TONU RAPE, MURDER : Protests continue as no headway in investigation
The police could not make any headway in the investigation into the rape and murder of Victoria College student and theatre activist Sohagi Jahan Tonu inside six days of the recovery of her body from Comilla cantonment area.
Those working silently for nation to be honoured: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said those working silently across the country for the nation will be honoured in the future and her government is working to collect their names.
Nation recalls today horrors of March 25
The nation recalls today the horrors of one of the worst genocides in modern history committed by the Pakistan occupation army against unarmed people of the then East Pakistan on the night of March 25, 1971.
RMG workers demand higher wages
Leaders of the Garments Sramik Front at a rally in the city on Thursday demanded increasing wage of the garment workers immediately.
NBR chairman rules out changing uniform VAT rate of 15pc
The National Board of Revenue chairman Md Nojibur Rahman on Thursday ruled out any possibility of changing the uniform rate of 15 per cent value-added tax under the new VAT act despite the business community has continuously been demanding for lowering the rate to single digit.
Modi, Hasina open 100MW power supply from Tripura
The Bangladesh-India cooperation has advanced another step forward as the prime ministers of both the countries on Wednesday inaugurated supply of 100 MW electricity from Tripura of India to Comilla of Bangladesh and leasing of 10 GBPS internet bandwidth from Bangladesh (Cox’s Bazar) to India (Agartala).
Middlemen, mill owners reap locally produced salt’s profits
Middlemen and mill owners reap the profits of locally manufactured salt leaving the poor farmers in the lurch.
Redline given task maintaining rules, says Menon
The minister for civil aviation and tourism, Rashed Khan Menon, on Tuesday said the responsibly to modernise the security system of HazratShahjalal International Airport was given to British company following proper rules and regulations.
BB reserve theft : CID finds malware access to system Jan 19
Criminal Investigation Department officials on Monday said that they identified a malware accessed to the Bangladesh Bank’s computer system on January 19 and four-five central bank officials might have been involved in the theft of $101 million from its reserve with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Staggered UP polls begin today
The first-ever elections with part symbols to 718 union parishads in the country are set to be held today, with the oppositions fearing violence, intimidation and rigging.
