A writ petition filed with a High Court bench sought a direction to the government to constitute a judicial commission to investigate and ascertain the truth about the ‘blame game of the Sonali Bank loan scam’ in order to award exemplary punishment to the perpetrators and abettors of the scam. The petition, filed as public ... Read more
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18 companies of Hallmark Group obtained TIN but did not submit tax returns
The National Board of Revenue has found that 18 associate companies of the Hallmark Group did neither submit tax returns nor paid taxes for any fiscal year though the companies have obtained tax identification numbers as business entities, NBR officials said on Monday. The NBR will serve notice very soon to the companies asking why they ... Read more
Sonali to sue culprits
Tk 3,606cr Swindle Sonali to sue culprits The finance ministry yesterday asked the Sonali Bank to file criminal cases against the officials of the bank and Hall-Mark Group involved in the recent loan scam. The bank and financial institutions division of the ministry in a letter directed the bank’s management to take “departmental and legal ... Read more
14kg gold seized
One arrested at airport, cites involvement of an NSI staff Police yesterday arrested one of the members of a smugglers’ ring at Shahjalal International Airport while he was bringing in 13.6 kilograms of gold worth around Tk 7 crore from Dubai. Detained Monowarul Huq, 46, disclosed the name of a field officer of National Security Intelligence ... Read more
BUET classes resume on Saturday
BUET classes resume on Saturday ending a five-month stalemate at the prestigious Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. The decision to resume class room teaching was announced on Saturday by vice chancellor SM Nazrul Islam and BUET Teachers
MBBS, BDS admission tests on Nov 23
The admission tests for enrolment in both public and private medical and dental colleges for the 2012-13 academic session will be held on November 23. Shah Abdul Latif, director of medical education of the directorate general of health services, on Monday evening said that admission forms would be available
Gas outlook gloomy
Petrobangla failing to increase gas supply next year as per forecast; crisis to remain during next election; LNG tender delay, Chevron’s gas cut kills hope In April last year, Petrobangla made a rosy forecast that by June 2013, it would be able to almost double the country’s gas supplies. But now it has drastically revised ... Read more
Industries to get gas link from Oct
The government will start giving new gas connections to industries from next month, although production has increased very little since the government stopped providing fresh connections two years ago. The energy ministry is working to this end in line with the prime minister’s instructions, Energy Adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi said at a programme at the
BUET pro-VC removed
Students wait for teachers’ call to return to classrooms The government on Sunday removed the pro-vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in the face of protests the teachers and students have held since April with breaks. The education minister in a circular said that Habibur Rahman had been removed as pro-vice-chancellor in keeping ... Read more
Admission thru’ test
Govt informs HC The government has decided to enrol students at medical and dental colleges through an admission test this year. Deputy Attorney General Motaher Hossain Sazu yesterday communicated the decision to a High Court bench. The bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif was hearing a petition seeking directives for the government to hold an admission test, ... Read more
Bangladesh 55th among 61 nations
Internet Impact Bangladesh 55th among 61 nations Bangladesh has been ranked 55th among 61 countries surveyed by the World Wide Web Foundation on internet’s political, social and economic impacts on people. Bangladesh is the last among the countries in the Asia Pacific region, according to the Swiss-based foundation that released the first such index with
Scam dug out at Krishi Bank
Kushtia manager suspended over Tk 174cr L/C irregularities The state-run Bangladesh Krishi Bank has suspended its Kushtia branch manager after recent investigations found irregularities over Tk 174-crore worth of letters of credit (LC) opened for five companies. Gulzar Hossain, the branch manager, did not bother to take mandatory approval from the board of directors for ... Read more
Stolen motorbikes sell aplenty in city
Organised gangs are doing a brisk business in stolen and snatched motorbikes with spurious documents in the city taking advantage of a rising demand for motorcycles among the youth. The rackets are selling motorcycles at half of their market prices through different Internet-based sales centres, including Cell Bazaar, said Montasir Rahman, Detective Branch
15 killed in 2 road crashes
Fifteen people were killed in two different road accidents in Rajshahi and Faridpur yesterday. In the first accident, ten people were killed and four were injured when a passenger van collided with a bus a on the Rajshahi-Naogaon highway in Mohanpur upazila yesterday morning. The accident occurred at around 7:00am when the van got its ... Read more
PM flays Buet agitators
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday censured a section of Buet teachers and students for their “perverted” protest and warned them not to repeat such incident on the campus. “What a disgusting kind of agitation! A boy collected blood from a girl’s body and poured it on the floor. I don’t understand, how such a perverted ... Read more
Tortured for dowry, girl dies in city
A 16-year old girl who was allegedly tortured over dowry, died at a hospital in the capital’s Khilgaon on Friday night. Mousumi Akhter Shimu was undergoing treatment at Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College and Hospital since Thursday. Police arrested her husband Sohel Hossain Russell and his brother Masud Rana after
Swindle unearthed at another branch
Sonali Bank Scam Swindle unearthed at another branch Tk 159cr loan given illegally Like its scam-hit Ruposhi Bangla Hotel branch, Sonali Bank’s Gulshan branch has helped a number of companies to swindle Tk 159 crore out of it. The branch approved and disbursed the money in loans and advances in the last two and a ... Read more
No operations on 5 routes from Sept 17
Biman’s Hajj Flight Management No operations on 5 routes from Sept 17 Drastic cut in flights on other routes The Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to suspend its operation in five international routes and slash flights to almost all other routes as a preparation for carrying hajj pilgrims. The Hong Kong, Delhi, Karachi, Manchester and ... Read more
Literacy rate figures mismatch
International Literacy Day today Bangladesh will observe International Literacy Day today, as elsewhere in the world, amid confusion about the actual figure of literate people in the country. The final report of the 5th Population and Household Census 2011, released in July, says that 51.8 per cent of the population of seven years and above ... Read more
BUET stalemate
Students want minister to keep promises first BUET students rallying for the removal of the university vice-chancellor and the pro-vice-chancellor on Friday said that they would get back to classrooms once the education minister removed the pro-vice-chancellor and withdrew the cases filed against students and teachers and reshuffled the administration as