PM opens part of Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday inaugurated of the first part of the ongoing Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover Project from Satrasta to Ramna thana point.
Fakhrul lands in jail soon after being BNP secy gen
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sent the just made secretary general of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to jail in two violence cases.
Tonu’s body exhumed for fresh autopsy
The authorities on Wednesday exhumed the body of college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu to conduct fresh post mortem examination 10 days after she was raped and murdered inside Comilla Cantonment area.
SC asks Janakantha editor to surrender to lower court
The Appellate Division on Monday directed the editor of Daily Janakantha, Mohammad Atiqullah Khan Masud, to surrender before the lower court in a week in connection with his conviction for seven years’ imprisonment on charge of constructing a high-rise building doctoring RAJUK-approved design.
Nor’wester likely in 14 dists, signal 2 for river ports in 9 dists
River ports in several districts across the country have been asked to hoist riverine warning signal 2 amid forecast of temporary west or north-westerly squalls.
HC rejects 1988 writ challenging state religion
The High Court on Monday rejected a 1988 writ petition challenging the constitutional provision of state religion. The rule retained Islam as state religion as per the eighth amendment to the constitution.
Qamrul, Mozammel not obliged to resign: Law minister
The minister for law, justice and parliamentary affairs, Anisul Huq, on Monday said food minister Md Qamrul Islam and liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Huq were under no legal obligation to resign from the cabinet in the present situation.
Nation salutes `71 heroes
The sun of liberation rose over the horizon on March 26, 1971 with the formal proclamation of the independence of Bangladesh when the Bengalis took up arms against the Pakistani occupation military who committed one of the worst genocide in modern history during the nine-month liberation war.
Farm loan disbursement rises by 14.74pc in 8 months
Farm loan disbursement posted a 14.74-per cent growth in eight months of the current financial year of 2015-16 compared with that in the same period of FY15.
WRIT CHALLENGING STATE RELIGION : Hefazat holds demos, threatens tougher
Qaumi madrassah-based organisation Hefazat-e-Islam on Friday held demonstrations in Dhaka and at different districts against the writ challenging the provision of state religion in the constitution.
