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Burglars have made away with Tk 16.4 crore from the volt of a Sonali Bank branch in Kishoreganj town, bank officials said yesterday. Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan, Manager of Isha Kha Road branch of the bank, said the miscreants dug a passageway into the vault of the bank sometime Friday and Saturday and took away the

Several lakh Muslim devotees are converging on the congregation venue and attending the prayers with reciting the name of Allah and hearing the sermons. The first phase of Ijtema will end with Akheri Munajat (finalprayers) on Sunday while the second phase will be held on January 31-February 2, reports UNB. The first phase of Biswa ... Read more

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim devotees from around the world yesterday said Jumma prayer on the bank of Turag river on the first day of a three-day Biswa Ijtema. The largest religious congregations after the Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the Biswa Ijtema began its first phase of programme immediately after Fazr prayer with sermon ... Read more

The High Court on Thursday gave the government and the police 48 hours to stop industrial waste dumping in the Buriganga River at Shyampur. In the directives, the court also summoned the department of environment director general and its director for enforcement to appear before it on

Bangladeshi scientists are set to offer an eco-friendly liquid fertiliser to farmers, in a bid to drastically reduce the costs of crop production. The liquid fertiliser, the first of its kind in Bangladesh, will increase soil fertility and the use of herbicide, pesticide and larvicide will not be necessary to control pests and weeds, according to ... Read more

More Bangladeshis living in Malaysia illegally were arrested yesterday, the second day of the crackdown on illegal migrants there. With the new arrests, the number crossed 300, Mantu Kumar Biswas, labour councillor of Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, said. He, however, failed to put the exact number of detainees. Meanwhile, Expatriate Welfare

Despite the suspension of cultivation of Bt Brinjal in India and a ban on its field trials in the Philippines, Bangladesh has released four controversial varieties of the genetically modified vegetable. Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) has developed four Bt Brinjal varieties namely BARI BT Begun – 1, 2, 3 and 4 from local varieties ... Read more

At least 225 Bangladeshis were detained by the Malaysian authorities on the first day of a nationwide crackdown on illegal foreign workers residing in the country, a local daily reports. Malaysian law enforcers picked up at least 1,565 illegal expatriates including the Bangladeshis in the operation–Ops Sepadu– that started early yesterday,

The findings of the Human Rights Watch (HRW), a New York-based rights organisation, mention that the country’s record on human rights has deteriorated in the last 12 months as compared with the previous year. “Bangladesh has tumbled backwards on human rights in 2013,” states the World Report 2014 of HRW, released on Tuesday. “The government, led ... Read more

Malaysia started a crackdown last night on illegal migrant workers, including those from Bangladesh. Earlier yesterday, a source at Bangladesh high commission in Kuala Lumpur said that the Malaysian police would raid work places of the migrants and their residences to detain illegal foreigners staying without valid documents. Meanwhile, Expatriate Welfare

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a Tk 115 crore fund for spending on city infrastructure development and beautification of the capital ahead of the T-20 World Cup scheduled for March this year. The approval came at the first ECNEC meeting of the new government held at the NEC conference ... Read more

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday warned BNP-Jamaat that they will have to shun militant and terrorist activities if they want to do politics in Bangladesh, reports UNB. “You (BNP-Jamaat) will have to shun militant and terrorist activities if you want to do politics in Bangladesh, or else, people will reject them,” she said.

Delay In Signing Of Sc Verdicts Litigants kept waiting for years Many judgments delivered by the Appellate Division take years to be written up in full causing great difficulties to the litigants. Although, the operative parts of judgments are announced in open court and bench assistants take dictation, litigants have to wait to get certified copies ... Read more

They’re undecided over future investment The public announcement favouring peaceful programmes in place of violent blockades and general strikes by the BNP and its allies has not been able to restore confidence fully among the businesspeople. This scribe got the impression while talking to a number of businessmen during last couple of days. Economic activities have already ... Read more

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), in its first mass rally of the year, plans to put-up a showdown at Suhrawardi Udyan in the capital tomorrow. BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will address the rally and thank people for ‘boycotting’ the 10th general election in support of the BNP stance.

The United States has called upon the political leadership in Bangladesh to ensure law and order and refrain from supporting violence, particularly against minority communities. Washington also urged the Bangladesh leadership to avoid inflaming rhetoric and intimidation. “We certainly are disappointed by recent incidents of violence. We condemn the violence in the

The prosecution in the war crimes trials expects verdicts against at least two more accused by the end of next month. Earlier, two International Crimes Tribunals delivered nine verdicts against 10 accused persons last year. The trial against former Awami League leader Mobarak Hossain is nearing its end, while almost 70 per cent of the proceedings ... Read more

BNP and its associate bodies is set to celebrate the 78th birth anniversary of party founder late President Ziaur Rahman across the country today. Born on January 19, 1936 at Bagbari in Bogra, Zia had become the country’s 7th president and formed Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). BNP has

Top leaders of the ruling Awami League will start organisational tour across the country after the end of the first session of the 10th parliament later this month in a bid to rejuvenate the party rank and file for the upcoming Upazila Parishad elections. “Workers’ meetings will be held in every Upazila to reinforce the ... Read more

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP’s) standing committee member, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, has described the government as “illegal”, saying that no opposition party exists in the 10th Parliament, if one considers the Constitution’s guidelines. “According to the country’s charter, the existence of an opposition party in Parliament is a must, but