Staff Reporter :An activist of Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, the youth wing of the main opposition the BNP, was killed and at least 50 people were injured in a clash between police and the opposition party members in Narayanganj city on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Shaon Prodhan, 21.Anisur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said that the BNP activists started a rally at about 10:45am, marking the party’s founding anniversary.When the procession reached the No-2 rail gate area at about...
Day: September 2, 2022
Staff Reporter :The government has reduced the fare of passenger launches by Tk0.15 per kilometre across the country following the reduction of fuel price by Tk 5 per litre. Besides, it has also fixed the minimum fare of Tk 30, which was Tk 33.The Shipping Ministry has issued a notification in this regard on Thursday and the new fare will be effective from the Thursday midnight.After the reduction, the launch passengers will have to pay Tk2.85 per kilometre instead of...
Staff Reporter :The High Court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail for six weeks to BNP vice-chairman and also former FBCCI President Abdul Awal Mintoo in two cases filed by police with Sonagazi Police Station in Feni. Mintoo has also been asked to surrender in the Sessions Judge’s Court in Feni after six weeks. The High Court bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Salim passed the order after hearing two separate bail petitions filed by Mintoo. Barrister Ruhul...
Staff Reporter :The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the High Court verdict that scrapped a provision of the ‘Sarkari Chakori Ain, 2018’ making it mandatory for law enforcers to take prior permission from higher authorities in arresting any civil servant on charges related to their job before submitting the charge sheet. The apex court at the same time adjourned the hearing on the petition filed against the HC verdict till October 23 this year. It also...
Staff Reporter :The need for research and data-driven strategies along with government support for the RMG industry was underscored in order to retaining export competitiveness and continue growth momentum, especially in the post-LDC era. Faruque Hassan, President of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), came up with the remark in a meeting with the Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary Sharifa Khan on Thursday.BGMEA Director Asif Ashraf and Chair of BGMEA Standing Committee on Foreign Mission Cell Shams Mahmud...
AFP :Southern Pakistan braced for more flooding on Thursday as a surge of water flowed down the Indus River, compounding the devastation in a country a third of which is already inundated by a disaster blamed on climate change.Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mountains have triggered floods that have killed at least 1,191 people, including 399 children.The United Nations has appealed for $160 million to help with what it has called an “unprecedented climate catastrophe.”“We’re on a...
Staff Reporter :The water level of the River Teesta was flowing above the danger level on Thursday due to heavy downpour and onrush of water from the hilly areas of the upstream. “The water level was increased in Dalia point of the Teesta barrage in Nilphamari since the morning at 10:00 am and it was flowing 10 centimeter above the danger level since 3:00pm,” said Nurul Islam, official of Water Development Board in Dalia office.Peoples’ representatives from different areas of...
Staff Reporter :A total of 3,757 road accidents occurred this year and 603 people were killed in these accidents while 2990 people were injured. On Thursday (September 1), the organization working on the accident, Save the Road, reported the story. This report has been prepared based on the information published and disseminated in 26 national dailies, various news organizations and electronic media as well as the information of Save the Road volunteers across the country. According to the report signed...
DU Correspondent :A mourning session was held to condole the death of the Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Dhaka University (DU) organised by Dhaka University Japanese Studies Department and Japanese Embassy in Bangladesh. It was held at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of the university chaired by DU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman on Thursday. Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen was present as the chief guest in the mourning meeting while Japanese Ambassador ITO Naoki was present...
Staff Reporter :The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a High Court order that granted bail for six months to Destiny Group President and also former Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen (retd) Harun-Ar-Rashid who was sentenced to four years imprisonment by a trial court in a case filed on charge of embezzling Tk 18.61 billion. Justice M Enayetur Rahim, the chamber judge of the Appellate Division of the SC, passed ‘no order’ on the petition filed...
Staff Reporter :With a view to reducing the production costs, the government is contemplating to consider giving subsidies to farmers for diesel like fertilizer.If there is no rain, Boro’s production costs will go up due to high price of diesel.Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said this while speaking as the chief guest at a workshop on “Sustaining Groundwater Irrigation for Food Security in the Northwest Region of Bangladesh” held at the city’s BRAC Centre on Thursday.Institute of Water Modelling in...
Staff Reporter :While observing the 44th founding anniversary across the country and in the capital amid a sea of party...