bangladesh
Repression can’t stop people from demanding Khaleda’s release: Fakhrul
Claiming that police obstructed BNP’s procession and arrested their activists and leaders, party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the government cannot stop people from demanding Khaleda Zia’s release through its repressive acts.
Process to shift Rohingyas to Bhasan Char to start soon: Home Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Saturday said the process of relocating one lakh Rohingyas from Cox’s Bazar camp to Bhasan Char will begin on completion of erecting barbed-wire fences around the Cox’s Bazar camp.
Keeping China-returnees’ identities secret a moral responsibility: IEDCR
The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) on Saturday requested journalists not to stay at Ashkona quarantine camp and adjoining areas during the release of 312 Wuhan-returnees saying that keeping their identities secret is a moral responsibility.
BNP activists staging demonstrations at Nayapaltan
BNP leaders and activists staged demonstrations in front of the party’s Nayapaltan central office on Saturday afternoon demanding its Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s release from jail.
ADB provides additional $170m for capital market reforms in Bangladesh
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a second tranche loan of $170 million to conclude the Third Capital Market Development Program in Bangladesh.
2 dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs
Two new dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours until 8am on Saturday, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Karnaphuli boat capsize: Search for missing passengers continues
Rescuers are scouring the river on Saturday in search of a woman and her son who had been missing since an overcrowded tourist boat sank on the Karnaphuli River a day ago.
Two killed in Gazipur road accident
Two people were killed and 10 others were injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Rajendrapur area on Saturday morning.
Man absconding after wife, two children found dead in Dhaka
A man, whose wife and two children were found dead in Dhaka on Friday evening, has remained absconding.
JCD leader murdered in Dinajpur
A local leader of BNP student front Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was hacked to death by miscreants at Sykdebpur Chowrasta in Bochaganj upazila on Friday night.