Actress Pori Moni, who was placed on a two-day fresh remand today, said that she has been framed in a false case. She said this while being escorted out of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s court, following hearing of her remand prayer. “You are watching everything without doing anything, while
Month: August 2021
Porimani, Raj remanded again
The court has granted a two-day fresh remand to the actress in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Debabrata Biswas issued the remand order on Tuesday. After a four-day remand, the actress was produced in court on the same day and an application was made to remand her for another ... Read more
Restrictions on public gatherings, recreation venues to continue after August 10
Restrictions on public gatherings and recreation venues will remain in effect after August 10, said Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam today. Replying to a question, he said, “Recreation venues or public gatherings are still not permitted.” Asked, he said local administration, police, bus owners and workers will have to ensure that half of the total ... Read more
Deposit interest shouldn’t go below inflation rate: Bangladesh Bank
Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday asked banks not to set interest rates on fixed term deposits below the inflation rate as it yields negative returns for savers. The central bank issued a circular in this regard addressing the managing directors and chief executive officers of all banks. Addressing the decreasing interest rates in
Pori Moni, others claim links to influential people: CID
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has said the names of several influential people, including bank officials, had come up during the interrogation of actor Pori Mori and others who were recently arrested in narcotics cases. CID Dhaka Metro unit Additional Deputy Inspector General
Brac Bank named for UN fund
Brac Bank has been named as one of the 10 recipients of a Women Enterprise Recovery Fund in the Asia-Pacific region recently. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) with partners
Ramendu Majumdar- Milestones mere alibi for this remarkable man
Anshuman Bhowmick I was born two days after the passing away of Rabindranath Tagore. That was the 24th day of Sravan in the year 1348 of Bengali calendar, or 9th August, 1941, in Christian calendar,” reads the first two lines of Ramendu Majumdar’s autobiography, the English translation of which is slated for release this month. ... Read more
Aussies end winless streak against Tigers
Australia ended their winless streak in the ongoing series by registering a three-wicket win over Bangladesh in the fourth Twenty20 match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Daniel Christian’s whirlwind 39 off 15 balls and Ashton Agar’s run-a-ball 27 powered Australia to 105-7, their first win in the tour after suffering defeats in the ... Read more
Tigers take historic series
Clinch first-ever series against Australia Bangladesh completed a historic 10-run win over Australia in the third Twenty20 to register their first ever series win over Australia in any format of the game at the Sher-e Bangla National Stadium on Friday. Mustafizur Rahman went wicketless but conceded just nine runs in his quota of four overs ... Read more
Chayanika Chowdhury released after interrogation
The detective branch (DB) of police released television play director Chayanika Chowdhury last night having earlier picked her up from Dhaka’s Panthapath in the evening for interrogation because of her “well-acquaintance” with arrested actor Pori Moni. Chayanika was released around 10:45pm last night,
DB picks up director Chayanika Chowdhury because of ‘links with Pori Moni’
The detective branch (DB) of police picked up television play director Chayanika Chowdhury from Dhaka’s Panthapath this evening to interrogate her because she is “well-acquainted” with arrested actor Pori Moni. Chayanika Chowdhury has been taken to the DB office for interrogation, Hafiz Akhtar, additional commissioner (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told
Pori Moni placed on 4-day remand
A Dhaka court today placed film actress Pori Moni and three others on a four-day remand in connection with two cases filed under the Narcotics Control Act. The three others are Ashraful Islam alias Dipu, associate of Pori Moni, Md Nazrul Islam alias Raaz, owner of Raaz Multimedia, and one of his associates
Number of internet connections soars by 1.75cr in FY21
Bandwidth consumption doubles to 2,409.08Gbps The number of broadband and mobile phone-based internet connections in the past fiscal year of 2020-2021 increased by 1.75 crore, more than twice the increase seen in the previous fiscal year, amid people’s growing dependence on online services after the Covid outbreak. According to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission