The European Union Ambassador Charles Whiteley said on Tuesday that Bangladesh should make regulatory and taxation reforms along with building...
Staff Reporter :Jubo Dal activist Shahidul Islam alias Shaon was killed by a brick, not by bullet of police, said Mahfuzur Rahman Al Mamun, Superintendent of Munshiganj Police.The SP held a press conference in the conference room of the Superintendent of Police on Wednesday noon regarding the final report of the autopsy of Shawn’s death. SP claimed that on September 21, BNP activists threw bricks at the police. At one stage of this, Juba Dal worker Shaon and another worker...
Staff Reporter :The elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Khalilur Rahman, a death-row convict for committing crimes during the Liberation War in 1971 in Netrokona. He was arrested late on Tuesday night (Sep 27) from Savar. RAB spokesperson Khandaker Al Moin confirmed the news to the media on Wednesday noon.Earlier, tipped off, a team of RAB conducted a drive in Savar area and arrested Khalilur, the officer said.On September 13, the International Crimes Tribunal sentenced Khalilur to death...
Staff Reporter :The elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested at least 36,000 drug dealers in the country in the last two years. Drugs worth Tk three crore have also been seized during this time.The outgoing Director General (DG) of RAB Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun said this at a views-exchange meeting with journalists in its Media Centre in the city’s Karwan Bazar on Wednesday morning.The meeting was organised ahead of his joining as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) following...
Staff Reporter :The USA has imported $5.71 billion worth of apparel from Bangladesh in January-July period and there by export growth increased by 54.43 per cent, which is higher than the last two years.The Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has released the latest official data on apparel import statistics of the USA for the period of January-July, 2022.According to the OTEXA data, Bangladesh’s apparel exports to the US market increased to $2.48 billion in the first quarter of 2022,...
BBC Online :The Bank of England has said it will step in to calm markets after the government’s tax-cutting plans sparked a fall in the pound and caused borrowing costs to surge.It warned that if the market volatility continued there would be a “material risk to UK financial stability”.The Bank will start buying government bonds at an “urgent pace” to help restore “orderly market conditions”.The pound tumbled to $1.0586 after the news, down 1.4% against the dollar.It comes after the...
Staff Reporter :Police detained four persons including a woman and recovered a knife under their possession from the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) premises. SCBA President Advocate Mumtaz Uddin Fakir confirmed it to media and said they were detained from the event.On the occasion of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s birthday, a cake cutting and Doa Mahfil was organised at Shaheed Shafiur Rahman Auditorium of the SCBA on Wednesday afternoon. “There were around 10-12 people. Police detained...
UNB :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Bangladesh’s growing media during her tenures has the freedom to say whatever they wish to say.“After speaking all, if someone says that he/she’s not allowed to speak, what would be the answer? That’s my question,” she said in an interview with the Bengali service of Voice of America (VoA) aired on Tuesday.The prime minister was responding to a question on the Digital Security Act (DSA) enacted by her government and its impact...
Staff Reporter :The main opposition party BNP announced to hold series of rallies in all divisional cities before a grand rally in the capital.The party will hold the grand rally in Dhaka city on December 10 after holding public meetings at different divisional cities across the country.The BNP has taken the initiatives after holding a series of demonstration and protest rallies in the different areas in Dhaka City for strengthening its ongoing anti-government movement. “The anti-people government hiked essential items...
Staff Reporter :The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file cases against some 13 persons including Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) Chairman and nine other officials of the authority on the charge of anomalies in leasing three launch terminals of the country.The terminals are Nagarbari Ghat, Doulatdia Ghat and Kazirhat Ghat.Other three accused of the case are- lessees of the three terminals Sohag, Emon and Rafiq.The approval was given on Tuesday to file the case against the 13 persons...