Cops beat DSCC official
Cops allegedly beat up a Dhaka South City Corporation cleaning inspector in the city’s Jatrabari area on early Friday.
Children urged to build knowledge-based soceity
Eminent personalities on Friday urged children to keep up the practice of reading books and vow to establish a knowledge-based society
2nd phase of Bishwa Ijtema begins
The second phase of Bishwa Ijtema began on Friday with thousands of Muslims converging on the bank of the River Turag in Gazipur, seeking peace and revival of Islamic tenets.
Govt to ban BNP if people want: AL
The ruling Awami on Wednesday said that the government might ban the Bangladesh Nationalist Party considering it as an ‘illegal’ political party if such demand was raised from people.
PAY STRUCTURE DISPARITIES : Work abstention by teachers, officers continue for 3rd day
Indefinite strike enforced by teachers for removal of disparities from the new pay structure continued for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, paralysing academic activities at 37 public universities of the country.
Do not acquire land used by tea garden workers: speakers
Politicians, academician and tea workers’ leaders on Wednesday called on the Awami League-led government not to acquire 511 acres of agricultural land, currently being used by the workers of two tea estates at Chunarughat in Habiganj, for setting up a special economic zone.
BB appoints observer for scam-hit Farmers Bank
Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday appointed observer for the scam-hit Farmers Bank Ltd as it found gross violation of banking rules in sanctioning and disbursing loans and hiding defaulted loans amounting to around Tk 400 crore.
BSCIC gives tanners 72 hours to relocate tanneries from Hazaribagh
Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation on Wednesday served legal notices on the 28 errant tanners directing them to relocate their tanneries from the city’s Hazaribagh within 72 hours.
1971 war hero Lt Gen Jacob passes away
Lt Gen JFR Jacob (retd), who negotiated the surrender of Pakistani troops in Dhaka following the 1971 war, passed away on Wednesday. He was 92.
Elections to 600 UPs by March: EC
The Election Commission is preparing for elections to 600 of the 4,544 union parishads in end March.
