Second rice shipment from Vietnam arrives in Ctg
The second shipment of 27,000 tonnes of rice from Vietnam reached Chittagong Port on Monday morning. A ship named MV Pax arrived at outer anchorage of the Chittagong Port around 8:00am, said port authorities.
Padma in central region keeps rising
The flood situation in the country’s northern region improved on Sunday, with water having started receding in major rivers. People displaced by flood have started to return to their homes. Many flood victims are still staying under the open sky as they do not have money for rebuilding their houses damaged by the flood.
1,266 Bangladeshis in Malaysia arrested in crackdown
The number of arrested undocumented Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia rose to 1,266 till Sunday as the country continued its crackdown on illegal foreign workers since June 30. A total of 3,506 illegal workers have been rounded up by Malaysian Immigration
EC unveils action plan for next polls
The Election Commission on Sunday unveiled the booklet of action plan for the next general elections with the ruling Awami League welcoming it and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party saying it would not solve the political crisis without the outline of poll-time government.
Strong current continue disrupting ferry services on Padma
Strong current coupled with rising water level continued disrupting ferry services on two major routes on the River Padma on Sunday, inflicting miseries to passengers and truckers. Thousands of passengers to and from the south and south-western districts faced ordeal from Tuesday to cross the Paturia-Daulatdia and the Shimulia-Kathalbari river routes.
Annisul declines to take responsibility of drainage system
Dhaka north city mayor Annisul Huq declined to take over the responsibility of the city’s drainage system from the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority as offered by LGRD and co-operatives minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain at a programme on Sunday.
EC has no scope to ensure level-playing field: CEC
The Election Commission has no scope to ensure a level-playing field before announcing the schedule of the next general elections, chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda said.
Imran Sarkar, another one get bail in defamation case
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Sunday granted bail to Ganajagaran Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarkar and cultural activist Sanatan Ullash in a defamation case filed for their remarks ‘hurting’ prime minister Sheikh Hasina during a procession.
RAB cordons off ‘extremist den’ at Ashulia
The Rapid Action Battalion kept a house located at Noyarhat-Chourabali in Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka, cordoned off since early Sunday suspecting it a hideout of extremists.
Khaleda flies to London
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday evening left Dhaka for London for treatment of her eye and knee.
