ATTACKS ON BLOGGERS, PUBLISHERS : Protests spread beyond capital
Ganajagaran Mancha called a half-day countrywide general strike for today, while people of all sections of society continued protests across the country on Monday against the killing of secular blogger and publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan and attacks on another publisher and two other secular bloggers.
ATTACKS ON PUBLISHERS, BLOGGERS : Dipan buried, no headway in investigations
Secular blogger and publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan was laid to rest at Azimpur graveyard on Sunday afternoon with the police making no headway in the investigations into Saturday’s serial attacks on him and three others in the capital.
INCOME TAX DEDUCTION AT SOURCE : NBR to set up 5 spl zones to intensify monitoring
The National Board of Revenue is planning to set up five specialised income tax zones with a view to intensifying monitoring of tax deduction at source or TDS across the country and expediting the revenue collection from the sector.
Law and order situation good: home minister
Home affairs minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday claimed that the overall law and order situation of the country was ‘obviously good’ and Saturday’s attacks on publishers and bloggers were isolated incidents.
LOCAL BODY POLLS : EC seeks power to fix time
The Election Commission on Sunday sent a letter to the local government ministry seeking authority to fix the time for elections to local government institutions, including city corporation, upazila parishad, municipal council and union parishad.
JL, BCL clash, vandalise 100 shops in Ctg
Awami Juba League and Bangladesh Chhatra League, the ruling Awami League-backed youth and student organisations, clashed, traded gunshots and vandalised business establishments in Chittagong city on Saturday night and Sunday.
Spectre of blogger killing continues, Publisher dead, three badly wounded in 2 daring attacks
One secular blogger and publisher was hacked to death and three other bloggers injured at their workplaces in separate incidents in the capital’s Shahbagh and Lalmatia Saturday afternoon. With the latest attacks on Saturday,
War crimes trial campaigners demand withdrawal of AI statement
War crimes trial campaigners on Saturday demanded the withdrawal of a recent Amnesty International statement which alleged that the trials and sentencing of Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury did not meet international standards. genocide but the trials failed to meet international standards for fair trial.
DOING BUSINESS RANKING : DCCI urges govt to address challenges identified by WB
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Saturday urged the government to quicken regulatory reforms and harmonise business laws to develop doing business scenario in the country as the latest report by the World Bank identified some challenges for doing business in Bangladesh.
Two Shibir men held with 101 crude bombs
Two activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, were arrested and a huge number of explosive, two firearms and Jihad related books were seized from their possession in Sylhet on Saturday early morning.
