April 29, 2024

HC orders to keep schools, madrasahs shut till Thursday

The High Court today ordered the government to keep all primary and secondary schools and madrasahs shut till Thursday (May 2) amid the ongoing heat wave.

The HC bench of Justice K. M. Kamrul Kader and Justice Khizir Hayat gave the suo moto order.

Tight security to be ensured at upazila polls

Maximum number of law enforcement agencies especially ansars and police will be deployed in each polling station to make the upazila elections free and fair.

“At the same time, a magistrate will be appointed in each union and anyone can lodge compla…

PMO’s humanitarian initiative for an elderly rickshaw puller

Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has taken a

humanitarian initiative for elderly rickshaw puller Habibur Rahman to ensure

an abode and provide an auto-rickshaw to him.

The PMO took the initiative as a recent facebook post of senior journalist Z

E Ma…

Former banker jailed for 26yrs in graft case

A Dhaka court today sentenced Musabbir Rahim, Assistant Vice President and Head of Card Division of City Bank, to 26 years imprisonment in a graft case for allegedly embezzling 2.50 crore taka between November 2015- April 2016.

Judge Syed Arafat Hos…

PM returns home from Bangkok

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today returned home from Bangkok wrapping up her six-day official visit to Thailand.

A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage members landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport a…

Harvesting of local Boro is in full swing in Manikganj char areas

The harvesting of local Boro paddy is in full swing at the vast char areas of two big and other small rivers of the district with good production during the current season.

The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said the local Boro pa…