SIM INFO VERIFICATION,Mobile cos to get direct access to NID database
The mobile phone companies would get direct access to the Election Commission database of national identity cards under a service agreement for verifying users’ SIM registration information, said telecom regulator officials.
Matia slams Muhith for interest rate cut on saving certificates
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury on Saturday criticised the Finance Minister for proposing interest rate cut on all saving certificates in the upcoming fiscal year, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Mojaheed to file review petitio
Condemned death row war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed has decided to file a review petition over the Supreme Court’s verdict that had upheld his death sentence.
Mojaheed to file review petitio
Condemned death row war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed has decided to file a review petition over the Supreme Court’s verdict that had upheld his death sentence.
Chawkbazar iftar market draws crowd
People swarmed the capital’s traditional iftar market at Chawkbazar in old Dhaka to buy mouth-watering iftar items on Friday, the first day of Ramadan.
NIKO CASE HC asks Khaleda to surrender in trial court
The High Court on Thursday asked former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to surrender in the trial court in two months to face the proceedings in the Niko graft case.
Magical Mustafiz floors India
Rookie left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman claimed 5-50 on debut as Bangladesh beat India by 79 runs in the first one-day international in Dhaka on Thursday.
SWISS BANKS,Bangladeshi money grows by 36pc in a year,Capital flight blamed
Deposits by Bangladeshi citizens in banks in Switzerland rose by 36.55 per cent in 2014 compared with the amount in 2013, indicating that economists may be right about capital flight from the country.
PM returns home from UK
Wrapping up her six-day visit to the United Kingdom, prime minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Thursday morning. A VVIP flight (BG-016) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage landed at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet at 10:05am,
Graft cases against Khaleda: Court adjourned till July 23
The Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-3 on Thursday set July 23 for hearing in the double graft cases against Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia. She attended the makeshift court in the capital’s Bakhshibazar around 10:35am as per schedule in the cases of Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft.
