Cyclone Komen makes landfall
Southeast region remain inundated
Resolve crisis of Swan Garments: workers’ leaders
Politicians and trade union leaders on Friday at a discussion meeting in the city called on the Awami League led government to take immediate steps to resolve crisis of the Swan Garments.
ENCLAVE SWAP: People celebrate freedom at midnight
Enclave dwellers both old and young, men and women celebrated ‘freedom from confined life’ of 68 years in a festive mood by lighting 68 candles in each enclave and hoisting the Bangladesh national flag at midnight past Friday, the very moment when 162 such territories in Bangladesh and India ceased to exist.
Those burnt people to death won’t be spared: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday reiterated that those hooligans of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-Jamaat-e-Islami who have burnt people to death and injured and damaged vehicles in the name of hartal and blockade would not be spared.
3 killed as Komen crosses Ctg coast
Houses damaged, croplands, fisheries projects washed away
Enclave swap: Joy beyond boundaries for thousands
It is a celebration time for thousands of people living in the hitherto India-Bangladesh enclaves as they are awaiting the much-sought enclave swap between the two countries at one minute past midnight on Saturday, breaking the shackles of separation from their homelands.
Deep depression turns cyclonic storm Komen: Danger signal No 7 in 7 districts, 2 ports
All maritime ports in Bangladesh have been asked to hoist danger signal number 7 as cyclonic storm Komen is likely to hit six southern districts by this afternoon, a special weather bulletin of the Met office said Wednesday night.
NBR to facilitate e-payment of large tax thru banks
The National Board of Revenue is going to introduce a new e-payment software, replacing the old one to facilitate large taxpayers to pay any amount of tax online through their bank accounts, officials said.
MILKY MURDER: Little progress in two years of investigation
Investigation into the murder of Juba League leader Riazul Haque Khan Milky murder is progressing at sluggish pace as the Criminal Investigation Department, charged with further investigation, failed to make any noteworthy development although two years have elapsed since the murder.
BNP unhappy over SQC verdict
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday said the party was ‘disappointed, surprised and saddened’ at the Supreme Court Appellate division holding up the International War Crimes Tribunal’s verdict of death sentence against party standing committee member Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury for war crimes.
