Day: May 20, 2023

Staff Reporter  :Trade of bidi in fake bandrolls has not stopped. For a long time, unscrupulous syndicates have been evading crores of revenue by committing such frauds. There is no visible action by the concerned ministry regarding them. At times, the concerned department with the help of law enforcement agencies conducted raids at various places and recovered fake bandrolls, but this illegal bidi business did not stop. It is alleged that VAT Tax and Customs Department is not doing much...

Staff Reporter :The residents of the city’s Mohammadpur area have sought the Prime Minister’s intervention to protect the land of the 63-year-old historic Baitus Salam Jame Masjid immediately. They made the call at a human chain organised by worshipers of the Mosque on Friday after Jum,mah prayer.Speaking at the human chain, the Mosque’s Imam Moulana Saiduzzaman said, “People of Iqbal road, Sir Syed road, Asad Avenue and Shahjan road pray here. An orphanage centre and a madrasa have also been...

Al Amin :The government has set a big investment target of 33.8 per cent of GDP in the next fiscal year (2023-24) amid the slowed economy caused by Russia-Ukraine war, according to the Finance Ministry. Out of this, the private investment target is 27.4 per cent and the rest 6.4 per cent is by government, the ministry sources said.The investment target was 31.5 per cent in the current fiscal year. Of this, 24.9 per cent was by the private entrepreneurs...

AFP :A billion people in 43 countries are at risk of cholera, the United Nations warned Friday, and though the outbreaks could be stopped, the United Nations said resources were desperately lacking. The UN health agency said the outlook was bleak, as it seeks $640 million to fight the infectious disease, but said the longer it takes to ramp up the battle, the worse the situation will get. The World Health Organization said vaccination campaigns had been severely hampered.“WHO estimates...

UNB :A convict who was awarded life-term jail sentence some 34 years ago for killing his uncle in the port city of Chattogram has been arrested.Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-7 arrested the convict Bashir Ahmed from Muslim Para under Sadar Police Station in Rangamati district on Thursday night.The 55-year-old Bashir is the son of Noor Ahmed, of Charia area under Hathazari Police Station. Lieutenant Saifullah, company commander of RAB-7 Hathazari Camp, said on Friday that nephew Bashir fled away after stabbing...

News Desk :Dhaka has six times more vehicles than its capacity, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Khandaker Golam Faruq said.“Extreme environmental pollution is occurring in the city due to this reason. There is no environment where a healthy person can walk on road without dust and honking of the horn,” he added. He made the remarks while inaugurating a bicycle rally organized by BRAC at Dhaka’s Hatirjheel on the occasion of UN Global Road Safety Week.The DMP Commissioner further said,...

Staff Reporter  :Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the donor governments and the United Nation experts to halt any Rohingya repatriation until conditions are in place for safe and sustainable return. HRW on Thursday stated that the Rohingya repatriation organised by Bangladesh and Myanmar without consulting the community or addressing the grave risks to their lives and liberty would push the returnees to face Junta’s crimes of apartheid and persecution. The organisation said since 2017, the Bangladesh government has respected...