Gulshan attack plotters identified: DMP chief

Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on Sunday said police have already identified the plotters of the attack to Holey Artisan Bakery at Gulshan.

Govt to hunt down patrons of terror attacks: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday vowed to hunt down the patrons of recent terror attacks in the country, no matter who they are.

Country faces serious crisis: Kamal Hossain

Gana Forum president and eminent jurist Kamal Hossain on Saturday said the country is facing serious crisis and that the people want emancipation from such unwarranted situation.

Relocate Rampal power plant: Nat’l Committee

Leaders of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports, at a protest rally on Saturday called on the government to relocate the coal-based Rampal Thermal power plant from Rampal in Bagerhat to somewhere else.

Flood situation deteriorates inundating more areas

The onrush of water from upstream of transboundary rivers along with rainfall inside the country deteriorated the flood situation on Saturday causing suffering to people devouring houses and cultivable lands and hindering road communications in the northern districts of Kurigram, Jamalpur and Bogra.

PMO rehab projects in Kurigram in tatters

Two Ashrayan projects, run by Prime Minister’s Office at Porar Char under Kurigram sadar, seem to have been abandoned, with most of the inhabitants having already left the houses built under the projects.

BB to strengthen bank surveillance

Bangladesh Bank will introduce a software-based inspection tool to strengthen its monitoring system on the country’s banking sector.

Yet another kid dies falling in city sewer

Fire service and civil defence divers on Friday morning recovered the body of a four-year-old boy after he fell in a sewer behind Mirpur Commerce College in the city’s Mirpur area on Thursday afternoon.

Essential commodity prices remain high

The prices of most of the essential commodities remained high in the capital’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday.

BNP to hold countrywide demo today

Bangladesh Nationalist Party will have a countrywide demonstration today to protest against a High Court verdict that awarded its senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman seven-year jail term on Thursday.