Govt controlling mass media through secret policy: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday alleged that the incumbent government was controlling mass media through a ‘secret mass media policy.’ BNP spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon at a briefing at the party central office said that the government was interfering with the mass media overtly and covertly.
BASIC BANK SCAM : 18 cases filed against 154 people
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed 18 cases against 154 BASIC Bank officials and 18 business firms on charge of embezzlement of Tk 705.80 crore from the bank. The commission, however, did not prosecute former BASIC Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hai Bacchu.
People set out journey home, defy hassles
Bus, train and ferry terminals witnessed a mad rush as people started streaming out of Dhaka on Monday defying all accompanying hassles of bumpy journey to celebrate Eid with their near and dear ones.
PM wants officials to work in coordination
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the government officials to work in a coordinated way as ministries or divisions are interdependent for development works.
BNP demands cancellation of MBBS, BDS admission tests results
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday demanded cancellation of the published results of MBBS and Bachelor of Dental Surgery admission tests as there are allegations of question-paper leak.
Dog bites on rise
The number of people suffering feral dog bites across the country increased in recent times with a rise in dog population in the absence of culling and sterilization.
TANGAIL KILLING : Police prosecute 1,000 villagers
The death toll from Friday’s police firing on protesters against sexual harassment of a woman in Tangail reached at four as another victim succumbed to bullet injuries on Sunday, while police field two murder cases against 1,000 villagers on Saturday night.
Dhaka now ailing patient at ICU: Annisul
Dhaka north city mayor Annisul Huq on Sunday said that traffic congestion had turned the capital into an ailing patient at an intensive care unit. ‘It seems that the mayor is a quack doctor at the ICU to save that ailing patient,’ he said at a round table on ‘Traffic congestion in Dhaka: strategies and solutions’.
Cattle continue to arrive at city markets
Traders and farmers from different districts continued pouring different makeshift cattle markets in the capital with their cattle hoping to get better prices.
Election must by next year: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now in London, on Friday night told her party leaders of the UK chapter that general election in Bangladesh must be held by 2016.
