Bangladesh Bar Council yesterday took punitive actions against three of its members for professional misconducts. Of the three, advocate Abul Hasnat, a member of Dhaka Bar Council, has been banned from practicing for life. Advocates Shahjalal Chowdhury and Tobaraka Hossain have been banned for three…

Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan yesterday asked the launch owners to install closed circuit (CC) TV cameras and keep metal detectors in their vessels to ensure passengers’ security, reports UNB. He came up with the call while addressing a programme marking the launching of new launch ‘MV…

State-run Sylhet Gas Fields Ltd (SGFL) has declared to abandon the exploratory Well 10 of Rashidpur Gas Field as it couldn’t unearth any gas reserve there despite a three month long effort. Earlier in July 1 last year, the government decided to give Russian energy giant Gazprom the task of drilling…

Khulna: A court yesterday convicted 10 activists of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing two members of its rival party in 2002, reports UNB.The lifers are Abdur Rashid, chief of PBCP, Syed alias Kala Syed, Mokaim Mollah, Harun Sheikh,…

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid urged parents to increase watch on movements and attitudes of offspring to avoid their involvement with destructive activities, reports BSS. “Alongside parents’ watch, teachers will also observe movements and attitudes of their students,” he told…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will jointly inaugurate the second Integrated Check Post (ICP) along the Benapole-Petrapole part of  Bangladesh-India border today, reports UNB. The prime ministers of the two countries will join the inauguration ceremony from…

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu yesterday said Bangladesh and India will work as a close friend of each other to tackle militancy, terrorism and maintain peace, UNB reports. “We hope a deeper cooperation between Bangladesh and India will help maintain peace, eliminate terrorism and roll the…

At least 100,000 people have been affected by floods ravaging the country’s northern and north-eastern districts. Heavy rain, coupled with onrush of water from the upstream, has caused major rivers like the Brahmaputra-Jamuna, the Teesta and the Surma-Kushiyara to overflow their banks. People…

US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat yesterday said a strong response will clearly be necessary to safeguard Bangladesh’s future and its economic progress mentioning that the country is now part of an international crime scene, reports UNB. “There needs to be a clear recognition that the…

The Planning Commission will place a proposal to lay high-voltage transmission lines between Dhaka and Chittagong in the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) meeting today. The Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) will implement the Tk. 4567.49-crore project with financial assistance…