PM flies to NY today to attend 70th UNGA
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina leaves for New York today morning on an eight-day official visit to the United States to attend the 70th United Nations General Assembly. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and members of her entourage is scheduled to take off at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 9:45am.
ADB projects 6.7pc growth for FY16
Bangladesh economy may grow by 6.7 per cent in the current financial year 2015-16, up from a 6.51 per cent growth that the country achieved in the last fiscal year, the Asian Development Bank said on Tuesday.
14,117 SIMs registered with one NID, says Tarana
The government in its verification of SIM registration with national identity card has found that 14,117 SIM cards were registered with one NID and over 11,000 with anther NID, said telecom state-minister Tarana Halim on Tuesday.
QUESTION LEAK IN MBBS INTAKE : 3 physicians, 4 teachers held
Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday arrested seven people, including three physicians and teachers of two coaching centres, in from Rangpur city over question leak in the admission test for medical and dental colleges, while admission seekers continued protests for fresh admission tests for the fourth day on Tuesday.
Cattle traders face extortions on highways
Several cattle traders from different corners of the country said Tuesday that they suffered extortions on the highways while bringing sacrificial animals to the capital’s cattle markets by trucks.
CLIMATE VULNERABILITY : France, Germany express empathy
France and German foreign ministers on Monday expressed empathy for the vulnerability of Bangladesh in the face of climate change and hoped the next climate conference, scheduled for November in Paris, would come up with some concrete measures to address the concern.
Fakhrul returns home
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir returned home tonight (Monday night) after taking medical treatment abroad for nearly two months, report United News of Bangladesh. ‘Mirza Fakhrul arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by a Singapore Airlines flight around 10:40pm,’ BNP chairperson’s media wing member Sayrul Kabir Khan told UNB. Senior BNP leaders, including Abdullah Al Noman, Shamsuzzaman Dudu, Asaduzzaman Ripon, Ruhul Quddus Talukder Dulu, Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal and Imran Saleh Prince, received him at the airport.
Govt controlling mass media through secret policy: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday alleged that the incumbent government was controlling mass media through a ‘secret mass media policy.’ BNP spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon at a briefing at the party central office said that the government was interfering with the mass media overtly and covertly.
BASIC BANK SCAM : 18 cases filed against 154 people
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed 18 cases against 154 BASIC Bank officials and 18 business firms on charge of embezzlement of Tk 705.80 crore from the bank. The commission, however, did not prosecute former BASIC Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hai Bacchu.
People set out journey home, defy hassles
Bus, train and ferry terminals witnessed a mad rush as people started streaming out of Dhaka on Monday defying all accompanying hassles of bumpy journey to celebrate Eid with their near and dear ones.
