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37 foreigners placed on 2-day remand The 37 foreigners, who were arrested on charges of illegally operating a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) business at Uttara area in the city, were earlier involved in an illegal VoIP business in Sri Lanka and were jailed, sources in the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said. A team of ... Read more

The finance ministry on Tuesday injected Tk 2,205 crore to state-owned Sonali Bank and Rupali Bank to shore up the struggling commercial banks from capital crunch and keep them afloat. Another Tk 1,895 crore would be given to Agrani and Janata banks tomorrow, a senior finance ministry official told New Age. Earlier, the ministry had decided to ... Read more

A traffic policeman was burned to death and two others sustained injuries in a petrol bomb attack on a requisitioned bus at Bangla Motor in the capital Tuesday night. The policeman, Ferdous Khalil, 40, was son of Abdul Hamid Mandal of Nagervita under Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibanda. Constable Faizul Islam, 40, and the bus driver ... Read more

Nine eminent citizens decry ‘move’ Amid media reports on unusual surge in the wealth of political leaders, technical problems have been created disrupting access to the personal information of candidates of the 10th parliamentary elections on the Election Commission website, reports UNB. The EC website, www.ecs.gov.bd, on Tuesday stopped showing the personal information of the ... Read more

The home ministry has said that Ganajagaran Mancha’s agitation in the diplomatic zone violated the Vienna Convention and other international norms. In a letter to law enforcement agencies, the ministry blamed such activities for undermining the country’s image. “That’s why it has become essential to

Members of the Christian community in the country celebrates the holy Christmas on Wednesday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ amid festivity and religious fervour, reports BSS. Christians would offer special prayers, illuminate churches, decorate Christmas trees at homes and places of worship and missions. Bangladesh

The recent agitation by Ganajagaran Mancha near the Pakistan High Commission has created a security flutter among ambassadors and high commissioners based in Dhaka. Diplomats from influential countries expressed concern over the security of their missions and personnel during a briefing by foreign minister

The nationwide 83-hour road-rail-waterway blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance, ended on Tuesday afternoon amid stray incidents of violence, leaving a person dead in Satkhira, reports UNB. The fifth spell of the protest programme that started at 6am on Saturday ended at 5pm today. The opposition combine enforced the blockade programme

After failing to attract attention of election observers from EU, Commonwealth, the United States, and other western countries, the Election Commission (EC) now plans to invite ‘foreign observers’ from SAARC countries. To arrange the trips of election observers from SAARC countries, the EC has already sent a letter to the finance ministry to allocate Tk 1 ... Read more

With Pakistan’s participation in the next year’s World Twenty20 Cup still in doldrums, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has given no indication of shifting the mega tournament from Bangladesh, according to reports. According to The Express Tribune, a well-placed official said that the ICC is not considering switching the venue and continues with its preparations

Seven cows were roasted alive and 10 furniture shops were gutted as a burning cattle-laden truck rammed into a furniture market at Faujdarhat of Sitakunda in Chittagong following a petrol bomb attack on early Tuesday. Fire broke out on the truck as the petrol bomb was hurled on the running truck at about 4:15am and the ... Read more

Two men were shot dead allegedly by the police on Dhaka-Sirajganj-Rajshahi highway in Sirajganj early Tuesday. The victims were Al Mamun, 25, son of Sujabot Ali, and Monsur Ahmed, 23, son of Aher Ali, of village Baniagati, and they were cousins. The police said the victims were shot dead by the

Mystery shrouds the involvement of 37 arrested foreigners, including seven females, in unauthorised VoIP business and the illegal stay of 13 of them in the country. The 37 foreigners along with 6 Bangladeshis were arrested in possession of huge VoIP equipment during a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) drive at

The operation of six international gateway (IGW) service providers will be suspended if they fail to pay their outstanding duties amounting to about Tk 300 crore to the BTRC (Bangladesh Tele­communication Regulatory Commission) by today. The companies include Mos 5, SM Communication, Firstcom and Sigma Telecom. BTRC?director Colonel Zakir Hossain told

Business and economic activities in both rural and urban areas have been badly affected by protracted blockades and political violence that paralysed transports across the country and reduced export-import trades at the main seaport.  Chamber leaders of Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna and Sylhet said business and trades in various sectors – agriculture, manufacturing,

Shipping minister Shajahan Khan on Monday said inter-district buses on all routes will be given police protection from Tuesday. The minister’s statement followed reports of vandalism and arson against state-run BRTC buses in Noakhali, Brahmanbaria and Bogra on the third day of the 83-hour transport blockade enforced by the BNP-led opposition

People asked to deposit firearms At least 50,000 members of the armed forces will be deployed in the country from December 26, ahead of January 5 parliamentary polls, to maintain law and order. The soldiers to be drawn from Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Air Force will remain on duty until January 9, a ... Read more

Foreign minister briefs ASEAN, SAARC envoys Against the backdrop of escalating violence, envoys of different countries have expressed concern over the safety of their people, students and members of the diplomatic staff living in the country. This occurred when foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali briefed the envoys from SAARC and ASEAN countries on the current situation ... Read more

Law enforcers are yet to make any headway in the Gopibagh six murder case, but family members and RAB suspect Harkat-ul Jihad (Huji) militants involvement in the killing. Unidentified assailants murdered Lutfur Rahman, a controversial Pir, along with his son and four disciples in a house at Gopibagh in the capital on Saturday. However, three ... Read more

Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh (HIB) has postponed its grand rally at Shapla Square in the city, scheduled for Tuesday, as it failed to get permission from the authorities. “Even though we made all preparations for a peaceful rally, we could not hold it as the government did not permit it,” said HIB nayeb-e-ameer and