‘Poll-friendly’ massive budget on the cards

With the national election likely at the end of the year, the government is gunning for a massive Tk 4,68,200 crore budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year,…

Rimjhim, Italian City projects illegal

The High Court (HC) yesterday declared illegal the Rimjhim Police Town and Italian City, which were being built by filling up the Kajla Beel area and…

Nine killed in ‘gunfights’

As the nationwide drive against drugs continues, nine suspected drug traders were killed in 'gunfights' with law enforcers in Chuadanga, Rajshahi, Narsingdi, Jhenidah, Tangail, Jashore and Gazipur districts early yesterday, reports UNB. According to reports reaching the UNB news desk, 29 people…

Tk 75,000 for ministers, secys to buy mobile sets

The Cabinet yesterday approved the draft of 'the Government Telephone, Cellular and Internet Policy-2018, raising the mobile phone allowance for the ministers and the secretaries to Tk 75,000 from Tk 15,000, reports UNB. The Cabinet approved the draft policy bringing some changes in the existing…

Rights activists decry killings in ‘shootouts’

The recent killings of a number of purported drug peddlers in “shootouts” with law enforcement personnel have raised concerns among human right activists, who have urged the government to follow “legal procedures” in bringing them to book. According to reports in different media,…

US vows strongest Iran sanctions

The United States will increase the financial pressure on Iran with the "strongest sanctions in history," after Washington pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday, reports AFP from Washington. "We will apply unprecedented financial…

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