Natore: The authorities suspended production at a factory of Pran-RFL Group at Ekdala in the district town yesterday morning following the workers’ agitation for increase in their wages, reports UNB. Police and factory sources said workers of Pran Agro Ltd launched a movement on the factory premises…

Bagerhat: Seven more Awami League-backed chairman candidates are going to be elected unopposed in four upazilas in the first-phase election in 739 Union Councils (UCs) across the country, reports UNB. District election officer M Ruhul Amin Mollick said the nomination papers of three BNP-backed chairman…

Habiganj: Two people were killed and three people hurt in a road accident at Ratna in Baniachang upazila yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. OC of Baniachang police Amalendu Roy said the accident took place as a Baniachang-bound bus crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw coming from the opposite direction…

A baby girl whom her unwed mother had flung from the fourth floor of a building 25 days ago died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday. The…

The 80th birth anniversary of Bir Shrestha Noor Mohammad Sheikh will be observed today at Noor Mohammad Nagar in Narail. District administration and Bir Shrestha Noor Mohammad Trust have jointly undertaken a day-long programme marking his birth anniversary. Qurankwhani, milad and dua mahfil, rally and…

Krishak Sramik Janata League president Kader Siddique yesterday filed a leave-to-appeal petition with Supreme Court against a High Court order rejecting his pleas for participating in the Tangail-4 by-election, reports UNB. On February 4, the High Court rejected a writ petition filed by Kader Siddique…

A Rajshahi court has asked 5 senior Grameenphone (GP) officials including its CEO to appear before it on March 6 after a case alleging fraud was filed against them by a customer. Hossain Ali, a customer of GP and resident of Sheroil area of Rajshahi city filed the case against five GP officials with…

Investigators have identified more suspects involved in the recent ATM card scam. Dhaka Metropolitan Police Additional Commissioner Monirul Islam said the detectives have already gleaned information about the suspects after interrogating 3 bank officials and one Polish citizen, who were arrested from…

The payment limit for international credit cards (ICC) issued in the country to Bangladeshi nationals has been raised to US $300 from $100 in case of online purchase in a single transaction, reports UNB. The Foreign Exchange Policy Department  of Bangladesh Bank issued a circular in this regard…