October 14, 2024

3 sent to jail over Tantibazar snatching

A court here today sent three snatchers to jail after one-day remand in connection with a case filed over a snatching incident at a Puja mandap in the Tantibazar area on Friday night.

The accused are Askash, 23, Ridoy, 23, and Jibon, 19.

Sub-Inspect…

Producing global standard products stressed to achieve SDGs

Officials and experts at a discussion here today stressed the need for producing global standard quality products without affecting environment and ecosystems to attain the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

They viewed this at the discussion arra…

BFIU asks banks to freeze accounts of Momtaz Begum

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has instructed banks to freeze the accounts of Momtaz Begum.

The anti-money laundering agency issued the directive recently to suspend transactions in her personal and business accounts for 30 days.

Gas cylinder of bus explodes, 3 killed in Laxmipur

At least three persons were killed and 20 others injured in a gas cylinder explosion of a bus when it was refueling CNG at a station in Muktiganj area of Laxmipur municipality early hours of today.

The deceased were Suman Hossain, 30, son of Botu Mia…

Air chief leaves for Japan to join InPACT

Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan today left Dhaka for Japan on an official visit from October 14-18.

At the invitation of the Chief of Staff of Japan Self-Defense Force General Uchikura Hiroaki, th…

Almost all RMG factories open now: CA’s press wing

About 99.26 percent garments factories are open now at Savar, Ashulia and Gazipur as normalcy has returned to the RMG sector in the country.

No crisis was reported in the garments at Savar, Ashulia, Narayanganj and Gazipur as of 8 this morning, accor…

Rizvi urges govt to take massive programme to combat dengue

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed today called upon the interim government to take elaborate programmes to combat the spread of dengue.

He made the call at a press conference at the BNP central …

Durga Puja ends peacefully with idols’ immersion in Gaibandha

A 5-day long Sharadiya Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu Community here, ended in the district peacefully through the immersion of deities at different water bodies on Sunday.

On the Dashami day, members of the Hindu community e…