SEXUAL HARASSMENT: Ahsanullah Univ teacher held, remanded in custody
Suspended Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology teacher Mahfujur Rashid Ferdous was arrested on early Wednesday on charge of sexual harassment of his female students.
City fire leaves 55 families homeless
Around 55 families were rendered homeless as their shanties were burnt in a fire that broke out in the city’s Farmgate area on Wednesday morning.
Capital’s traffic in mess
The capital’s traffic police seldom enforce the law against errant drivers of buses and minibuses. The impunity enjoyed by the owners and the drivers emboldened them to flout the traffic rules in the presence of the cops.
DMP bans occupational sticker, loud hooters in cars
Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Wednesday banned occupational stickers including that of press, police and lawyer and the use of hooters, hydraulic horns and beaconing lights in private vehicles.
US watching Bangladesh situation closely
The United States said on Monday that they were watching Bangladesh situation closely following the recent incidents of killing in Bangladesh.
4 oil cos get ultimatum to cough up Tk 2,689cr VAT arrears
The National Board of Revenue has issued a final demand notice to four oil companies of the state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation for paying up the arrears of Tk 2,689 crore in value-added tax within one week, officials said.
Inflation eases in April on rice price decline
The point-to-point inflation inched down to 5.61 per cent in April from 5.65 per cent in March thanks to a decline in both food and non-food inflation, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
Kuwaiti PM accorded a rousing reception
A red carpet was rolled out as Kuwaiti prime minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah arrived here on Tuesday on a three-day official visit at the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina.
S’pore detains 8 Bangladeshis
Singapore authorities have arrested eight Bangladeshi workers on militancy charge in April, said the Singapore home ministry on its website.
Kuwait PM due today
The prime minister of the state of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah arrives here today on a three-day official visit at the invitation of prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
