Staff ReporterIn reply to a question from the New Nation, the Adviser for the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs has asserted that the decision of the High Court Division in Sheikh Hasina’s writ petition only reconfirms the government’s position as regards the law following its own course and the courts functioning without government’s […]

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The deadline for whitening the undisclosed income by paying normal rate of tax expires today. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman has already said that the time for declaring undisclosed income by paying normal rate of tax, in addition to five per cent penalty charges would not be extended further in any way. […]

Staff ReporterWith further deterioration of flood situation across the country, some 20 million people have been marooned in 32 flood-affected districts, according to the reports received from our correspondents in different districts yesterday. The overall flood situation is gradually taking serious turn as the water levels in all the major rivers have been rising and […]

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ranting an interim bail to Sheikh Hasina in an extortion case and staying its proceedings, the High Court yesterday asked the Government to provide the justification of the use of emergency power rules to prosecute her within two weeks.A High Court Division Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice Shah Abu Nayeem Mominur Rahman […]

Chitagong Correspondent Chitagong Polytechnic Institute has been closed sine die following a series of clashes between the supporters of rival groups of students hours before dawn today that left 43 people wounded.Security people have so far picked up 25 students for questioning and three male dorms of the institute had also been vacated shortly after […]

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Detained former Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Monday wrote a leter to ACC Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, seeking advice and cooperation in submiting her wealth statement“Yes, the Commission received a leter from Sheikh Hasina Monday afternoon through jail authorities. In the leter, she stated how she […]

OnlineWith telephone link severed and power supply disrupted, the office of the Lazimpa-based Biman Bangladesh Airlines is finding it difficult to perform its daily operations.Telephone link of the office has been severed since July 23, while power supply at the office has been halted since Thursday.“I feel like being in an isolated island and out […]

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UNB, DhakaAn ornate train, carrying a 35-member Bangladesh official delegation, left here Sunday morning on a long journey cross the border in a trial run for restoring Dhaka-Kolkata rail route.Railway officials said the train was flagged off from Dhaka Cantonment Station at about 7:00 am in a ceremonial departure. Members of the official delegation, […]

Staff ReporterThe Awami League yesterday demanded of the Government to officially observe August 15, the day Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed in a military putsch along with his family members, as the National Mourning Day.The demand was made following the first “informal” meeting of the party leadership after the arrest of Awami League (AL) […]