Bribery Charge Appellate Div scolds ACC for not arresting DIG Mizan, ACC director Basir
The Appellate Division on Sunday scolded the Anti-Corruption Commission for not arresting ACC director for investigation Khandaker Enamul Basir and deputy inspector general of police Mizanur Rahman though he paid Tk 40 lakh in bribes to Basir to suppress the corruption charges against him.
Sunderbans’ ecology, status under threat
International Union for Conservation of Nature known as IUCN, the official advisor on natural world heritage to UNESCO, has recommended for inclusion of Sunderbans on UNESCO’s ‘world heritage in danger’ list.
Rain brings misery to Ctg residents
Rain brought misery to the residents of Chattogram city on the first day of monsoon on Saturday with light showers of thirty minutes and thunderbolts.
Nothing negative in proposed budget: Obaidul
Terming the proposed budget for 2019-20 fiscal year a pro-people and positive one, ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that there was nothing negative in it.
Looters would enjoy extra facilities amid less accountability
Gono Samhati Andolan on Saturday said that looters have been given various facilities in the proposed budget as the structure of the government itself was non-accountable.
Border killings ‘unfortunate deaths’: BSF
The Indian border guard’s new director general Rajni Kant Mishra called the killings along the Bangladesh-India border as ‘unfortunate deaths’ inside India during ‘skirmishes’ between miscreants and the border force.
Bangladesh elected ECOSOC member
Bangladesh has been elected a member of the prestigious Economic and Social Council of the United Nations for the term 2020-2022 from the Asia-Pacific region by securing 181 votes out of 191.
Proposed budget to destroy country’s economy : Gono Forum
Gono Forum leaders on Saturday said that the proposed national budget, fiscal measures in particular, for financial year 2019-20, would create havoc in the country’s economic sector.
Hamid seeks CICA partners’ support for Rohingya repatriation
Stressing the importance of a peaceful solution to Rohingya crisis, president Abdul Hamid on Saturday sought support and cooperation from CICA partners so that the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals can return to their homeland with safety, security and dignity.
Stern action against wilful loan defaulters: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday came down heavily on critics of the proposed national budget for financial year 2019-20 terming them ‘mentally sick.’
