RANA PLAZA TRAGEDY, Murder charges against 41
After a long delay due to bureaucratic knots, the Criminal Investigation Department on Monday submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Dhaka accusing 41 people,
Untrained traffic cops manning capital’s streets
Out of 3,327 traffic personnel assigned to maintain smooth flow of traffic on the capital’s streets only 558 sergeants received the needed training.In other words 2,769 cops of different ranks look after the busy traffic on streets of the capital without getting any training on traffic management
Panthapath subsides again after reopening
A lane of the two-way Panthapath subsided again on Sunday evening after it was reopened to traffic in the morning.
Automobiles, tyre industries to get 10-yr tax holiday
The government is likely to provide tax holiday benefit to some sectors including automobiles and tyre industries from the upcoming national budget to facilitate industrialisation in the country, officials of the finance ministry said.
ZIA’S DEATH ANNIV Khaleda distributes food, clothes
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia distributed food and clothes among destitute people in the capital for the second day on Sunday marking the 34th death anniversary of late president and party founder Ziaur Rahman.
Fire rips through Gazipur apparel factory
A devastating fire ripped through a seven-storey building housing a garment factory at Sripur in Gazipur on Sunday forcing people in the surroundings to evacuate
Mother, daughter burned in acid attack
A young woman and her pentagenarian mother came under acid attack allegedly by her former husband at Manahardi upazila in Narsingdi on Friday night.
Make SAARC food bank functional: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday Bangladesh had offered one lakh metric tonnes of food grains to the earthquake-ravaged Nepal.
Mamata confirms Dhaka visit, arrives Jun 5
The chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, on Saturday said she would visit Bangladesh on June 5 and return home on June 6 after the signing of the Land Boundary Agreement, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Pass rate, GPA 5 scorers drop in SSC No more top 20 list
SSC and equivalent examinations results marked a significant decrease with the combined pass rate standing at 87.04 per cent, which is 4.30 percentage points lower than that of the previous year.
