Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
Bangladesh has registered 13 new cases of Kovid-19 in a day, taking the total number of infections to 2,037,469. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,441 over the 24-hour period, according to the latest government data released on Tuesday. For a positivity rate of 0.49 per cent, 2,657 samples were tested across […]
A court has awarded death sentence to seven people for the murder of a woman in Noakhali in 2020. One of the convicts is the victim’s son. District and Sessions Judge Nilufar Sultana pronounced the verdict on Tuesday. Those who received the death penalty were Humayun Kabir, 29, the woman’s son, Nirab, 26, Noor Islam, […]
Four people were injured in a ‘drum’ blast in Dhaka’s Moghbazar. According to the police, the explosion occurred outside a grocery store in Wireless Railgate area around 10 am on Tuesday. The drum of the grocery store next to the drug store was kept on the road. When Hasibur, a grocery store associate, tried to […]
“A total of 22 turbines will be installed to generate 60 MW power from the wind, each of which will generate 3-MW power. So far 10 turbines have already been installed,” he said. Mukit Alam said that two turbines will be installed as standby for back up. “We have submitted a proposal to the Ministry […]
A man was stabbed to death in a clash between two groups at a raw material warehouse in Jatrabar, south of Dhaka.I. According to Jatrabari police station in-charge Mofizul Alam, the deceased, 26-year-old Imran, worked as a ‘lineman’ at the godown. Mofizul Alam said Shahadat (20) and Siddiqui (25), who were also linesmen, were injured […]
Mohammad Ismail says four of his relatives were killed by gunmen in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh between April and October last year. He recalls a September night when, he says, he almost met the same fate: masked men abducted him, chopped off parts of his left arm and leg, and dumped him in a […]
Senior prosecutor Sultan Mahmud Simon and prosecutor Tapos Kanti Baul presented the case for the prosecution, while advocate Gazi MH Tamim, as the state-appointed defense counsel, defended the fugitives. The first tribunal framed six charges of crimes against humanity on December 5, 2018, and began recording statements of witnesses on February 18, 2019. The court […]
More dust due to construction works Construction activities increase in Dhaka during winter as builders prefer the season with little or no rain. The construction and repair of buildings and roads and other infrastructure adds to air pollution and human suffering. Presently the drain is being constructed on Mohkhali-Gulshan link road. “The dust menace increased […]
According to JFCL, the factory’s ammonia plant has been facing a number of issues recently including excessive nitrogen wastage in the NG booster compressor. The authorities informed Ingersoll Rand (India) Limited, an international air and gas compressor manufacturing company, to procure and replace the NG booster. Later, the company sent a three-member team to inspect […]
The government has approved the draft Income Tax Act 2023, which has reduced the discretionary powers of tax officers and eased the paper requirement for businesses in filing tax returns. After the Council of Ministers headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved the draft on Monday, Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Mahbub Hussain said that once the […]
The authorities increased the duty to $140 per tonne after the Bangladesh Sugar Refiners Association complained to the customs officials about the previous rate for imports. Latif said the importer then decided not to release the consignment as it would suffer losses at the new duty rate. According to Mohammad Shafayet Hussain, Joint Commissioner, Benapole […]
Apart from this, there is a rule to send children accused of criminal offenses to safe custody through the courts. Expressing regret for Saqib, the lawyer said that children are kept with the prisoners in the jail. Jahedul Kabir, in-charge of the Kotwali police station, said that he had picked up Saqib from the scene […]
The Export Development Fund, set up to help exporters with foreign exchange on comfortable terms, has fallen from $1 billion to $6 billion, a development that could ease pressure on forex reserves. According to Bangladesh Bank spokesperson Mezbal Haq, businesses were borrowing less from the foreign currency fund as Bangladesh Bank formed an alternative fund […]
Article 19, a UK-based international human rights organization, lauded the submission of the final report by the police in the case against journalist Rosina Islam. The organization hopes that Rosina Islam will get justice from the court. On 17 May 2021, while on professional duty, journalist Rozina Islam was detained at the Ministry of Health, […]
An initiative to expand the use of electronic voting machines to 150 parliamentary constituencies in the next general election has been stalled due to lack of funds stemming from the global economic crisis. Election Commission Secretary Mohammad Jahangir Alam said on Monday that the government’s Planning Commission informed the Election Commission about its decision to […]
