UNB, Bagerhat :A court here on Friday sent 14 Indian fishermen, who were arrested from the Fairway buoy area of the Bay of Bengal on Thursday, to jail.The court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate passed the order when police produced them before the court.Earlier on Thursday, members of Bangladesh Navy in a drive detained the 14 Indian fishermen along with a trawler from the Fairway buoy area for trespassing on the Bangladesh water territory.The Navy members later handed the detainees...
Court Correspondent :The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed 13 cases against several people including Prosanna Kumar (PK) Halder for embezzlement of Tk 523 crore.The ACC took the move after primary investigation into the embezzlement of Tk 1,300 crore of FAS Financial Investment.One case was filed on Tuesday and other 12 on Wednesday, Mohammad Arif Sadeq, Deputy Director of the ACCPublication Office told media on Thursday. He said the filing of the cases was approved as Taka 44 crore was misappropriated...
UNB, Cox’s Bazar :Two suspected drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with police in Katabunia of Teknaf upazila early Sunday.The deceased were identified as Hasan Ali, 24, and Mohammad Kamal, 24. Hearing gunshots and exchange of fire in Jhau Bagan area, a patrol team of police rushed there, said Pradip Kumar Das, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station. Sensing the presence of the law enforcers, the gang members opened fire to police, prompting them to fire back that triggered...
Anisul Islam Noor :The initiative to relocate 70 percent shops from Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar kitchen market to Aminbazar, Mohakhali and Jatrabari areas missed the dead-line in December.The construction of alternative kitchen markets is still under process.The Karwan Bazar kitchen market is the largest in the country with about 7.6 acres of land in the heart of the capital. So many government and private offices were built surrounding Karwan Bazar.More than a decade has passed since the project’s inception in 2006,...
UNB, Dhaka :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday distributed the National Film Award-2015 among its winners in 25 categories.She handed...
Staff Reporter :The budget session of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) for fiscal year 2022-23 will begin from today (Sunday) and the initial size of the budget for 2022-23 FY will be Tk 677,864 crore and the target for revenue earning fixed Tk 431,657 crore.Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is likely to present the budget at the national parliament on June 9, which will be the fourth budget presented by the current Finance Minister.President Md Abdul Hamid convened the session exercising...
UNB, Dhaka :Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) recovered the body of a teenage boy, who drowned in the Bay of Bengal, from Lambharghat in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Thursday.The victim was identified as Mohammad Ali, 15. Further details about the victim were not available.Sources at the BCG headquarters here said the boy drowned in the bay while playing football at the Teknaf Beach on Wednesday.Being informed, a team from Coast Guard Teknaf station under East Zone...
Staff Reporter :Customs officials detained a man and recovered 15 gold bars weighing about two kilograms worth around Tk 70 lakh at Hazrat Shahjalal Internatinal Airport (HSIA) on Thursday morning.He was identified as Mohammad Mannan from Comilla, Customs official said.Mannan came to Dhaka from Dubai via Oman by a Biman flight at 11:00am.When he passed through immigration and picked up his luggage, he was stopped by customs officials for a search,” said Customs Intelligence Division Director General Moinul Khan.During the...
News Desk :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said soldiers have been prepared for making Bangladesh a developed country by 2041 as the young generation is availing of the opportunities to flourish their talents in this Digital Bangladesh, reports UNB.“Now, I don’t have to worry any more. Of course, Bangladesh would be a developed Bangladesh in 1941. The biggest thing is that our soldiers for building Bangladesh as a developed country are ready,” she said.The Prime Minister was addressing the...
Staff Reporter :Former Attorney General (AG) K.S. Nabi died on Sunday at the age of 79.He breathed his last at...
Reuters, Ankara/Istanbul :Turkey on Saturday released more than 750 soldiers who had been detained after an abortive coup, state media reported, while President Tayyip Erdogan said he would drop lawsuits against those who had insulted him, in a one-time gesture of “unity”.More than 60,000 people have been detained, removed or suspended over suspected links with the coup attempt, when a faction of the military commandeered tanks, helicopters and fighter jets and attempted to topple the government.Turkey’s Western allies have condemned...