ADB retains 6.7pc GDP growth forecast
The Asian Development Bank on Wednesday retained its 6.7-per cent growth projection for the Bangladesh economy for the current financial year of 2015-2016 because of a strong performance in readymade garment export.
TONU RAPE, MURDER : Body undergoes fresh autopsy
The body of murdered Comilla college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu underwent fresh postmortem on Wednesday following a court order in this regard. Meanwhile, protests demanding justice for Tonu continued in Dhaka, Comilla and the rest of the country.
BB RESERVE THEFT : $15.2m of stolen money with Chinese businessman
At least $15.2 million out of $81 million stolen from Bangladesh Bank and sent to a Philippines bank is in the possession of an accused Chinese businessman based in Philippines, according to his testimony during a Senate hearing on Tuesday.
PM opens part of Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday inaugurated of the first part of the ongoing Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover Project from Satrasta to Ramna thana point.
Fakhrul lands in jail soon after being BNP secy gen
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sent the just made secretary general of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to jail in two violence cases.
Tonu’s body exhumed for fresh autopsy
The authorities on Wednesday exhumed the body of college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu to conduct fresh post mortem examination 10 days after she was raped and murdered inside Comilla Cantonment area.
SC asks Janakantha editor to surrender to lower court
The Appellate Division on Monday directed the editor of Daily Janakantha, Mohammad Atiqullah Khan Masud, to surrender before the lower court in a week in connection with his conviction for seven years’ imprisonment on charge of constructing a high-rise building doctoring RAJUK-approved design.
Nor’wester likely in 14 dists, signal 2 for river ports in 9 dists
River ports in several districts across the country have been asked to hoist riverine warning signal 2 amid forecast of temporary west or north-westerly squalls.
HC rejects 1988 writ challenging state religion
The High Court on Monday rejected a 1988 writ petition challenging the constitutional provision of state religion. The rule retained Islam as state religion as per the eighth amendment to the constitution.
Qamrul, Mozammel not obliged to resign: Law minister
The minister for law, justice and parliamentary affairs, Anisul Huq, on Monday said food minister Md Qamrul Islam and liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Huq were under no legal obligation to resign from the cabinet in the present situation.
