Communi-cations Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the next general election must be held by January 25 as per the constitution. Election Commission (EC) will announce the election’s schedule after October to conduct the election by January 25, he told the journalists after inaugurating Digitized Load Control Station on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Baradargarhat
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ACC briefing on Padma Bridge scam today
The two-member Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) delegation will brief the Commission on the outcome of their visit to Canada on Padma bridge corruption conspiracy on Sunday. Neither the Commission high-ups nor the delegation members agreed to disclose anything about the progress of the investigation after the return of the delegation
College student dies falling from rooftop
A female student of Dhaka City College died after falling from the rooftop of her house in Hazaribagh area in the city on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Tamanna Anjum Mustafa, 23, daughter of Mohammad Golam Mustafa, also a third-year student of Accounting Department
Mahi meets Alamgir
Bikalpodhara Bangladesh (BDB) will announce in a day or two to forge an alliance with the main opposition BNP to contest the polls together against the current Awami League-led grand alliance. To this end, Bikalpadhara joint secretary general Mahi B Chowdhury held over an hour-long meeting with BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir
DB DC transferred over bribery charge
Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Detective Branch Police (DB) Mollah Nazrul Islam was transferred on Saturday on charge of taking bribe of Tk.1.5 crore from a businessman after confining him. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Assistant Commissioner Abu Yousuf said, directed by acting Police Commissioner Abdul Jalil, he (Nazrul) was transferred to Rajarbagh
US lauds Bangladesh’s counterterrorism efforts
The United States has lauded Bangladesh for its endeavours to fight terrorism in 2012, saying that Dhaka’s counterterrorism efforts made it harder for transnational terrorists to operate in or establish safe havens in the country. In the ‘Country Reports on Terrorism 2012’ released on Thursday by the State Department in Washington, the US also said ... Read more
Post-Mahasen downpour ruins crops
Tell-tale signs of Cyclone Mahasen are still visible in the submerged fields of rice, sesame and melon in the south-western part of the country, where farmers are trying to salvage their crops to use them as cattle and poultry fodder. Officials estimate that the damage could be around Tk. 65 crore. Farmers are still trying ... Read more
Govt out to create leadership vacuum in BNP: Alamgir
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has launched a broadside against the government, assailing it for what he termed its “baseless statement” that the party’s senior vice chairman, Tarique Rahman, had furnished a bail bond before leaving the country. Alamgir urged the government to make the written obligation
Blame game between RAJUK and DCC
In spite of identifying 550 unsafe residential buildings, 150 risky garment factories, and 7000 other city buildings built with deviations from Rajdhani Unnyan Kartipakkha (RAJUK) approved plans; a shifting of responsibility between the city corporation and the building authorities shows there is no one to bell the cat.
Damaged Chittagong embankment poses danger
About one crore people living in the coastal belt of Chittagong, including 50 lakh in the city area alone, are exposed to cyclone and tidal surges, as the long embankment from Patenga to Sitakunda has been damaged in many places. The same goes for the embankment between Banshkhali and Anwara. It is allowing high-tide water ... Read more
US officials watching factory conditions
The United States officials are in touch with their counterparts in Bangladesh about the concerns over conditions in the factories in the country, US State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki said on Thursday. “I will tell you that our officials are, of course, in touch with officials in Bangladesh about the conditions in the factories there,” ... Read more
Two DB officials closed on charges of taking bribe
Two officials of the Detective Branch Police were closed on Friday over an allegation of receiving a handsome amount of bribe from a businessman. The suspended officials of Detective Branch (DB) of DMP are inspector Azhar Uddin and Sub-Inspector Abul Hasnat. A probe committee led by Joint Commissioner of DB Monirul Islam of DB has ... Read more
Winds and rains cause havoc in the coastal areas
After two days of driving rains, which triggered storm surges along the coasts, inundating low lying areas, the weather is likely to improve further from Saturday. The rains have started slowing down and the water is also receding from the coastal areas.The situation would improve further from Saturday, a senior meteorologist at the Dhaka met ... Read more
Bangladesh enters elite club of 10cr mobile users
Bangladesh, as the twelfth country, entered the elite club of 10 crore mobile users at the end of April, according to the latest data released by the telecom regulator. The regulator—Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said the total number of active SIM stood at 10.12 crore in April from 9.98 crore in March as the ... Read more
Four Shibir leaders held in city
Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested four central leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), including its former President Fakhruddin Manik, from Rampura area in the city on Friday. The three other arrested were identified as Shibir central office secretary Atiqur Rahman, International Affairs Secretary Mohsinul Kabir alias Fahim and Shibir Rampur Police station unit president ... Read more
Khokon to be tried in absentia
If Zahid Hossain Khokon, alias Khokon Razakar, remains in hiding and does not appear before the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) to face trial, he will be tried and prosecuted in absentia. As per the provision of the International Crimes (Tribunal) Act, 1973, the tribunal will follow the same procedure as that adopted in the case ... Read more
World No Tobacco Day observed
Tobacco companies should be punished for illegal ads and promotion to implement tobacco control law, speakers demanded on the eve of observing World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) on Friday. “Ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship” is the theme of this year’s World No Tobacco Day. Tobacco companies are doing business of illegal advertisement,
Foreign Secy elected to CMW
Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque has been elected as the Committee on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW). He polled 39 votes to get elected in the election that took place in New York on Thursday. This is the second highest number of votes bagged by any candidate at ... Read more
BB uses software to detect people linked to terror financing
The Bangladesh Bank (BB), by using goAML software, has identified some people involved in terror financing and money laundering. Sources in the home ministry said that the BB had used goAML to analyse the Cash Transaction Reports (CTRs) and Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) of seven private commercial banks.
No need to inform govt for feasibility study: India
There is no need for informing the government to conduct a feasibility study to set up an inland container port in Narayanganj, said Indian High Commission in Dhaka and Kumudini Ports Limited on Thursday. The Indian High Commission has already sent its clarification to the Foreign Ministry.