Bangladesh
AL posts await more changes, says Quader
Newly elected general secretary of Awami League Obaidul Quader on Saturday said there will be more changes in the party posts of those being held ministers.
ICAB gets new President, Vice Presidents
Muhammad Farooq FCA has been elected President while Sidhartha Barua FCA and Sabbir Ahmed FCA and Mohammed Forkan Uddin FCA have been elected Vice Presidents of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) for the next year.
AL presidium coopts Shajahan, Nanak, Abdur Rahman
Bangladesh Awami League inducted Shajahan Khan, Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Abdur Rahman in its presidium, the highest decision making body of the ruling party.
Keraniganj factory fire death toll climbs to 22
The death toll from the deadly plastic factory fire rose to 22 as another victim succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday.
AMCL PRAN approves 32% dividend for shareholders
Agricultural Marketing Company Ltd (AMCL PRAN) has approved 32% cash dividend for shareholders for the year 2018-19 at its 34th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the company held at Premier Plaza in the capital’s Badda on Saturday.
Two Rohingya ‘yaba traders’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Two suspected drug traders of Rohingya community were killed in a reported gunfight with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Nalbania bordering area in Ukhiya upazila here on early Saturday.
AL council frustrates nation: BNP
BNP on Saturday alleged that the nation has got frustrated over the 21st council of ruling Awami League as no direction came from it for the ‘restoration’ of democracy and resolve the country’s problems.
Students demand justice for Sumona in Thakurgaon
Students of different schools and colleges on Saturday staged demonstrations and blocked Chaurasta intersection area for two hours in the town demanding justice for their one of their fellows Sumona Haque who was murdered allegedly after rape.
Woman held while ‘selling toddler’ in Barishal
Police arrested a woman while she was allegedly trying to sell a two-month old kid at Tk 50,000 in Dotteshor village in Wazirpur upazila here on Friday afternoon.
Govt confirms 141 deaths from dengue this year
The government on Monday confirmed that 141 people died of mosquito-borne disease Dengue since the beginning of the year.