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News Desk :Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Monday said that well-off individuals as well as journalists and police are also involved in drug trade, and they too face justice without exception.The minister made the remark while speaking at a roundtable meeting in Dhaka’s CIRDAP auditorium.“In prison, you will find police, Rab personnel along with businessmen in narcotic cases. Law is not different for policemen,” he said, reports UNB.Regarding dope test, the home minister said police are going under dope...

DU Correspondent :The suspended 12 leaders of the Eden Mohila College unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) have withdrawn their hunger strike programme.The 12 leaders held a press conference on Monday morning at Eden College Gate and announced the programme protesting their suspension.Later, they went to the Awami League President’s Dhanmondi office around 12:30 pm. After staying there for one and a half hours, the leaders announced that they withdrew their hunger strike.“Awami League leaders have assured to withdraw the...

Taimur Mobin, JnU :Jagannath University (JnU) started its journey in 2005 from Jagannath College. In the 17 years of its journey as a university, convocation has been held only once. The first convocation was held on January 11, 2019. More than 10,000 students are waiting for convocation in the last four years after conducting the first convocation.It is known that the first convocation was held in 2019 after 14 years of establishment of Jagannath University. In the presence of President...

Al Amin :Bangladesh’s export earnings are likely to drop by around 30 per cent for Green Deal proposed by European Union (EU) and losing duty-free facility after post LDC graduation, according to a study.The study, conducted by Research and Policy Integration for Development (RAPID), said there is very little chance of export damage of China and Vietnam compared to Bangladesh as they have preparation for carbon tax and market.The China and Vietnam are the main competitors of Bangladesh in European...

Staff Reporter :As part of the road safety measures and to contain the rising number of road accidents across the country, a parliamentary watchdog on Monday recommended taking strict measures to ban plying of any illegal battery-run three wheelers on the highways under the eight divisions. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Road Transport and Bridges Ministry at its 15th meeting in the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban with its chairman Rowshan Ara Mannan made the recommendation. The parliamentary body also asked the...

Staff Reporter :Police recovered the bodies of a man and his wife at their rented flat on Babur Road in Mohammadpur of the capital. The bodies were recovered early Monday (September 26). The deceased were identified as Noman, 32, and his wife Shamima, 24. Both come from Lalmohan upazila of Bhola district. Confirming this to the media, Sheikh Kamruzzaman, Inspector (investigation) of Mohammadpur police station, said getting a phone call from emergency service 999 around 11:30 pm on Sunday night,...

News Desk :Promises of peace are common. Yet Yair Lapid, Israel’s prime minister, caused a stir when he told the UN General Assembly on September 22nd that he wanted to make peace with Palestinians based on the “two-state solution”. That plan itself is not new. It has been the basis for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians since the Oslo accords of 1993 and is supported by many governments around the world. It aims to divide the territory currently controlled...

Staff Reporter :Bangladesh is in a critical juncture for graduating to a middle income country by 2026 and it is imperative that financial reporting in the insurance sector is done in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Financial Reporting Act, 2015 requires that financial statements of public interest entities to which the insurance industry belongs to are prepared in accordance with IFRS. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) being the premier accountancy body in Bangladesh is...

Staff Reporter :A Chittagong court on Sunday dismissed the appeal filed by former Police superintendent (SP) Babul Akhter seeking permission over filing a case against six officials of Police Bureau of Investigations (PBI), including its chief Banaj Kumar Majumdar.Besides, the court also rejected another appeal filed by Babul Akhter over his safety in the prison.Chittagong Metropolitan Sessions Judge Begum Jebunnessa passed the orders. Earlier, on 8 September, Babul’s lawyer filed a petition in the court seeking permission to file case...