Staff Reporter
The police have found bloodstains inside the Pajero jeep of an Awami League member of parliament in a probe into the recent mysterious death of his associate.The bloodstains were found in Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon’s Pajero jeep as the Detective Branch of police investigated the death of Shaon’s associate and Juba League leader Ibrahim Ahmed.DB [...]

Syful Islam
Marine scientists in recent years have noticed increasing number of shoals in the Bay of Bengal, what they believe is forming due to turbulence of water surge.“Unusual movement of water within the deep sea may be the reason of formation of increasing number of shoals under the water,” said Dr M Zafar Alam, professor, [...]

Staff Reporter
About 1,000 prisoners were set free yesterday from different jails across the country what jail authorities said was the largest mass release in a single day in the history of the nation.Brigadier General Mohammad Ashraful Islam Khan, inspector general (IG) Prisons told reporters that the inmates, who had already served 20 years imprisonment, were [...]

Staff Reporter
The Supreme Court yesterday sentenced detained Amar Desh Acting Editor Mahmudur Rahman to six-month imprisonment on charge of contempt of court.The six-member Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim also fined him Tk one lakh and one month more imprisonment in failing to pay the fine. The contempt of court charge [...]

Jamal Uddin
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Bangladesh has slowed down instead of flourishing, despite having a huge possibility of it in global context.Experts think problems that have restricted FDI potentials in the country include excessive bureaucratic interference, alleged irregularities in processing papers and lack of commitment on the part of local investors.They said overlapping administrative [...]

Staff Reporter
Ruling party lawmaker Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon will be interrogated further by police for his alleged involvement in the killing of Juba League leader Ibrahim Ahmed.Police sources said they had already interrogated the lawmaker in connection with the killing and if needed, they would interrogate him again.The Juba League leader Ibrahim alias Dipu succumbed [...]

Talha Bin Habib
The government has introduced ‘Electronic Money Order (EMO)’ system through almost all the post offices across the country to facilitate people to send fastest money transfer from one place to another, sources said. The EMO, which was formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on March 26 last, considering the public [...]

BSS, Dhaka
Bangladesh and the Netherlands are set to build a five-year strategic cooperation in the area of water security under which a range of partnership activities would be implemented. In this regard, the two countries will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in October next, sources in the Ministry of Environment and Forests said here [...]

Staff Reporter
BNP Secretary General Khondker Delwar Hossain yesterday protested and condemned the killings of BNP leader and UP Chairman Sarder Abu Sayeed Badal and Juba Dal leader Abdul Hamid.Abu Sayeed Badal was killed in Fultala Upazila under Khulna district yesterday while the activists of Awami Jubo League allegedly killed Abdul Hamid on Saturday night [...]

Staff Reporter
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) yesterday in a drive evicted some illegal constructions at Uttara, Sector -9, in the city.The demolition of the illegal structures were done under the leadership of RAJUK’s magistrate Rokon-ud-Daula. Monirul Islam, executive engineer of Uttara, Division- 9 and Abdul Qayum, Officer-in-Charge of Uttara model thana jointly took part in [...]