Green Line asked to pay Russel damages by May 22
The High Court on Wednesday ordered Green Line Paribahan to pay Tk 45 lakh of the remaining compensation money to Russel Sarker, whose left leg was severed after he was run over by a bus of the company in Dhaka, within May 22.
Mustafa Kamal eyes one crore taxpayers, next fiscal
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday hoped that the number of taxpayers would jump to 1 crore in the next fiscal from 22 lakh in the current fiscal.
Prevent mosquito, water stagnation, dust in capital: HC
The High Court on Wednesday asked the chief executive officers of the two Dhaka city corporations to take immediate action to prevent mosquito and water stagnation ahead of monsoon and to control dust on the streets spraying water every morning and afternoon.
Food adulteration starts at factories
Food adulteration in Bangladesh starts at factories with rampant use of non-food grade and date expired and low quality chemicals to process them.
New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern 'does not understand' why US has failed to toughen gun laws
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she does "not understand" why the United States has not passed stronger gun laws in the aftermath of mass shooting events.
‘Deprived’ BCL faction seeks fresh committee in 48 hrs
Leaders of Awami League-backed Bangladesh Chhatra League who failed to make room in newly announced central committee on Tuesday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to reconstitute the committee dropping the ‘non-eligible’ ones.
6 get life term for gang rape in Sirajganj
A Sirajganj court on Tuesday sentenced six people to life imprisonment for raping a woman confining her husband at Dargar Char of Shahjadpur in Sirajganj in 2016.
Khaleda to be shifted to Keraniganj jail: HM
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Tuesday that the jailed Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia would be shifted to Dhaka Central Jail at Keraniganj after her release from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital.
Five dead, one missing in floatplanes collision in Alaska
Five people died and one person was missing Monday after two floatplanes collided mid-air in Alaska while carrying passengers from a cruise ship’s sightseeing expedition, officials said.
Five killed in ‘gunfights’ in Jashore, Cox’s Bazar, Pabna
At least five people, including two suspected robbers and two Rohingya men, were killed in ‘gunfights’ in Jashore, Cox’s Bazar and Pabna on Tuesday.
