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.
Bangladesh expresses worry over US trade bill
Bangladesh has expressed concern over the US trade bill concerning the Trans Pacific Partnership apprehending that LDCs like Bangladesh would lose their competitive edge in the US market due to preferential treatments to the trans-pacific partners.
Jamaat hartal largely ignored
The countrywide 24-hour general strike called by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami starting from 6:00am on Wednesday was largely ignored in the capital as traffic was almost as usual, markets were mostly open and businesses functioned almost normally.
Ramadan begins Friday
Holy Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, would begin in the country on Friday as the new moon was not sighted anywhere in the Bangladesh sky on Wednesday.
Jamaat’s 24-hr hartal underway peacefully
The countrywide 24-hour hartal, called by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the verdict of the Supreme Court that upheld the death penalty of war criminal Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed, is underway peacefully, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Niko graft case: Verdict on Khaleda’s writ any day
The High Court on Wednesday kept pending its verdict to be delivered any day after arguments of both sides were closed in the matter of a writ petition filed by Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, challenging the legality of Niko graft case against her.
