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Mir Nasir gets 13yrs in jail for graft
His son too gaoled for 3 years
An anti-graft tribunal yesterday sentenced former state minister for civil aviation Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin to 13 years' imprisonment for committing two offences while it sentenced his son Mir Mohammad
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Fertiliser hungry farmers ransack UNO office
Clashes erupt over improper distribution at Nachole; 10 including UNO injured
Thousands of fertiliser deprived farmers of Nachole upazila in Chapainawabganj yesterday damaged the upazila parishad office and torched its furniture and documents in a desperate rage against the local
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Suranjit for powerful president, not PM
Wants abolition of PM's sectt
Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Suranjit Sengupta yesterday announced a rather sweeping proposal for bringing reforms to the body politic of the country including party reforms.
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BNP Reformists May Suggest
4-yr govt tenure, ban on hartal, blockade
Besides revising their reform proposals for the party, pro-reform BNP leaders are also preparing a set of proposals for reforms in the country's political culture and state affairs.
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Tk 628cr Swindled out Thru' False Documents
BB fines nine banks for loan irregularities
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has fined nine commercial banks for giving loans to Chittagong-based businessman Nurunnabi against fake documents and different fictitious names.
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Sangakkara piles on misery
Riding on Kumar Sangakkara's masterful double hundred, Sri Lanka were closing in on recording yet another massive victory as Bangladesh produced nothing new on the second day of the second Test at the
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NBR sues Tuku for Tk 3.8cr tax evasion
Verdict of Lobi's case today
Detained former state minister for power Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku was sued by National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday for evading Tk 3.80 crore in income tax.
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Explosives Act
Charges framed against Dulu, 93 others
Natore District and Sessions Judge's Court yesterday framed charges against former BNP deputy minister Ruhul Kuddus Talukhdar Dulu and 93 others under Explosives Act for using gunpowder during arson and
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Low interest housing loans for middle class
BB okays Tk 300cr scheme
Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday approved a Tk 300 crore scheme to provide long-term loans with low interest to the people from low and middle income groups for purchasing or constructing apartments inurban
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Danida Official Kidnapping
5 NGO activists sent to jail after quizzing
Five persons including three executive directors and two employees of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) based NGOs were sent to jail yesterday after nine days of interrogation in connection with Danida official
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Essentials
4 traders held for charging high price
Joint forces yesterday arrested four retailers from different kitchen markets at New Market and Shahbagh in the capital as they were charging high prices for essential commodities.
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Detained CCC engineer dies
Detained Superintending Engineer (Electrical) of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) yesterday morning.
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ACC can now probe money laundering crimes
Advisory Council okays amendment to Act
The council of advisers yesterday approved an amendment to the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2002 giving investigation responsibilities to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and empowering special
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2 new PSC members appointed
Former ambassador Mirza Samsuzzaman and former joint secretary AYM Mosharraf Hossain have been appointed members of the Public Service Commission (PSC).
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Restriction on Sigma Huda's arrest goes
HC order stayed
The restriction on Sigma Huda's arrest goes, as the Supreme Court has stayed the High Court order restricting the law enforcers from arresting Sigma who faces a graft case along with her detained husband
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Rawshan hints at quitting JP leadership
Rawshan Ershad, self-claimed chairman of Jatiya Party (JP), yesterday hinted that she would quit the party leadership. "I will step aside after passing the leadership baton to the next generation.
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BDR to set up 50 more markets by next month
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) will launch 50 more makeshift retail markets and six wholesale ones in next one month to check price spiral and make supply lines of essentials smooth.
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700 surrender as troops besiege Pak mosque
1,000 hardcore still inside
More than 700 militant students surrendered yesterday to Pakistani troops besieging a pro-Taliban mosque in Islamabad after clashes that killed 16 people, but a hardcore of 1,000 remained inside.
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11 killed in Pak suicide car bomb attack
A suicide car bomber attacked a Pakistani military convoy in a troubled tribal region bordering Afghanistan yesterday, killing 11 people including six soldiers, security officials said.
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