Court Correspondent : The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed till August 25 the High Court judgment that barred keeping people convicted and sentenced to death in condemned cells until their death sentences are finalized through disposal of their last appeals. Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order after hearing on a state plea and asked to file a civil petition with the apex court regular bench within the time. “High...
Staff Reporter : Readymade Garment (RMG) workers have blocked the Kuril Bishwa Road under the Bhatara police station in the capital, demanding arrears in salary. Due to their blockade, the busiest road has come to a standstill. Traffic wasclosed on both sides of the road in that area. On Wednesday afternoon (5:30 pm), workers of a garment factory named Euro Zone Fashions Limited on Zamzam Road in Zoar Sahara blocked the road under the Kuril flyover. The agitated workers demand...
Court Correspondent : A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent Kamrul Ashraf Khan (Poton), former lawmaker and owner of Poton Traders and four others to jail canceling their ad-interim bail in a graft case. The case was filed against them on November 26 of last year on the charges of misappropriating 72,000 tons of government-imported urea fertilizer, valued TAKA 582 crore, during transportation. The other accused are General Manager Shahadat Hossain and General Manager (Management) Nazmul Hossain Badal of M/S Poton...
Staff Reporter : The International Farakka Committee (IFC) has called on the government and all stakeholders to work together to...
Staff Reporter : The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday cancelled the candidature of Gazipur’s Shreepur upazilaparishad chairman candidate, Md. Jamil Hasan, for violating the electoral code of conduct. The EC took the decision after a hearing held at the EC secretariat in Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital’s Agargaon area. Jamil Hasan is the brother of State Minister for Primary and Mass Education, Rumana Ali. The EC summoned the chairman candidate to the Nirbachan Bhaban on Wednesday to explain the electoral...
Staff Reporter : The elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested two suspected members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) in an anti-terrorism drive in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya Rohingya camp. RAB conducted the raid at Ukhiya’s Lal Pahar area on early Wednesday (May 15). The arrestees have been identified as ARSA’s chief coordinator and commander, Md Shahnur Prokash Master Salim, 38, and his associate, Md Riaz, 27. Both of them are Rohingyas. Commander Arafat Islam, the newly hired director...
Staff Reporter : Some 2,330 small and medium entrepreneurs earned about Tk 43.62 crore and received Tk 72.85 crore orders on the spot during national SME Foundation fairs in the last 10 years. The demand of SME items increasing both nationally and internationally due to its quality and the entrepreneurs earned total Tk 116.47 crore in the last 10 years. Against this backdrop, the SME Foundation is going to organize a week-long 11th ‘National Small and Medium Industrial Product Fair’...
Reuters : The death toll from weekend flash floods and mudslides in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province rose to 62 on Wednesday, authorities said, while rescuers were searching areas near rivers for 25 people who are still missing. Officials said some of those earlier unaccounted for were found dead during the day, which lifted the toll from 58 reported in the morning. A video shared by the national disaster management agency BNPB showed logs, rocks and mud strewn over roads, collapsed...
UNB : The Bangladesh government has strongly condemned the recent attacks by Israeli settlers on a Jordanian humanitarian convoy that was delivering aid to Gaza through the Beit Hanoun Crossing. The convoy, targeted while carrying essential supplies meant for civilians, has sparked international concern. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its firm support and solidarity with the Jordanian efforts, emphasizing the need for the Israeli authorities to ensure the uninterrupted flow of humanitarian aid. “As we express our support and...
Staff Reporter : Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner, Habibur Rahman, announced the implementation of a gatelock system in inter-district buses to alleviate traffic congestion in the capital. He warned that action would be taken against buses picking up passengers from Mohakhali to Banani without adhering to the gatelock system. Commissioner Rahman made these statements in response to reporters after attending the inauguration ceremony of the Traffic Safety Awareness Program and Road Safety Slogan Competition-2024, organized by Ahsanullah University of Science...