Tulip graft case hearing deferred to Jan 11
The hearing on charge framing in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, daughter of Sheikh Rehana, and former...
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Luxury cars smuggled in as spare parts
A syndicate has allegedly been importing high-value luxury cars from Japan by dismantling them and declaring the vehicles as used spare parts to bypass customs...
Measles, dengue keep hospitals under strain
Public hospitals in Barishal and Dhaka are struggling to cope with a growing number of measles and dengue patients, with several facilities operating well beyond...
‘Gas, power crisis to ease next month’
BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said that the ongoing gas and electricity crisis will return to normal next month. He said gas...
The slow goodbye to handwritten letters
There was a time when communication meant waiting. A letter could take days or even weeks to arrive. People waited for the postman, listened for...
DSCC targets 100,000kg waste collection thru exchange prog
The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Bidyanondo Foundation have launched a programme to collect 100,000kg of waste across the capital over the next year...
Three held over Tk38 lakh mugging in Dhanmondi
Police have arrested three members of a mugging gang and recovered a firearm after they allegedly snatched Tk 38 lakh from a person in Dhaka’s...
Climate change worsens floods, erosion, salinity and drought
Climate change is intensifying challenges such as floods, river erosion, waterlogging, salinity and drought across Bangladesh, Water Resources Minister Md Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee has said....
Govt to work swiftly on journalists’ new wage board: Zahed
Prime Minister’s Information and Broadcasting Adviser Dr Zahed Ur Rahman on Tuesday said the government will move quickly to begin work on a new Wage...
President urges Ansar-VDP to play bigger role in nation-building
President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has urged members of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP) to play a more effective role in maintaining law...
‘No leniency based on political identity, whoever the criminal’
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmad has declared that no one will be spared on the basis of their political identity or party affiliation. “A criminal is...
Hossain murder case hearing on Hasina deferred to Sept 24
A court on Tuesday deferred until September 24 the hearing on framing charges against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 33 others in a case...