People in frenzy to reach home
People streamed out of the capital on Thursday to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with their near and dear ones living in outlying districts on overloaded buses, trains and launches.
WAR CRIMES: Forkan given death penalty
The three-judge International Crimes Tribunal -2 on Thursday unanimously sentenced Md Forkan Mallick to death for the war crimes he had committed in Mirzaganj thana of the then Patuakhali sub-division during the country’s Liberation War.
65pc of selected shops yet to install ECR, POS in six years
The National Board of Revenue has made very little success in persuading the shopkeepers from 11 categories to install electronic cash registers or point of sales at their shops in half a decade of the introduction of the system.
AL men, law enforcers on extortion spree: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday alleged that ruling Awami League men and law enforcers were now celebrating ‘grand festivals of extortion’ everywhere centring Eid-ul-Fitr. At a briefing at the BNP central office, BNP spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon said that tyranny of extortionists had been increased everywhere and the government failed to stop it.
RIVER LINKING: India plans to go ahead ignoring promise
India on Monday unilaterally announced its decision to implement the controversial plan to interlink Manas, Sankosh, Teesta and Ganges, four trans-boundary rivers, oblivious of the promises it made to Bangladesh.
Rain disrupts normal life, Eid shopping, in city
Heavy rain triggered by monsoon lashed many parts of the capital on Wednesday, leaving the normal life, especially Eid shopping for some dwellers, in disarray, United News of Bangladesh reports.
Sea aquarium to be set up in Cox’s Bazar, says PM
The government has a plan to set up a sea aquarium in Cox’s Bazar as part of its various steps for protecting the country’s forests, environment and maintaining biodiversity, said prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday.
Threat to try Khaleda could not weaken opposition: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday said that the government’s threat to try BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in special tribunals to sentence her to jail could not weaken the opposition.
Swan RMG workers demand wages but owner still untraceable.
With Eid imminent, workers of Swan Garments and Swan Jeans on Monday demanded payment of all outstanding wages of three months from April to June immediately.
KILLING OF RAJON: Protests rage everywhere Two more accused held
Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon, who was brutally tortured at Sundar Ali Market in Sylhet city on July 8, died of brain hemorrhage, according to the report of his autopsy conducted at Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital.
