nationals, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said there was a plot to tarnish Bangladesh’s image through creating a situation in the country with the killings.
Mojaheed, SQ Chy seek SC judgments’ review
Death-row war crimes convicts Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury filed review petitions on Wednesday with the Supreme Court against its verdicts that upheld their death penalties for their crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.
Killers of 2 foreigners to be hunted down: PM
Accusing BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia again of conspiring to tarnish the country’s image through killing foreign nationals, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the killers of two foreign nationals will be hunted down and put on trial.
Indian rupees recovered from Ctg airport
The Customs Intelligence recovered around 69 lakh Indian rupees from Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong city on Tuesday.
