Bangladesh
Only divisional headquarters to get city corporation status: Nicar
Dhaka, Oct 21 (UNB) - The National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reorganization-Reform (Nicar) on Monday decided not to approve any city corporation in the country other than the divisional headquarters.
15 Manikganj fishermen jailed for netting Hilsa defying ban
Manikganj, Oct 21 (UNB) - A mobile court on Monday jailed 15 fishermen for catching Hilsa from the Padma and the Jamuna River defying a government ban in Shibaloy upazila of Manikganj.
BNP MP Harun gets 5-year jail
Dhaka, Oct 21 (UNB) – A court here on Monday sentenced BNP MP Harun-ur Rashid Harun of Chapainawabganj-3 constituency, to five-year imprisonment in a case filed for abusing duty-free import privilege.
BNP terms Bhola incident premeditated; seeks fair probe
Dhaka, Oct 21 (UNB) – Describing the incident over the blasphemous Facebook post from a hacked account as a premeditated one, BNP on Monday demanded a fair investigation into Sunday’s violence in Bhola to uncover its real reasons.
Commerce Minister to attend 2 events in Guwahati, Shillong
Dhaka, Oct 21 (UNB) - Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi will attend the two-day India-Bangladesh Stakeholders’ Meet which is set to begin in Guwahati of India’s Assam State on Tuesday, said an official on Monday.
Bhola Violence: BNP’s countrywide protest prog Wednesday
Dhaka, Oct 21 (UNB) – BNP will stage protest programmes across the country on Wednesday against the killing of four people in Sunday’s violence in Bhola’s Borhanuddin upazila following a blasphemous Facebook post from a hacked account.
12 get death penalty for murder in Kishoreganj
Dhaka, Oct 21 (UNB) – A tribunal here on Monday sentenced 12 people to death for killing a man in Kishoreganj in 2015.
US offers free online English course for Bangladeshi teachers
Dhaka, Oct 21 (UNB) - The US Department of State has sponsored a free’ Massive Online Open Course’ (MOOC) for teachers who specialise in Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) between three and ten years of age in Bangladesh.
Remove Bhola SP, Borhanuddin OC, demand protesters
Bhola, Oct 21 (UNB) – Protesters on Monday sought removal of the district’s police chief and officer-in-charge of Borhanuddin Police Station within 72 hours over Sunday’s clashes that left four people dead.
Nine new additional judges sworn in
Dhaka, Oct 21 (UNB) – Nine newly-appointed additional judges to the High Court were sworn in on Monday morning.