The construction of a new six-storey DNCC market at Section 11 of Mirpur in the city is still uncertain even 34 years after the then undivided city corporation got allotment of two acres of land for it.
Despite uncertainty, Engineering Department under the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has expressed the hope to complete the construction [...]

Many outbound workers are facing difficulties in getting loans from the Probashi Kallyan Bank (PKB) due to 'unofficial conditions' and indifferent attitudes of bank officials, migrant workers have alleged.
Although there is no mention about submitting land documents as a condition for availing any migration loan from the PKB, its different branches are demanding the same [...]

Current systems designed to protect migrant children are failing, leaving many at risk of trafficking, sale and other forms of exploitation, two United Nations human rights experts have warned, reports UNB.
"The mechanisms designed to protect children caught up in conflict or humanitarian crises are largely ineffective and do little to prevent the precarious situation these [...]

Customs Intelligence (CI) seized 72,000 sticks of import-banned cigarettes from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital on Friday.
CI officials seized the cigarettes in 360 cartoons from a passenger named Khurshedul Alam.
Assistant commissioner of Dhaka Customs House A H M Ahsanul Kabir told the FE that he was a passenger of flight 9W0276 of [...]

IUB English Debate Club has become the champion at the United International University (UIU) English Debate Tournament held on the UIU campus in the city recently, says a press release.
The top ranked team of IUB consisted of Tahsin Islam, Zobayer Ahmed, AI Faruque Ratul and Sajid Safwan. Over 20 of the most prestigious institutions of [...]

Freedom Fighter (FF) Major (Retd) Ziauddin Ahmed, who was a sub-sector commander during the War of Liberation, passed away at the Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital on Friday, reports UNB.
He was 67.
Major Ziauddin, also a witness of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman killing case, had been suffering from liver ailments and breathed his last around 4:30 am [...]

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) Chief Executive Jeff Bezos has unseated fellow tech billionaire Bill Gates as the richest person in the world, profiting from the e-commerce company's meteoric stock rise to reach a fortune of $90.6 billion, Forbes reported.
Amazon shares jumped 1.6 per cent at the start of trading on Thursday, boosting the net worth of [...]

Two policemen were killed in a road accident at Cinema Hall intersection of Hakimpur upazila headquarters of Dinajpur district on Thursday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Assistant Sub-inspector Siddiqur Rahman and Constable Akbar Hossain of Hakimpur Police Station, reports UNB.
Abdus Shabur, officer-in-charge of the police station, said the accident took place when a speedy truck [...]

Private power plant owners were at their final round of lobbying with the government to bag 'unsolicited' contracts for setting up oil-fired power plants, officials said.
The plants are expected to come online before the next summer and supply electricity at higher cost.
Power Division under the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) sent Wednesday [...]

The capital returned to normal on Thursday, as rainwater receded from most of the city roads and low-lying areas, giving respite to the city dwellers.  
The situation improved mainly because of zero rainfall in the capital since Wednesday noon. Movements of commuters and pedestrians were almost normal like other days, as most of the roads [...]