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.
ELECTION-TIME GOVT: BNP accepts HC formulas’ ‘underlying essence’
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday said that it had accepted the ‘underlying essence’ of the High Court’s observations on formation of an election-time government in the country.
Bullet-hit newborn returns to mother’s lap, finally
It was a joyous moment for bullet-injured mother Nazma Begum and her husband Bachchu Bhuiyan as their 23-day-old daughter, who was also bullet-hit in mother’s womb, was released from the neonatal intensive care unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the city on Sunday. The baby, now out of danger, finally went to her mother’s lap. ‘I am happy of course.
RAJON MURDER: Police press charges against 13 people
Police submitted the charge sheet for the murder of Samiul Alam Rajon to the court, accusing 13 people, including the prime suspect Kamrul Islam who left the country for Saudi Arabia.
BADDA SHOOTING: Death toll rises to three
Another ruling party man succumbed to bullet injuries on Friday morning taking to three the death toll from the incident of shooting at Badda in the city on Thursday night.
President, PM pay homage to Bangabandhu
The president, Abdul Hamid, and the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, paid profound homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the National Mourning Day on Saturday morning by placing wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi road 32 in the capital.
