Court Correspondent :A Dhaka court yesterday began trial of Tk 3.23 crore money laundering case against five people, including expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon, a former Chhatra League leader.The three other accused are the couple’s accomplices Sabbir Khondaker, Sheikh Taiyaba Nur and Zobair Alam.Of them, Papia, Sumon, Sabbir and Taiyaba are now in the jail while Zobair Alam was shown “fugitive” in the charge sheet of the case.Judge Badrul Alam Bhuiyan...
Our Correspondent :At least 45 passengers were injured when three buses, a truck and a auto-rickshaw collided in the Elenga bus stand area on the Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge highway on Sunday afternoon.Among the injured, the condition of two female passengers of the auto-rickshaw is critical.According to police, the injured people have been admitted to Tangail General Hospital for treatment. Zahrul Islam, Officer-in-Charge of Elenga Highway Police said when a truck bound for North Bengal from Dhaka reached the spot at noon,...
Staff Reporter :The Supreme Court administration has issued a gazette notification saying that second senior-most judge of the Appellate Division Justice Md Nuruzzaman will work as acting Chief Justice in absence of Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique. According to the notification issued on September 25, the Chief Justice is going on leave from September 25 to October 10 and Justice Md Nuruzzaman will work as acting Chief Justice in his absence and till the rejoining of Chief Justice Hasan Foez...
Staff Reporter :The remittance inflow decreased in September after the government’s fixing the rate of buying Dollars, sources said.As per the central bank’s directives banks can buy Dollars at Tk108 as the highest rate.The remittance inflow decreased constantly in this month’s second and third weeks comparatively with the first week.According to the data of the Bangladesh Bank, the country received inward remittance worth USD 1,26 billion in the first 22 days of September.In the last one week alone, the country...
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...
Staff Reporter :Sand grabbers have made agro-land and embankment vulnerable in Gongachara upazila of Rangpur district.Locals alleged that several influential persons are plundering sands from Teesta river illegally day and night ignoring laws and damaging farmlands.Local farmers alleged that those sand looters are a threat to the flood protection embankment of the Teesta river. “Several people from Rangpur are cutting the road for lifting sands near the bridge. We have tried to prevent them but they threatened us saying they...
Staff Reporter :Country’s most of the Micro-Finance Institutions (MFIs) and their clients had to fight for coping with the mechanism adopted for them to overcome the situation during the Covid-19 pandemic.According to the findings of a study conducted by INAFI Bangladesh, a global network of development practitioners, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, around 83.9 percent respondents faced reduced income or loss in business due to the pandemic while 40pc had to face loss of work or job, 22pc were unable...
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Syed Shemul Parvez :Violence against women and children, specially the incidents of rape, gang-rape and murder, witnessed an alarming rise...