Univs to face action for failing criteria: Nahid
Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Wednesday warned that the government would take actions against the private universities those would not be able to fulfil all the criteria within a year.
RAB proposal to engage in VAT collection creates panic among businesses: FBCCI
Leaders of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday said that the proposal of Rapid Action Battalion for conducting mobile courts to prevent evasion of value-added tax has created a fresh wave of fear among the businesses.
Encroachment, pollution leaves Turag tottering
Turag River — one of the four rivers surrounding the capital city Dhaka — has been reduced to a stagnant cesspit as encroachers and factories continue to encroach upon and pollute the river. The river is the upper tributary of the river Buriganga, which flows through Gazipur and meets Buriganga at Mirpur.
Summons hung on gate of Khaleda’s house
A summons issued by the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court, asking Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia to appear before it on March 3, was hung on the gate of her Gulshan house on Tuesday as none received it.
Work as people’s trusted friends
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the members of Bangladesh Police to be the servants of people facing all the challenges and stand beside the helpless and endangered ones as their trusted friends.
New customs act to be passed in budget session
The proposed Customs Act-2015 is likely to get approval of the national parliament in the next budget session in a bid to automate and modernise the customs and business procedures in international trade.
Book fair preparation in full swing
Preparation for Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2016 is going on in full swing as publishers are busy overseeing the last minute preparation at publishing houses as well as at fair ground where stalls are being decorated.
Rivers around Dhaka in death throes
The government taskforce formed to save the rivers flowing around the capital city — Buriganga, Turag, Sitalakkhya and Balu – have failed miserably to stop the rampant encroachment and mindless pollution of the water bodies.
DISPARITY IN PAY SCALE : Govt college teachers begin 3-day work abstention
Teachers of government colleges began work abstention for three days on Tuesday for removal of disparities in the new pay structure.
Khaleda sued for sedition
The Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on Monday summoned Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia to appear before it on March 3 in a sedition case for her recent remarks about the figure of martyrs of the 1971 Liberation War.
