Staff Reporter : Journalists have boycotted a press conference organised by Bangladesh Bank as the central bank has restricted the entry of the newspersons. The central bank issued a notice at a press conference on Tuesday, aiming to brief journalists over the recent visit of the IMF team and the launching of Crawling Peg System for fixing the exchange rate between the US dollar and Bangladeshi taka. However, journalists covering the banking and financial sectors boycotted the press conference held...
Staff Reporter : Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Additional Commissioner and DB Chief, Mohammad Harun-Or-Rashid, has called upon the media to collaborate with law enforcement authorities by sharing intelligence regarding producers of adulterated food, including counterfeit saline. Addressing journalists at his office located on Mintu Road in Dhaka on Wednesday noon, DB Chief emphasized the importance of tackling the issue of adulterated products. He stressed that the production and distribution of such items constitute criminal offenses, and it is imperative for concerned...
Staff Reporter : Sohel Siraj, the owner of Kacchi Bhai Restaurant, has been arrested in connection with the recent fire incident at his establishment located on Bailey Road in the city. Sohel Siraj, who recently returned from Malaysia, was intercepted by Immigration Police upon his arrival at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. Subsequently, he was handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for further proceedings. CID Police Superintendent Azad Rahman Sohel confirmed the arrest to the media, shedding...
JnU Correspondent : In a recent training session organized by the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority, Professor Dr. Sadeka Halim, Vice-Chancellor of Jagannath University and former Information Commissioner, underscored the critical importance of transparency and accountability through the Right to Information Act. Addressing over two hundred attendees, both in-person and online, Dr. Halim reiterated that transparency and accountability are fundamental pillars of democracy, and every government employee is obligated to uphold these principles. Dr. Halim emphasized that information is not to...
UNB : At least 72 people went missing after 16 salt-carrying trawlers capsized during a nor’wester that swept Chattogram’s Anwara and Banshkhali coasts of the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday. They went missing amid inclement weather in different coastal areas of the Bay of Bengal from morning to noon, Gahira Baro Auliya River Police in-charge Titu Dutta said. On information, the Coast Guard and River Police reached the spot and conducted rescue operations. The members of the Coast Guard and...
Court Correspondent : A Dhaka court on Tuesday fixed June 10 to decide whether charges brought against 23 people, including former Managing Director of NRB Global Bank PK Halder, will be taken into cognizance in a case filed over embezzlement of Tk 70.82 crore from International Leasing and Financial Services Limited. Judge Mohammad Ash-Shams Joglul Hossain of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge’s Court fixed the date as Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Gulshan Anowar Pradhan submitted a charge sheet to...
Court Correspondent : Joint Secretary General of BNP and its Narsingdi district President, has been released from prison after six months. He walked out of Keraniganj Central Jail, Dhaka around 12:30 pm on Wednesday. The district unit BNP General Secretary Manzur-e-Elahi, its member Rafiqul Amin Bhuiyan, and other leaders and activists welcomed him with floral wreaths at the jail gate. On January 26 of last year, Central Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal approved a five-member partial committee for its Narsingdi district unit...
Staff Reporter : The Bangladesh Bank announced on Wednesday that it has increased the policy rate by 50 basis points to 8.5%, as part of efforts to curb rising inflation. During a press conference, the central bank disclosed this decision along with corresponding adjustments to the Standing Lending Facility (SLF) and Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) rates, aiming to stabilize inflation at a preferred level. According to data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), point-to-point inflation in Bangladesh slightly rose...
BBC : The delayed arms shipment comes as US President Joe Biden faces mounting domestic pressure – from Democratic lawmakers and some parts of the US public – to rein in Israeli operations in Gaza amid rising civilian deaths and a worsening humanitarian situation. Despite firm and vocal US opposition, Israel appears poised to mount a large-scale invasion of Rafah, a congested part of southern Gaza that is Hamas’ last major stronghold in the territory. US officials have warned that...
Court Correspondent : Monir Hossain, known as “Golden Monir”, was acquitted in a case filed in connection with possession 7 kg of gold ornaments, a huge amount of foreign currency “illegally” and Tk 1.09 crore after the court found “inconsistencies in testimonies” of the witnesses. Additional Public Prosecutor Mahbubur Rahman of Dhaka confirmed the development to the media on Tuesday after Judge Tahsin Iftekhar of the Metropolitan Special Tribunal-15 of Dhaka on Sunday delivered the acquittal order in the case...