The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yestreday approved a chargesheet against a retired engineer of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) on graft charges, reports UNB. The Commission in its regular meeting approved the charge-sheet against retired deputy assistant engineer AKM Anwar Ullah,…

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday underscored the need for strict implementation of laws to bring back discipline in the transport sector and thus reduce road crashes, reports UNB. “We must bring an end to our impunity culture. We have to enact laws in the interest of…

Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmahood Ali yesterday offered deepest condolences for the death of a large number of devotees at a temple in the Indian State of Kerala. In a message of condolence sent to Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, he expressed sympathies for the injured in the tragic…

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday sent a greeting card to Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to mark the Pahela Baishakh, the first day Bengali New Year 1423. The former premier also sent another greeting card to Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam. A four-member…

Police filed cases against 600 BNP activists in Rameswarpur union of Gabtoli upazila of Bogra district on charges of vandalising vehicles, exploding bombs, setting fire to business establishments and attacking law enforcers on Saturday afternoon. Md. Abu Zarra, sub-inspector of Gabtoli Police Station,…

Claming that the Union Parishad election atmosphere is normal across the country, Election Commissioner Mohammad Abu Hafiz yesterday said the candidates, not the Election Commission, will be held responsible for the violence outside polling stations, reports UNB. “It’s not the Election Commission…

The country’s northwest and the south-western regions continued to simmer under a severe heat wave yesterday, with Chuadanga sizzling at 40.3 degrees Celsius, the highest maximum temperature so far since the summer took a turn for the worse. And the worst is yet to come. There is no respite in…