Day: October 10, 2024
Youth killed over flat handover in Dhaka’s Hatirjheel, family says
A 32-year-old man was brutally beaten to death on Thursday, allegedly by the owner and employees of a real estate company, following a dispute over the handover of flats in Dhaka’s Hatirjheel area.
The victim, identified as Tanjil Jahan Islam Tamim, …
10-Km tailback created on Dhaka-Ctg highway, commuters suffer
A 10-kilometer (Km) tailback was created on Dhaka- Chattogram highway due to huge pressure of vehicles centring the four-day public holiday that started on Thursday.
Moreover, potholes on the highway contributed to the traffic congestion, causing imm…
World Bank cuts Bangladesh’s growth to 4 pc in FY25 for floods, uncertainty
The World Bank has predicted economic growth in Bangladesh will decline to 4 percent in the current financial year (FY24-25) due to recent flood and uncertainty in the production sector.
The Washington-based lender in April forecast growth of 5.7 per…
AL greets countrymen on Durga Puja
Awami League greeted people of the country on the occasion of Sharadio Durga Puja.
In its verified Facebook post on Thursday, Awami League said, ‘It is our belief that communal harmony will be reawakened in Bangladesh by breaking through the darkness…
France-based rights group urges scrapping death penalty in Bangladesh
JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) has called upon Bangladesh’s interim government, led by Nobel laureate Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yunus to abolish the death penalty in all its forms.
The statement from the France-based rights group came on the occa…
Hasina, 65 others sued over attack on Mahmudur Rahman in Kushtia
Acting editor of Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman on Thursday filed a case against 66 people including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, ex-IGP Mohammad Javed Patwary on charge of attacking him on a court premises in Kushtia around six years back.
Kushti…
BCL leader put on 4-day remand for firing on students during mass uprising in Feni
Shafiqul Islam Samrat, a local Chhatra league leader, who was seen in a video footage firing on students during the recent student movement in Feni’s Sharshadi union, placed on a four-day remand.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Nusrat Mostari passed the o…
Bribery allegation surfaces in Jahangirnagar University horticulturist recruitment
A recruitment scandal has surfaced at Jahangirnagar University involving a staff member accused of accepting Tk 20 lakh in exchange for securing a position for an applicant. The accused, Md. Abul Kalam Hawlader, a former general secretary of the unive…