Cheques worth Tk 1.10 crore handed to 35 families of road accident victims
Financial assistance cheques worth Tk 1.10 crore have been distributed among 35 families of those killed and injured in road accidents in Meherpur. The cheques were distributed at 11am on Wednesday in the deputy commissioner’s conference room at…
Bus search in Jatrabari: Heroin worth Tk 10 lakh found in 65-year-old woman’s clothes
The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) has arrested a 65-year-old woman with 100 grams of heroin in the capital’s Jatrabari. The estimated market value of the recovered heroin is Tk 10 lakh. The arrested woman is Masuma Khatun. She was arrested…
Anduril wins $2.9 billion submarine parts contract, announcement follows Musk-Luckey joint study
As part of an initiative to boost global maritime defence capability, defence technology company Anduril Industries has won a $2.9 billion contract to build key components for the US Navy’s ‘Virginia-class’ nuclear submarines. At the…
Nepal Election Commission delegates hold meeting with EC at Nirbachan Bhaban
A delegation of the Election Commission of Nepal has sat in a meeting with the Election Commission (EC) of Bangladesh. The meeting began at 10:45am today, Wednesday (7 October), at Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital’s Agargaon. On behalf of Nepal, a…
Deferred dower must be paid whenever wife demands it, no scope for waiting: High Court
The High Court has delivered a historic verdict that the dower left unpaid at the time of marriage must be paid by the husband immediately as soon as the wife later demands it. As a result, the wife will no longer have to wait for events such as divorce…
Shapla Chattar killings: Charge framing hearing against 41 including Sheikh Hasina today
Today is fixed for the hearing on framing of charges against 41 people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in the crimes against humanity case filed over the alleged killings at the Hefazat-e-Islam rally at Shapla Chattar on 5 May 2013. The…
Seven years of Abrar murder: Elderly parents count the days awaiting execution of verdict
Seven years of the murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad were completed today, Wednesday (7 October). The trial court had sentenced 20 accused to death and five to life imprisonment, and the High Court later upheld those sentences too. However, the final…
Dhaka calls for closer alignment of UN programmes with country’s development priorities
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humayun Kabir has called for building more effective coordination among the various United Nations agencies and aligning their programmes more closely with the five-year strategic framework (2026-2031) formulated for…
A developed nation cannot be built by neglecting education: Moyeen Khan
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan has said there must be no neglect whatsoever of the education system if the country is to be built as a developed and strong nation. He said this while speaking as the…
Research worker’s death: Russia dismisses reports of special measures to contain plague
After the death of an employee of a plague research institute in the Irkutsk region of Siberia in Russia, reports have been published that she was infected with plague. However, the authorities claim that plague was not detected in tests done after…