Govt’s 6.51pc GDP growth calculation raises eyebrows
The country’s economy has posted a growth of gross domestic product (GDP) by 6.51 per cent in the current fiscal year (2014-15) despite political unrest for three months of the second half of the fiscal year, according to a provisional estimate of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
Interpol alert for Salah Uddin Ahmed.
Interpol’s Dhaka unit has sent a red notice to India, requesting it to arrest the man who claims to be BNP leader Salah Uddin Ahmed, reports Indian daily The Telegraph.Ahmed, 54, who identified himself as a Bangladeshi national,
Businesses seek transit fee imposition on India vessels.
Business leaders and experts on Wednesday suggested imposition of transit fees and service charges on the Indian vessels plying through Bangladesh and introduction of multimodal transport facility under the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade between the two countries
Khaleda calls on govt to release BNP men.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Wednesday demanded the release of leaders and activists of the opposition through immediate withdrawal of ‘politically-vindictive false cases’ and expedite the release of ailing senior leaders
Housewife, in-law murdered inside city apartment,
A housewife and her husband’s uncle were hacked to death by unidentified miscreants inside their apartment in the capital’s Pallabi area Wednesday afternoon.The victims were Sweety Khatun, 27, and her in-law Aminul Islam, aged around 50.
Annisul slates police attack on protesters.
Dhaka north city mayor Annisul Huq on Tuesday lambasted the police for attacking protesters against sexual harassment of women on Pahela Baishakh.The protesters went to besiege the metropolitan police headquarters on Sunday..
SE Asia urged to save thousands of migrants.
Thousands of migrants believed to be stranded at sea without food and water could die unless Southeast Asian governments act urgently to rescue them, migrant groups and the UN warned Tuesday
Another blogger hacked to death.
Another blogger was hacked to death in Sylhet city on Tuesday morning triggering protests.The killing Sylhet unit Ganajagaan Mancha organiser Ananta Bijoy Dash, 33, took to four the number of bloggers killed since 2013,
Tremor jolts Bangladesh, Nepal, India
A tremor hits Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh this afternoon.The quake that started at 1.10pm lasted nearly a minute. The epicenter of the quake and its scale could not be known immediately.
Salah Uddin calls wife from Assam!
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Salah Uddin Ahmed called his wife from a location of Assam in India.Our correspondent talked to Hasina Ahmed, the spouse of Salah Uddin, who confirmed the news to New Age this afternoon.
