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Eight people were killed and 25 others injured in a triangular collision involving two buses and a truck at Joypura on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka district on Wednesday evening. Six of the deceased were identified as Dilara, 28, and Jalil, 58, of Dhamrai, Majnu, 50, Awlad, 45, and Montaz, 55, of Saturia in ... Read more

Bismillah Group Scam ACC approves 12 cases against 53 people The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday approved 12 cases against 53 people for embezzlement of about Tk 1,200 crore from five banks by Bismillah Group. The cases will be filed by next week, a commission official said. A meeting of the commission, after scrutinising

Foreign Workers Oman to halt recruitment for next 6 months Oman, the largest labour importer for Bangladesh, will halt recruitment of foreign workers for construction and cleaning jobs for the next six months beginning from tomorrow. “In a bid to clamp down on illegal foreign workers, Oman’s manpower ministry has decided not to allow small ... Read more

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) got approval of the Finance Minister AMA Muhith Wednesday on its proposal regarding extension of time for individuals’ income tax returns by another month, until November 30. The deadline for tax returns is scheduled to expire today (Thursday). Earlier, the NBR extended the time until

Finance minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said a Permanent Pay Commission for public servants will be formed by mid-November. “We have only 15-20 days in hand for taking a decision in principle. So, we will form the Permanent Pay Commission by November 15.

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate in separate drives seized 170 gold bars weighting 20 kilograms and arrested one person at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital within a span of nine hours till Wednesday. The arrested was identified as Sohel Rahman, 38. Sohel is from Sylhet, he returned from United Arab Emirates by a ... Read more

Two robbers, including the kingpin of a gang, were killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Chandpai range of Sundarbans in Bagerhat yesterday. The dead are Mortuza Hossain Rana, 32, of Joymoni village and his associate Mosaref Sheikh, 30, of Ghol village under Mongla upazila. Maj Anwarul Kabir,

A sessions court in Dhaka on Wednesday set a fresh date on November 5 for delivering the verdict of BDR carnage case. Additional metropolitan sessions court judge-III Md Akhtaruzaman, who was scheduled to deliver the verdict on Wednesday in the case against 846 accused, has fixed the fresh date. On the day, the defence lawyer, Faroque Ahmed, ... Read more

Cricket fans on Wednesday vandalised the branch of United Commercial Bank at Mirpur-10 as many of them failed to collect tickets for second one-day international between Bangladesh and New Zealand. They became angry failing to collect the tickets after waiting for hours in the queue in front of the UCBL branch that sold the tickets. Later,

The BNP-led 18-party alliance will go for a three-day Dhaka seize programme from Monday (Nov 4) to force the ruling Awami League to meet its demand for the next general election under a non-party caretaker (CG) oversight, sources said. As part of the programme, leaders and activists of the 18-party alliance will take a strong ... Read more

A hectic move, initiated by different quarters, is on to bring Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia to the talks table to resolve the current political impasse. The country has experienced massive political violence in the last couple of days. Over 14 people were killed during the 60-hour non-stop hartal ... Read more

Death toll rises to 14 At least four people were killed and more than 150 injured in violence across the country on Tuesday, taking the death toll in the opposition-sponsored 60-hour hartal to 14. On the concluding day of the shutdown on Tuesday, two people were killed in Cox’s Bazar and one each in Magura ... Read more

Govt’s revenue from land, apartment sales declines The government’s revenue collection from sales of landed property — land and apartments — has been showing a downward trend in recent months. This has been attributed to a host of factors. These include: a substantial fall in land prices, enhanced official value for such property – both ... Read more

Draft in final stages The government has plans to enact the EPZ Labour Act 2013 aimed at fully-fledged labour rights, including right to association and collective bargaining activities, that other workers enjoy outside the export processing zones. The move, with the draft of the law now being in final stages, has been taken as part of ... Read more

An indomitable Rubel Hossain brought down the high flying New Zealand to the earth slamming a brilliant hat-trick that gave Bangladesh a 43-run win in the first ODI as per D/L method at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Rubel became the third Bangladeshi bowler after Shahadat Hossain Rajib and Abdur Razzak to claim the ... Read more

Doing business in the country has eased further over the past one year, according to the “Ease of Doing Business (EDB) 2014” index issued by the World Bank (WB), which ranked Bangladesh in the 130th position among 189 countries. The 2014 Doing Business Report, an annual survey on business environment around the world, was released on ... Read more

The BNP acting secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, has accused the government of staging a drama, in the name of starting a fruitful dialogue with the opposition, over poll-time management. He said the government is trying to implement its own design, ahead of the next general election. “The Awami League is playing a game, ... Read more

The ruling Awami League on Tuesday said that door is still open for the Opposition chief Khaleda Zia to sit for a dialogue on the formation of an election-time government to oversee the 10th parliamentary poll. The party also hoped that the general election would be held in a free, fair and credible manner with ... Read more

Leaders of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) on Tuesday suggested that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina take necessary steps for holding the next general election in a free, fair and credible manner with the participation of all political parties. The leaders of the two left leaning political parties made the suggestion ... Read more

Transport crisis hits hard people from outlying areas The patients, especially from out of the city, suffered most for severe transport crisis due to 60-hour general strike enforced by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led opposition alliance. Hospital officials said they received fewer patients during the last three days, while many admitted patients could not leave hospitals ... Read more