PROGGA, ATMA for specific tobacco taxes
Research and Advocacy Organization PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) and Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) have demanded the government to impose specific taxes on cigarettes and other...
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Couple attacked for stopping land-grabbers
Our Correspondent :A couple was attacked and critically injured when they tried to stop miscreants from forcibly grabbing their land in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila this...
Fake journalists gang arrested in Ctg
UNB, Chattogram :A gang of four fake journalists including two women was arrested while they were extorting money from several businessmen in Chattogram by pretending...
Myanmar protesters train to fight junta
Reuters :Chanting in Burmese their readiness to fight “for the people”, around 120 youths jogged around a muddy forest clearing in the morning light in...
B’baria violence 6 more Hefazat men held
UNB, Brahanbaria :Six more people have been arrested in the past 24 hours in connection with last month’s mayhem by Hefazat-e-Islam supporters in Brahmanbaria, police...
‘London School of Commerce’ in Dhaka running illegally: UGC
The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC) has found that an unauthorized study centre is operating in Dhaka using the name ‘London School of Commerce’.The...
Workers’ federation for resumption of public transport
Staff Reporter :Leaders of the Bangladesh Road Transport Workers’ Federation on Tuesday urged the government to resume services of public transports before the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr...
Man lynched in Gazipur
UNB, Gazipur :A man was killed and five others were injured in a lynch-mob attack for their suspected involvement in cattle lifting in Kaliganj of...
Armanitola chemical fire: 2 owners held
UNB :Rapid Action Battalion members arrested two accused in a case filed over deadly fire at a chemical warehouse in old Dhaka’s Armanitola that left...
Chemical warehouses time bombs for Old Dhaka
UNB, Dhaka :In Old Dhaka, known for its food, centuries-old buildings and narrow alleys, people are living with “bombs” in the form of hundreds of...
Hefazat leaders Mamunul, Junayed Al Habib on 7-day remand
Court Correspondent :A Dhaka court on Monday placed former joint secretary general of Hefazat-e-Islam Mamunul Haque and its Dhaka city unit president Junayed Al Habib...
Writ for national plan to prevent Covid-19
Staff Reporter :A writ petition was filed on Monday with the High Court seeking its directive on the government to formulate a national short-, mid-...