UP polls violence: One killed in Tangail ‘police firing’
A man was killed when police reportedly fired on supporters of Awami League-backed chairman candidate and supporters of independent chairman candidate at Sagardighi union parishad of Ghatail upazila in Tangail early Thursday
ARSON ATTACK CASE Hearing on Khaleda’s bail petition April 8
A court in Comilla on Wednesday set April 8 for hearing on the bail petition filed by Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case of arson attack on a bus that killed eight people and injured 20 others at Jodhomanpur in the district on February 3, 2015
7 clinic staff jailed for operation by fake doctors
A mobile court on Wednesday jailed seven staff, including two fake doctors, of a private hospital, Crescent Hospital, for varying terms ranging from six months to two years for conducting surgical operation by fake doctors
PM calls for rooting out terrorism for secure region
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday called for uprooting all sorts of terrorism to establish a secured and prosperous region.
REPATRIATION CLEARANCE Dhaka to send another list of Rohingyas
The government would send the second list of Rohingyas for clearance of the Myanmar authorities for their repatriation to Rakhine State. The government made the decision at a meeting on Wednesday, as sending list and getting names cleared by Myanmar authorities was a continuous process, a senior foreign ministry official said.
Khaleda’s bail in graft case extended until Apr 5
A Dhaka court on Wednesday extended until April 5 the bail of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
BGMEA BUILDING DEMOLITION Deadline extended again
The Appellate Division announced Tuesday that it would for the third time extend the deadline demolishing BGMEA’s illegal building on Hatirjeel Lake on production of undertaking that no further time would sought
Nine banks face Tk 19,446cr capital shortfall
Nine banks, including six state-owned banks, are facing Tk 19,446.6 crore shortfall in capital as of December 31, 2017 amid loan scams and failure to recover growing defaulted loans.
Two siblings held with 1 lakh Yaba tablets in Ctg
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested two siblings along with 1 lakh Yaba tablets from Pahartali area of the port city early Wednesday.
Fresh gas price hike proposed
Gas distribution utilities have submitted proposals for fresh hikes in gas prices by 206 per cent for power plants and 25 per cent for CNG filling stations triggering fear of further increase in costs of living
