Govt relief inadequate as flooding worsens
The overall flood situation in the country worsened further on Friday, inundating homesteads, croplands and damaging roads, river banks and embankments in many districts for the last 10 days.
DCs asked to activate anti-terror committees
The deputy commissioners from across the country have been asked to activate anti-terrorism committees involving people from all walks of life, irrespective of their political identities, to fight the menace at the grassroots level more effectively.
Foreign investors feel insecure after Gulshan attack: FICCI
Foreign investors have been feeling insecure in Bangladesh after the extremists’ attack at a café in Gulshan in the capital that killed 28 people including 17 foreigners.
India with Bangladesh in fight against terrorism
Indian president Pranab Mukherjee and prime minister Narendra Modi reiterated that Indian government would stay with Bangladesh and provide strong support to help combat terrorism and militancy as Bangladesh’s home minister Asaduzzaman Khan called on them in the Indian capital.
Mahasweta Devi dies
Eminent author and social activist Mahasweta Devi breathed her last on Thursday after a multi-organ failure.
Tofail says country’s business faces no damage after Gulshan attack
Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed on Thursday said the Gulshan terror attack, in which 17 foreigners were killed, could not damage the country’s business; rather a national unity against militancy has been formed.
Bangladesh developed IT infra on its own: Joy
Prime minister’s ICT affairs adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy Wednesday said Bangladesh built its basic IT infrastructures on its own while it now strives for ensuring the country’s stake in the global arena through innovations.
RELOCATION FROM GULSHAN: HC grants time to Scholastica, Aurora School, 2 hotels, a restaurant
The High Court on Wednesday granted Scholastica and Aurora International School time until December 31 to shift from Gulshan.
DMP confirms identity of 7 dead in Kalyanpur operation
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Wednesday night confirmed the identity of seven of the nine suspected Islamist extremists killed in what police named ‘Operation Storm-26’ at a Kalyanpur house in Dhaka early Tuesday.
Food, drinking water crisis stalks flood-hit people
Around 12 lakh flood-affected people in north-western and north-eastern districts are now in the grip of severe crisis of food and drinking water while water-borne diseases have started spreading, with floods lingering in many areas.
