Shaukat Mahmud on 3-day remand
Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists faction president Shaukat Mahmud was remanded in police custody on Wednesday for three days for interrogation in an arson attack case filed with Ramna police station.
Probir Sikdar released on bail amid protests
Journalist Probir Sikdar was released from jail on bail granted by a Faridpur court on Wednesday in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technologies Act. Rights groups and journalist community had been staging protests in the capital and elsewhere demanding his immediate release and unconditional withdrawal of the case since his arrest on Sunday.
Trade gap with India inches down
The country’s trade gap with India in the recently concluded financial year slightly decreased to US$ 5.28 billion from US$ 5.57 billion in FY14 due to rise in export earnings against fall in import payments.
Shaukat Mahmud arrested
Detectives arrested Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists faction president Shaukat Mahmud at Panthapath in Dhaka on Tuesday in a case of arson attack on a bus at Jatrabari on January 23.
Probir Sikdar put on 3-day remand
A court in Faridpur on Tuesday put journalist Probir Sikdar on a three-day remand in connection with a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (amendment) Act 2013 while journalists and rights groups continued to demand his immediate release.
Forex reserve crosses $26b
The country’s foreign exchange reserve crossed US$ 26 billion mark for the first time as Bangladesh Bank’s purchase of US dollars from local banks surpassed US$ 1.14 billion between July 1 and August 17 of this financial year amid sluggish business activities.
Probir Sikdar sent to jail
A Faridpur court on Monday sent journalist Probir Sikdar to jail in a defamation case, while rights groups staged demonstrations protesting at his arrest and demanded his immediate and unconditional release.
PARACETAMOL SYRUP ADULTERATION: Six jailed for 10 years in each of 2 cases
The Drug Court in Dhaka on Monday sentenced six people to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years in each of two cases for adulteration of paracetamol syrup that reportedly caused the death of 76 children in 1992.
BCL man beats teenager to death
A teenage boy was beaten to death in the capital’s Hazaribagh area by a local Chhatra League leader for allegedly stealing a mobile phone set Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified Md Raja, 17, son of Babul Hossain, of 46, Ganaktuli, Hazaribagh, and a steel shop employee.
Ready for any sacrifice to establish Bangabandhu’s ideals: PM
Asserting that she is ready for any sacrifice to establish Bangabandhu’s ideals, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said she cared little about any conspiracy to derail her from establishing a poverty- and hunger-free ‘Sonar Bangla’ as dreamt of by the Father of the Nation.
