SEXUAL ASSAULT ON PAHELA BAISHAKH: Minister claims arrest, police deny.
The state minister for home, Asaduzzaman Khan, on Monday told parliament that few suspects in the sexual harassments during Bangla New Year celebrations at Dhaka University, while the law enforcement agencies denied any such arrest.
NBR bars licence for foreign freight forwarders
The National Board of Revenue has put a bar on providing freight forwarding licence to fully foreign-owned companies to operate in the country.
Govt failing to help flood victims: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday alleged that the government was not providing relief support to flood victims and instead were busy with corruption. ‘The flood victims are passing their days in misery and the government is not providing them with relief’, Khaleda said at an iftar party.
Jt operation begins near Myanmar border Campaign aims to flush out extremists, drug and human traffickers
Border Guard Bangladesh backed by the army has begun a ‘search and destroy’ operation in Thanchi of Bandarban bordering Myanmar to demolish the possible hideouts of militant and organised crime groups in the remote hilly areas, the officials said.
PM distributes WC money
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday handed over the cheques to the national cricket team players, coaches and other officials for the outstanding successes in the World Cup and home series against Pakistan.
ICX cos’ dues to BTRC swell to Tk 638cr
The outstanding dues of the country’s 25 interconnection exchange operators have increased by more than Tk 600 crore in last three years as the politically-licensed ICX operators, who received licenses in 2012, are reluctant to pay the revenue share.
MP resists storing Brazilian wheat in Kushtia
Fourteen truckloads of ‘substandard’ wheat imported from Brazil could not be stored at Kumarkhali warehouse on Saturday due to obstruction by a local MP.
BNP not a terrorist party: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday asked why only BNP was branded as a ‘terrorist party’ and blamed for transport arsons and reminded the critics that Awami League had killed people during its ‘oar-and-stick’ movement and torched vehicles.
FINANCING COOPERATION : Dhaka, Beijing to sign agreement
Dhaka and Beijing plan to ink a deal on ‘financing cooperation’, to boost their development relations and promote Chinese concessional loans in major infrastructure areas in Bangladesh. The proposed deal, on which both Eximbank of China and economic relations division of the finance ministry had a number of meetings last month, is expected to be signed by next month, a senior finance ministry official said.
Prices of green chilli, tomato, aubergine rise in capital
The prices of aubergine, green chilli and tomato increased in the city’s kitchen market over the week ending Friday.
