Planning minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday expressed resentment over secretaries for not following proper directions during implementation of projects. “Next time, all the secretaries concerned would have to attend the project evaluation and monitoring report presentation workshop. Otherwise,…

Experts have urged the government to immediately shelve its plan to allow international oil companies (IOCs) a chance to explore onshore gas, saying the proposed move will be ‘suicidal’. At a protest meeting held at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Dhaka University, Dr Badrul Imam, Professor…

Senior Judicial Magistrate Qudrat-e-Elahi yesterday sent the prime accused in the Rangunia rape incident Shah Alam to jail after he was produced in court by the DB police following a three-day remand. The DB police produced the accused in court at around 2:15 pm yesterday with a forwarding stating that…

The High Court yesterday directed the government to submit a report within four weeks on what steps it has taken to bring back the Bangladeshi people, who were stranded in boats on the sea and in trafficking camps of Thailand and Malaysia. In response to a writ petition, the HC bench comprising Justice…

Officers of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested the deputy coordinator of the Middle East-based militant outfit, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), from Baridhara DOHS area in the city last night. The arrestee was identified as Abdullah Al Galib, who himself…

Members of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), a banned militant outfit, had carried out the Ashulia bank robbery on April 21 for funding their activities, said Dhaka district police superintendent Habibur Rahman. He was addressing a press conference at the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Media Centre in…

A case was lodged against Nestle India in a local court over safety standards of its Maggi product, while actors Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit and Preity Zinta have also been separately dragged to the court for promoting the 'two-minute' noodles brand, reports PTI. While the case against Nestle…

Five days into the collapse of National Bank’s under-construction site near Sundarban Hotel in Panthapath area of the capital, another portion of land subsided behind the site last night. About 150-foot strip of land behind the NBL construction site caved in around 7pm damaging several establishments…