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Prices of reconditioned cars likely to go up

Doulot Akter Mala 2018-06-05 10:01:58

Reconditioned cars are likely to be pricier in the next fiscal year (FY), as the government might propose a downward revision of the existing year-wise depreciation rates in the next budget. Source...

Demand for bamboo baskets increases in Rajshahi region

-- 2018-06-05 00:16:00

Demand for bamboo baskets and crafts is gradually increasing as harvest of vegetables and various fruits like mango, litchi and papaya and tomato going on in full swing. Growers and traders said bamb...

‘People won’t respond to BNP’s call for movement’

-- 2018-06-04 20:21:04

Claiming that the country's people are now living in peace, Health Minister Mohammed Nasim on Monday said they will not respond to BNP's call for any movement to get their chairperson Khaleda Zia free...

PM hosts iftar for political leaders

-- 2018-06-04 19:52:18

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hosted an iftar mahfil for the leaders of different political parties at Ganabhaban on Monday. The Prime Minister went round different tables set for the guests, exchange...

Muhith to place budget Thursday for next fiscal

-- 2018-06-04 19:33:30

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith will place the national budget for the next fiscal (2018-19) at Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday. This budget will be the 47th national budget of the country, a pres...

EU envoys for probing deaths of alleged criminal suspects

-- 2018-06-04 18:16:38

The European Union (EU) delegation in Dhaka on Monday said they expect the authorities will ensure that all incidents involving the deaths of alleged criminal suspects in Bangladesh will be investigat...

BRTC to start Eid ticket sales from Tuesday

-- 2018-06-04 18:10:38

The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will begin selling tickets from Tuesday for the special Eid service from Dhaka, Gazipur and Narayanganj to various parts of Bangladesh. Road Transport...

Wrong-side driving hits city traffic hard

-- 2018-06-04 18:01:59

Wrong-way driving is going on in full-swing in the capital despite the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) files over 200 cases on an average and fines several lakh taka per day. Likewise other days, the...

BGB seizes over Tk 750m smuggled goods in May

-- 2018-06-04 17:46:15

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods and contraband narcotic items worth around Tk 750 million (Tk 75.56 crore) conducting anti-smuggling drives across the country, mostly in frontier a...

Telephone, internet services to remain suspended in Motijheel from June 8-11

-- 2018-06-04 17:24:55

The land phone and internet services will remain suspended in Motijheel area from June 8 to 11 due to underground cable relocation by Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) for Metro Rai...

AL candidate wins Bagerhat by-election unopposed

-- 2018-06-04 17:20:40

Awami League candidate Habibun Nahar Bina, the wife of newly-elected Khulna Mayor Talukder Abdul Khalek, has been declared the new lawmaker from Bagerhat-3 constituency. She ran unopposed in the Bage...

Nazrul warns of strong movement to free Khaleda if legal battle fails

-- 2018-06-04 17:14:28

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Monday warned that their party will be forced to wage a strong street movement if it fails to have Khaleda Zia freed from jail through a legal battle. He issued...

Budget session at JS to begin Tuesday

-- 2018-06-04 17:06:56

The budget session for the 2018-19 fiscal of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin on Tuesday. It will be the 21st session of the current Jatiya Sangsad and last budget of the incumbent Awami Leagu...

BD urged to submit Rohingya documents to ICC

-- 2018-06-04 16:59:17

Speakers at a seminar in the city on Monday urged the government to submit its observations and documents relating to Rohingyas forced out from Myanmar to the International Criminal Court (ICC) within...

Cabinet sends back draft of tariff commission act for scrutiny

-- 2018-06-04 16:52:57

The Cabinet on Monday constituted a committee, headed by Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), asking to further scrutinise the draft of the proposed Bangladesh Tariff Commis...

Govt suspends road digging works ahead of Eid

-- 2018-06-04 16:44:27

Road digging works across the country will remain suspended for 15 days from June 8 to ensure smooth journeys for Eid holidaymakers. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader minister came u...

Court sends Ctg BCL leader Roni to jail in extortion case

-- 2018-06-04 16:40:01

A court in Chattogram on Monday sent former general secretary of the port city unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League(BCL) leader Nurul Azim Rony to jail in an extortion case. Additional chief metropolita...

DMCH Ansar member held with Yaba

-- 2018-06-04 15:10:01

Detectives arrested an on-duty Ansar member along with some Yaba tablets from Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the early hours of Monday. The Ansar member was Asad Miah, 35. Bacchu Miah, sub-inspec...

Bid to settle dispute costs freedom fighter his life

-- 2018-06-04 14:11:04

A freedom fighter has been killed after trying to settle a dispute between a van driver and some local youths in Gopalganj’s Muksudpur Upazila. The incident took place at the upazila’s Mu...

Speaker returns home from France

-- 2018-06-04 13:47:40

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury returned home on Monday from Paris, France, where she attended a conference on Rohingya crisis. The conference titled ‘International Conference on the Rohing...

One to die, two get life term for murder in Kushtia 

-- 2018-06-04 13:42:41

A court on Monday sentenced a man to death and two others to life term imprisonment in a case filed in connection with the murder of a BCL leader in Kushtia Sadar upazila in 2015. The condemned convi...

Court extends Khaleda's bail in Zia Charitable case

-- 2018-06-04 13:20:47

A Dhaka court has extended the bail for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia until June 28 in Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Judge Md Akhteruzzaman of the Special Judge Court-5 passed the order and fixed th...

ACC targets 300 drug trafficking millionaires

-- 2018-06-04 12:48:45

The Anti-corruption Commission has initiated an investigation of the wealth of 300 drug traffickers who became 'millionaires’ through the illegal drug trade. The commission claims it has prepar...

Rice procurement drive going on at a snail’s pace in Sylhet division

Our Correspondent 2018-06-04 11:57:27

The rice procurement drive is going on at a snail's pace in the Sylhet division with a target of 17,907 tonnes during the current season. The target includes 8,012 tonnes of parboiled and the rest 9,8...

Police detain 40 in Satkhira anti-narcotics drive

-- 2018-06-04 11:15:39

Police arrested 40 people, including seven suspected drug traders, in an anti-narcotics drive at different parts of Satkhira from Sunday night to Monday morning. Of them, six each were arrested from...

PM for social movement against drug menace

-- 2018-06-03 21:53:38

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all to create a social movement against drugs menace. "There was a social movement against militancy; like that we want another social movement against drugs,"...

ACC team visits Kamalapur railway station

-- 2018-06-03 21:33:48

A team of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) made a surprise visit at Kamalapur Railway Station on Sunday. The team visited the station to check irregularities in the sales of advance train tickets...

10 members of an insolvent family suffering from eyesight problem

Our Correspondent 2018-06-03 20:53:57

JHENIDAH, Jun 03: A total of 10 members of an insolvent family in Atlia village under Modhuhati union of Jhenidah Sadar have been suffering from vision problem for long and passing their days with g...

Huge amount of money laundered, CPD claims

-- 2018-06-03 20:49:27

Presenting a dismal picture of the national economy Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has said that it strongly believes huge amount of money is being laundered in the disguise of import business. &l...

Youth shot dead by ‘Khasias’ in Sylhet

-- 2018-06-03 19:46:13

A young man was shot dead allegedly by Indian Khasia tribesmen at Utma border under Companiganj upazila in Sylhet on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Israil Ali, 25, son of Taiab Ali of Bijoy P...