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Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested eight people in an allegation of theft at the city’s Lalmatia Sonali Bank branch early Monday. The arrested persons were identified as Harun-ur-Rashid, 45, Badal, 42, Emdadul Haque alias Chanchal, 48, Raju alias Mostofa, 45, Mohammad Laton, 30,

The five-day long Dhaka-Sundarbans long march, demanding cancellation of the proposed thermal power plant project in Rampal near the Sundarbans, will start on Tuesday. The long march will start around 10 am from in front of the Jatiya Press club in the capital. The National committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral resources,

A child, aged two and a half years, was put in the dock in Comapnyganj, Sylhet, on Sunday because of sloppy investigation by an inspector. He was even charged with selling adulterated oil. It all began as Sanitary Inspector Shamsuddin raided “Aftab Store” in Shah Arefin Bazaar of Noakut village on February 27 and found low-grade ... Read more

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned former State Minister for Housing and Public Works Alamgir Kabir for an interrogation into his alleged involvement with the misappropriation of around Tk 40 crore. The commission on Monday sent a notice to Alamgir Kabir, also a leader of opposition BNP, asking him to appear before it on September ... Read more

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here for New York on Sunday night on an eight-day official visit to the USA to attend the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). An Emirates flight, carrying the Prime Minister and her 134-member entourage, departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 9.40 pm. Deputy

Muhith tells of new act The government is finally bringing the Grameen Bank under direct control of the central bank, to give the authorities more powers over the microcredit organisation. The decision is in line with the proposals of the government-sponsored Grameen Bank Commission, which recommended bringing the bank under the

Workers set fire to factories in Gazipur, 200 injured, factory owners seek security Apparel workers rampaged through the industrial belts in Gazipur setting factories on fire, vandalising vehicles, blocking highways and fighting pitched battles with the police for the second straight day on Sunday to press their demand for wage increase. About 200 people, including ... Read more

Bail cancelled, sent to jail The International Crimes Tribunal-2 after hearing both the sides in Abdul Alim’s war crimes case on Sunday reserved the verdict saying it would hand down the sentence at a later date. It also cancelled Alim’s bail responding to prosecution plea to reject a defence prayer to continue his bail until the ... Read more

US Amb. Rapp says in telephone interview from Washington The United States is supportive of the ongoing war crimes trials in Bangladesh, but remains concerned over the trial process including award of death penalties. “US recognises the enormity of the crimes that was committed during 1971. Hundreds of thousands of individuals were murdered and raped ... Read more

A massive pit coal deposit has been found at Chatla Beel in Hakaluki Haor of Moulvibazar, according to officials of the Geological Survey of Bangladesh. The deposit could be as big as the country’s largest pit coal reserve of 150 million tonnes at Baggie Chanda in Gopalganj, they said referring to

RMG Sector Businesses worried at violence Businesses have expressed concern over production suspension at garment factories due to labour unrest. As workers yesterday continued agitations for a rise in minimum monthly salary to Tk 8,114 from Tk 3,000 and vandalised garment units, owners from Ashulia and Savar sat at the BGMEA office and called upon the ... Read more

Despite the High Court order, a group of unscrupulous sand traders continue to run their businesses illegally on the river banks, threatening the survival of the rivers. Most of the rivers have been filled up by the sand traders. Environmentalists and residents allege that sand trade is continuing in full swing ignoring the court order. ... Read more

At least two people were injured critically when a train rammed into a bus at Mohakhali level crossing in the capital on Sunday night, the police said. No death was reported in the accident as a few passengers were on the bus and all of them jumped out and evacuated before the train hit the ... Read more

Speakers on Sunday said the ICT Act (Amendment) 2013 sharply conflicts with Articles 39 and 43 of the Constitution, which provide freedom of expression and right to privacy, respectively. They urged the government not to enact the proposed “black law”. They were speaking at a press conference, “ICT Act (Amendment) 2013: Challenges for Right to

Bangladesh nationals in Kenya are safe following Saturday’s terror attack on an upscale mall that killed at least 59 people and injured 175 injured. ‘Our high commission in Nairobi has informed that no Bangladesh national has been affected by the terrorists attack at the Westgate Shopping Centre,’

The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to organise countrywide pre-election programmes to motivate people to elect honest lawmakers in the coming national parliamentary election. The commission will organise on ‘Dudok Songlap’, a mass dialogue programme, with participation of nomination aspirants from all political parties, civil

The Election Commission is studying electoral systems and code of conduct of other democratic countries for framing the electoral code of conduct for the coming parliamentary election, chief election commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said Sunday. ‘We are studying how other democratic countries

Diploma Engineers Downgrading sparks protest Demonstrators block roads in capital, other places Diploma engineers and teachers and students of polytechnic institutes yesterday blocked roads and highways adjacent to the institutes across the country to press home their two-point demand. Under the banner of Diploma Engineering Peshajibi Chhatra-Shikkhak Sangram Parishad, they also held rallies in Dhaka, Chittagong, ... Read more

Women activists on Sunday demanded that the number of reserved seats for women in parliament should be increased to one-third of the elected seats. At a press conference at the National Press Club in the city, they also said that the ruling Awami League in its election manifesto had promised that

Protests force 400 factories to suspend operation Several thousand apparel workers staged violent protests in Gazipur, Savar and Narayanganj after they were denied permission to attend a rally in Dhaka on Saturday, forcing over 400 garment units to suspend operation. The protesters vandalised vehicles and blocked the Dhaka-Tangail highway