Dhaka requests Delhi not to interlink Himalayan rivers

Bangladesh has requested India not to interlink the Himalayan rivers as it would adversely affect its ecology and agro-socio economy.

Inu demands Zia’s posthumous trial for Col Taher murder

The minister for information, Hasanul Huq Inu, on Tuesday demanded posthumous trial and punishment of former President Ziaur Rahman for killing freedom fighter Col Abu Taher. ‘General Zia killed freedom fighter Taher on this day in 1976 as part of his deep-rooted conspiracy to perpetuate his power,’ he said.

AL not plotting to destroy BNP: Syed Ashraf

Awami League general secretary and public administration minister Syed Ashraf on Tuesday dismissed all speculations that ruling Awami League is planning to split the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Eviction in Chittagong continues

Chittagong City Corporation, the police and Chittagong district administration on Tuesday jointly evicted a vegetable market built illegally encroaching local canal in Amin Jute Mill area under Bayezid police station.

BB yet to draft guidelines on commercial papers

Bangladesh Bank is yet to prepare guidelines on the issuance of commercial papers — an unsecured debt instrument — by companies to banks for taking loans although the use of the instrument has increased since its inception in the country in 2013.

Dowry robs Sukhi’s sight

Life suddenly became gloomy for Sukhi Akhter on Friday noon when her husband gouged out her right eye and stabbed the other one with a screw driver leaving her blind.

23 killed in four days

At least 23 people were either killed or found dead in separate incidents across the country during Eid holiday.

City in holiday hangover as rain continues

The city suffers a festival hangover, on the first day of opening, as the weather remained rainy in most part of the country.

BNP enforces Hartal in Habiganj as former mayor attacked in jail

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party enforced a half-day general strike in Habiganj on Sunday protesting as suspended Habiganj municipal mayor GK Gaus was injured in an attack in Habiganj jail on Saturday.

JCD president, 5 others arrested in Patuakhali

Police arrested the central president of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-backed student organisation, Rajib Ahsan and his five associates in Dumki of Patuakhali on Sunday night.