Staff Reporter :The tanneries relocated from the capital’s Hazaribagh area to Savar to save the Buriganga river, are now polluting another major river-the Dhaleshwari-putting its existence and biodiversity at stake, said experts.The direct disposal of untreated liquid and solid wastes full of high level of concentrated chromium and salt from the leather factories has degraded the water quality of the river.In a programme organized by Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA), Association for land reform and Development (ALRD) and Water Right...
Staff Reporter :Chief of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Banaj Kumar Majumder has filed a case against former superintendent of police Babul Akter and three others under the Digital Security Act (DSA) and the Special Powers Act (SPA). The PBI chief, also the Additional Inspector General of Police, lodged the case with Dhanmondi Police Station on Tuesday night for providing and spreading false and untrue information in the Mitu murder case.Three others accused are Babul’s father and former police officer...
Staff Reporter :In the full text of a verdict the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has observed that granting bail to anyone on the mere ground of age is not rational. A three-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Justice Md Nuruzzaman delivered the verdict after hearing a criminal petition for leave to appeal filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against a High Court judgment. In the verdict, the apex court also criticized the High Court Division for...
Staff Reporter :The death toll from Sunday’s boat capsize in the Karatoa River under Boda upazila of Panchagarh district has risen to 68 with the recovery of 18 more bodies till Tuesday afternoon, while at least four people still remain missing.The authority concerned has apprehended that the number of death toll may rise further. According to the investigation committee formed by the district administration, the incident of boat sinking in Karatoa river of Boda upazila of Panchagarh occurred due to...
Why with each passing day feuding within Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) cadres centering on violent clashes with the opposition and...
Staff Reporter :Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested two persons in connection with the murder of Arif Hossain (14), a school student in Domar, Nilphamari. They were arrested from Ashulia police station area of Savar early on Tuesday (September 27). The arrested are identified as Md. Kahinur Islam alias Rubel (40) and Md. Alamgir Hossain alias Alam (40).According to the CID, on August 19, schoolboy Arif went out with his father’s autorickshaw. Rubel and Alam both got into the...
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...
Staff Reporter :The elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four people on charges of human trafficking. The accused persons were arrested from Dhaka and Cumilla on Sunday in separate drives. Commander of RAB-3 Lt. Col. Arif Mohiuddin disclosed this information in a press conference organized at RAB’s media center in the capital’s Karwan Bazar on Monday afternoon.It was said in the press conference that four young men were victims of human trafficking recently. They returned home and complained to...
Staff Reporter :Dr Kamal Hossain has said autocrat tries to deprive people of their rights. It is time to protest against that tyrant who ignores people rights. “If it is needed we will sacrifice our life”.He came up with these remarks while discussing on the life and works of the veteran journalist late Ataus Samad’s 10 death anniversary at the Jatiya Press Club’s VIP lounge on Monday. Journalist Shamima Chowdhury presented the brief biography of Ataus Samad.In the discussion Dhaka...
Staff Reporter :Bangladesh is likely to get $600 million budgetary support from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the terms of the loan will be finalised later.The proposed loan is still at the discussion stage and it is not been finalised yet.Planning Minister MA Mannan made the statement to reporters after a meeting with the outgoing JICA Country Director Yuho Hayakawa and his replacement Ichiguchi Tomohide in the city’s Planning Ministry on Monday.“We are expecting that the Japan International...
Staff Reporter :Expressing deep concern about the landing of mortar shells inside Bangladesh territory by Myanmar during their internal conflicts, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Monday said that he would inform Beijing about the issue. He also said that the violation of international border rules by the Myanmar junta government during their internal conflicts was ‘very unfortunate.’ He said this to the journalists after holding talks with Acting Foreign Secretary Rear Admiral (Retd) Md Khurshed Alam in the...
Staff Reporter :Bangladesh Competition Commission has filed a case against 36 companies and businessmen including Bashundhara, S Alam, Square, Pran, ACI, City, Akiz, Meghna and other leading industrial groups of the country for creating instability through increasing ‘abnormal price and artificial crisis’. The commission alleged that they created instability in the market through “abnormal price hikes and artificial shortages” of rice, flour, eggs, broiler chickens and toiletries. The Competition Commission filed the case under its own law last Thursday. On...