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Next graft suspect list by end March
ACC wants to plug legal loopholes before filing cases
A new list of corruption suspects might be released by the end of March after the government brings amendments to the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) Act and formulates necessary ACC rules.
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NBR asks banks to suspend transactions with 53 people
They include 50 graft suspects on ACC list, ex-minister AKM Mosharraf, ex-MP Dewan Salahuddin
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday asked all commercial banks to suspend immediately all transactions of accounts of the 50 graft suspects listed by the Anti-Corruption Commission, and three
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EC drafts poll reform plan
The Election Commission (EC) has drafted a set of electoral reform proposals including those for barring civil or military bureaucrats from contesting the parliamentary election within three years since
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No JS body exists, yet hiring goes on
Sircar appoints 84 staff in few days
Though the immediate past parliament's tenure expired more than four months ago, appointments at different offices of it are going on.
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ACC gets Mir Nasir's house prices assessed
Instructed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on February 22, the Public Works Department (PWD) yesterday started assessing the price of two houses of arrested former state minister for civil aviation
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Govt makes formalin test of fish mandatory
The government has decided to make formalin test mandatory for imported fish that will come into effect with the test of formalin presence in fish at Teknaf land port from today.
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Shop Looting Case
HC asks Amini to surrender in 2 weeks
Turning down the plea for anticipatory bail in a shop looting case, the High Court (HC) yesterday asked Fazlul Huq Amini, chairman of a faction of Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ), to surrender before the lower
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Bail sought for Mirza Abbas, Pintu, Akhtar
Hearing on Mar 21, Apr 9
The lawyers of detained former housing and public works minister Mirza Abbas, ex-lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu and former power secretary ANH Akhtar Hossain yesterday sought bails for their clientsfrom
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Ex-AL MP held for assaulting cops
A former Awami League (AL) lawmaker was arrested yesterday for physically assaulting law enforcers and journalists as he was prevented from passing through an off-limit road near the Supreme Court byrickshaw.
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10 JMB suspects held in Bagmara
Police arrested 10 suspected activists of the banned Jama'atul Mujahideen, Bangladesh (JMB) including an alleged associate of Siddiqul Islam Bangla Bhai at Bagmara upazila in Rajshahi early yesterday.
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Fake army alert
People have been advised to remain alert about fake army men, who blackmail unwary people or different organisations using the name of army.
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BNP terms news on Khaleda's house baseless
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has protested and condemned a report published yesterday in a section of newspapers regarding the presence of joint forces at the residence of BNP Chairperson Khaleda
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BSF kills 1
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead a Bangladeshi youth on Chamusa border in Bholahat upazila of the district yesterday morning.
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Journos' entry to RMCH prohibited
Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) authorities on Wednesday evening prohibited the entrance of journalists on the hospital compound and threatened with legal actions against newsmen failing to comply.
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Robbers kill 1, loot Tk 50 lakh jewellery
Unknown assailants killed the son of a jewellery storeowner, injured a worker critically and robbed at least Tk 50 lakh worth gold from the store on Station Road in the town yesterday.
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BTV director, news editor made OSD
State-run Bangladesh Television (BTV) Director M Mahbubul Alam and News Editor DK Fuad Hasan have been made OSD (officer-on special-duty) as part of the administrative reshuffle under the caretaker government.
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N Korea pledges to give up nukes in talks
Seoul, Pyongyang at odds over aid push
North Korea's No. 2 leader pledged his country's commitment yesterday to giving up its nuclear programme during a meeting with a visiting high-level South Korean delegation.
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Iran's participation at ME summit uncertain
Iran's level of participation remained uncertain yesterday as Iraq pushed ahead with plans to hold a March 10 conference with its neighbours and key Western countries on the Iraqi security crisis.
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South Korea urges Japan to atone for atrocities
Japan must atone for the atrocities committed during World World Two through concrete measures, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said yesterday, adding it was key to better ties between the two countries.
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Car bomb kills 5 guests at Iraqi wedding
A car bomb targeting a convoy of cars carrying guests at the wedding of an Iraqi policemen killed five people and wounded 10 in the western city of Falluja yesterday, a police source said.
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