SHOT AT IN MOTHER’S WOMB: Mother breastfeeds baby after 13 days of birth
Bullet-wounded mother Nazma Begum burst into tears as she got the chance to take in her lap her newborn, shot at in her womb, for the first time on Wednesday, 13 days after her daughter was born through caesarean section.
TORTURE TO DEATH: Rakib’s intestine, lungs burst
Rakib, the 12-year boy killed in torture in Khulna on Monday, dies as his intestine and lungs burst because of pumping air through the rectum, post-mortem examination of the boy found. Khulna Medical College Hospital superintendent Prashanta Kumar on Wednesday confirmed the report of the post-mortem conducted at the hospital on Tuesday.
Yet another child tortured to death
A 12-year-old boy was killed in torture by his former employer in Khulna on Monday night for switching to another motor garage.
GATCO Graft Case: HC asks Khaleda to surrender in 2 months
The High Court on Wednesday directed the former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson, Khaleda Zia, to surrender before the lower court within two months in GATCO graft case.
BGMEA POLLS: 2-panel syndicate against any possible candidate after post sharing comprise
After reaching a consensus on selecting the next BGMEA leadership without any contest, two leading panels are now engaged in hectic negotiations for ensuring that no other panels or candidates vie for any post in the elections slated for September, sources in the apparel sector trade body said.
AL urges EC to cancel Latif Siddique’s seat
Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Sunday urged the Election Commission, through a letter, to cancel the parliament membership of suspended presidium member and former minister Abdul Latif Siddique.
New Master Plan for capital in the offing
The government recently notified in the official gazette a draft Master Plan spelling out the guidelines for the development of the capital over the next two decades beginning 2016. The new Master Plan earmarks a vast growth management area, which would swallow crop lands and flood flow zones in and around the capital. It would repeal the existing Master Plan, said the notification.
Keep unfit vehicles off roads, HC tells govt
The High Court on Monday directed the government to keep unfit motor vehicles off the roads across the country.
Investment in savings tools sets record at Tk 28,733cr in FY15
The net investment in the national savings certificates and bonds hit a new record at Tk 28,732.64 crore in the last financial year as clients continued to invest heavily in the tools in June despite interest rate cut by the government in late May.
Hearing on Zia trust graft cases adjourned till August 10
A court here on Monday adjourned till August 10 for the next hearing on Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, reports United News of Bangladesh.
