Charges pressed against BNP leader Quayum, 6 others in Tavella killing
Charges were pressed on Monday against Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader M Abdul Quayum and six others in the case filed for the killing of of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella in capital’s Gulshan area in September 2015.
Khaleda calls AL ‘party of militants’
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday called the ruling Awami League a ‘party of militants’ and said local and foreign arms and ammunition are found on them.
RESISTING MILITANCY: Movements called for
Pro-Awami League intellectuals on Sunday called for social, cultural and political movements of the pro-independence forces to resist ‘militancy’ and secret killings committed by fundamentalists in the country.
DNCC unveils budget of Tk 2,083.35 crore
Dhaka North City Corporation on Sunday announces its Tk 2083.35 crore budget for the fiscal year 2016-17.
NBR frames draft rules on transit with provision for revising fees
The National Board of Revenue has drafted the rules on customs management of transit and trans-shipment of goods under the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade between Bangladesh and India, keeping a provision to revise transit and trans-shipment charge and other fees from time to time.
Potholed, waterlogged highways await Eid time home goers
Regular travellers said that uncomfortable journeys await Eid time home goers as the highways were full of potholes.
PM optimistic about launching electric train
Expressing her high hope of launching high-speed electric trains and underground trains in the country, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said a feasibility study is going on for underground trains.
Security beefed up at 68 jails fearing ‘sabotage’
Jail authorities have enforced a ‘security alert’ on the country’s 68 jails on warning from intelligence agencies of further criminal attacks after the murder of an alleged criminal in front of Jessore jail gate last week.
Arms in city: Now IED, radio-transceivers recovered
Dhaka Metropolitan Police said they seized on Saturday three bags stashed with five walky-talkies, two repeaters, some explosive gel and chips in the canal at Uttara from where police last week had seized a cache of arms.
‘Pay RMG workers by 20th Ramadan or face tough movement’
The leaders of labour rights bodies on Friday again asked garment owners to pay salary and festival allowances to workers by 20th Ramadan and threatened a tougher movement if the workers are not paid in time.
