July 15, 2024

Govt compensates 71 people for acquiring land in Rajshahi

The government has given Taka 28.41 crore as compensation to 71 persons for acquiring their land for various development projects in the city.

The government has acquired their lands for implementation of five projects, including Rajshahi Medical Un…

BB freezes Jahangir’s bank accounts

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has ordered the freezing of bank accounts belonging to Jahangir Alam, his wife Kamrun Nahar and their associated institutions.

The central bank has also directed all financial institutions to submit comprehensive details, includ…

‘Promoting investment opportunities in Nepal’

The Embassy of Nepal in Beijing hosted an investment event ‘Promoting Investment Opportunities in Nepal’ at the Embassy on Sunday.

The event aimed at sharing experiences of Chinese organisations that had participated in the Nepal Investment Summit …

Sheikh Hasina’s imprisonment day tomorrow

The imprisonment day of Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be observed in the country tomorrow in a befitting manner.

Sheikh Hasina was arrested from her Sudha Sadan residence at Dhanmondi in the city on July 16, 2007 …

Communications Minister Gurung assumes office

Newly appointed Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung has assumed the office today.

Taking charge of the office at the Ministry in Singha Durbar, he decided to carry out legal and institutional restructuring of…

2 get life-term in drugs case in Chapainawabganj

A Chapainawabganj court on Sunday afternoon sentenced two persons including a woman to life-term imprisonment in a drugs case.

The convicts were Kajal, 38, son of late Taimur Master of Dariapur under Chapainawabganj municipality and Morium Begum, 30…

Taskforce formed to study Chitwan incident

Newly appointed Minister for Home Affairs Ramesh Lekhak has decided to form a taskforce to study the incident of disappearance of two passenger-ferrying buses in the Trishuli River in Chitwan.

After assuming office at the Ministry today, he formed …

They don’t feel ashamed to call themselves Razakars: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today termed the slogan, “Who are you? Who am I? Razakar. Razakar.” chanted by the anti-quota protesters in the government jobs as “very regrettable” saying, “They don’t feel ashamed to call themselves Razakars.”

“They d…