Nizami shifted to Dhaka jail
Condemned war crimes convict Jamaat-e-Islami amir Motiur Rahman Nizami was shifted to Dhaka Central Jail from Kashimpur jail in Gazipur on Sunday night.
15 injured in AL factional clash
At least 15 people were injured, mostly in bullets in factional clashes between the supporters of two lawmakers of the ruling Awami League at Mirpur in Dhaka on Sunday noon.
Jamaat’s hartal passed unnoticed
Life across the country, including Dhaka, remained almost normal as nationwide 24-hour hartal called by the Jamaat-e-Islami passed unnoticed on Sunday.
DSE proposes Tk 1 lakh as tax-free dividend income
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Sunday proposed that the National Board of Revenue should increase capital market investors’ tax-free dividend income limit to Tk one lakh from existing Tk 25,000 with a view to spur market condition.
BTRC allows users to repurchase SIMs after June 1 deactivation
Mobile phone users will be allowed to repurchase their respective SIMs within 18 months after deactivation in the case of their failure in completing biometric re-registration of the subscriber identification modules by the May 31 deadline.
4 killed as violence, rigging mark UP polls
At least four people were killed and scores were injured as violence, rigging, ballot stuffing and intimidation, mostly carried out by ruling Awami League activists, marked the fourth phase of partisan elections to union parishads on Saturday like the previous phases.
ASI stabbed in Dhaka city
A police officer was hospitalised ‘in a critical condition’ after being stabbed by an assailant with sharp weapons in old town of Dhaka.
Two-day career festival ends in Chittagong
A two-day career fair titled ‘Career Fest Chittagong 2016’ ended on Saturday with the participation of hundreds of job seekers, students from across the institutions and employers.
Bangladesh braces for climate disasters: experts
Climate change will emerge as a great threat to the country’s development in the days to come, warned environmental experts at a discussion here on Saturday.
Fin Min teams up with WB to streamline SOBs
The finance ministry in a frantic move to rescue the scandal-hit public sector banks has tilted to the World Bank for developing charters for bank boards, criteria of eligibility for becoming board members, and appointment regulations for potential bank directors.
