Two top Awami League leaders yesterday categorically said the main opposition BNP had no scope to participate in the forthcoming 10th parliamentary polls, even if the two parties reached any consensus through the ongoing talks. Discussions can now be held…
Labour and Overseas Employment Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain yesterday emphatically denied that the ongoing political turbulence is affecting manpower exports although facts prove otherwise. Mosharraf was addressing a press briefing at his ministry marking International Migrants’ Day slated for today.…
A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to BNP leader Brig (retd) ASM Hannan Shah in a case filed for preventing police from discharging their duties, vandalising and torching a vehicle in the capital during an opposition hartal. The case was…
Use of computer apps and digital resources had an impact in developing skills of field-level government health workers and increasing knowledge of its beneficiaries on health, family planning and nutrition issues, found a pilot project. A three and a half…
Eminent citizens yesterday sharply reacted to Pakistan’s condemnation over the execution of war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah. Such a stance by Pakistan is an act of interference in Bangladesh’s internal affairs, they told a discussion in the…
BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan yesterday said the government should have protested much earlier the Pakistan National Assembly’s resolution adopted on Monday expressing deep concern over execution of war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah. “The government has weakened our…
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) this year seized contraband goods and drugs worth over Tk 526.52 crore while those were being smuggled in and out of the country. BGB also rescued 685 women and 168 children from being trafficked out of…
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad yesterday said there was no association between the upcoming national election and the drive of law enforcement agencies against opposition party activists for their violent activities. “It is a matter of law enforcement…
Bridges Division of communications ministry yesterday inked a Tk 193.39 crore deal with a local construction firm, Abdul Monem Ltd, for construction of an approach road for the Padma bridge project at Mawa end. Abid Habib, director (construction) of Abdul…
Mohammad Hannan, a resident of Narayanganj, will have to return home from Singapore as the Singaporean government has decided to deport him and 52 Indian workers for their involvement in the city-state’s first riot on December 8. Zahid Hossain, labour…
A policeman was killed when a Dhaka-bound truck carrying him collided head-on with a covered van in Miaher Bazar area in Chauddagram upazila yesterday, reports a Comilla correspondent. The deceased was Mosarof Hossain, 32, sub-inspector of Sitakunda Industrial Area Police…
Three people, including a schoolgirl, died in separate incidents in Chittagong yesterday. In Mirsarai upazila, Nasima Akter, 32, wife of Emran Hossain, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her Jamalpur residence at Baroiyer Haat Municipality.…
Joint forces to conduct drives in capital if necessary: DMP Staff Correspondent Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said joint forces will conduct drives in the capital, if necessary. “We have considerable information about three people out of the 11 who…
Joint forces to conduct drives in capital if necessary: DMP
Staff Correspondent
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said joint forces will conduct drives in the capital, if necessary.
“We have considerable information about three people out of the 11 who took part in the rampage at Motijheel on Friday. If we fail to bring them to book soon, there may be a joint drive,” Monirul Islam, joint commissioner of DMP, told reporters yesterday.
On Friday, more than 500 Jamaat-Shibir men unleashed a reign of terror near Motijheel AGB Colony kitchen market, protesting the execution of war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah.
DMP published photographs of 11 people on its website and announced Tk 1 lakh reward for information leading up to the arrest of each.
Pro-BNP-Jamaat teachers call for non-party polls-time government
Staff Correspondent
University Teachers Association of Bangladesh (UTAB), a body of pro-BNP-Jamaat teachers, yesterday urged the government to stop the “one-sided and farcical” election and reintroduce non-party polls-time government for a free, fair and participatory election to save the country and its democracy.
A statement, signed by all 625 members of UTAB, noted that in a country of 160 million people with more than 90 million voters, only 600 candidates, from 16 out of 40 active political parties, showed interest in participating in the polls.
BGB seizes illegal goods worth Tk 526cr this year
Staff Correspondent
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) this year seized contraband goods and drugs worth over Tk 526.52 crore while those were being smuggled in and out of the country.
BGB also rescued 685 women and 168 children from being trafficked out of the country and detained 16 human traffickers and filed 404 cases in this connection, said a press release yesterday.
BGB detained 1,488 persons on charge of smuggling in 11 months since January this year. The drugs include Phensidyl, Yaba pills and foreign wine.
Obituary
Staff Correspondent
Kazi Sayeed Uddin Papon, an associate professor of Khagrachhari Government College, died due to a cardiac arrest on Monday. He was 46.
He left behind his wife and two children to mourn his death, says a press release.
A doa mahfil will be held on Friday after Juma prayers in the capital’s Shekhertek’s house-10 and road-9 in order to seek blessings for the departed soul.
He completed his graduation from the English department of Jahangirnagar University.
