Jamuna Group has decided to cancel its plan to invest in controversial ecommerce platform Evaly, said a top official of Jamnua Group today.

The steelmaker initiated the massive expansion plan in 2016 and invested Tk 2,390 crore to establish the state-of-the-art plant, which is the second of its kind in the world.

The telecom regulatory commission will be shorn of whatever independence and powers it has if the government presses on with the planned amendment to Bangladesh Telecommunications Act.

Facebook and YouTube often do not respond to Bangladesh’s requests to remove defamatory content from their platforms, said Posts and Telecom Minister Mustafa Jabbar yesterday.

The Railways Ministry has sent back four development project proposals (DPP) prepared without any feasibility study.

The Government of Bangladesh wants to send a delegation to the UN General Assembly session in New York which is due to begin on September 21. Bangladesh’s Foreign Secretary Mahbub Alam discussed such a proposal today with the officials of the Indian external affairs ministry.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked all quarters concerned to stay prepared to tackle floods, as water levels of the rivers are rising.

Chief of Army Staff Gen SM Shafiuddin Ahmed visited the Indian Army’s 50 Independent Parachute Brigade, Wargaming Development Centre, Defence Image Processing and Analysis Centre and Indian National Defence College (NDC) in the last two days of his India visit.

Seventeen jewellery shops and a grocery shop of Nayarhat Bazar were looted at midnight on Monday, September 6.

Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, OSP, ndu, psc has visited the Indian Army’s 50 Independent Parachute Brigade, Wargaming Development Centre, Defence Image Processing and Analysis Centre and Indian National Defence College (NDC), in the last two days of his India tour.

The High Court today issued a rule asking the government to explain why it should not be directed to establish a trust as well as an assistance fund to provide compensation to the victims of road accidents or their families.

The High Court today stayed for three months the recruitment of 138 teachers and staff members of Rajshahi University (RU) as they were allegedly appointed by the then Vice Chancellor Prof M Abdus Sobhan on May 5, the last days of his office, in violation of relevant law and rules.

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has stressed on a coordinated international response on Afghanistan aimed at safeguarding regional stability, as he held a bilateral meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen today.

In Lalpur upazila of Natore, several organized groups have been hacking IMO accounts, especially of expatriates, to embezzle large sums of money.

Police detained nine leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami including its Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar from Dhaka’s Basundhara residential area this evening. He is also a former lawmaker.

Japanese national Eriko Nakano today filed an application with the High Court seeking its permission to go out with her minor daughters for shopping and recreational activities, as they are at a house in Gulshan in line with its earlier directive.

At least 275 patients were hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hours till 8:00 am today.

Police today pressed charges against three people, including Uttara Club Limited's former president Nasir U Mahmud and his associate Tuhin Siddiqui Omi in an attempt to rape and murder case filed by film actor Pori Moni.

A devastating fire at Nur Super Market in Keraniganj at around 11 pm yesterday destroyed more than two hundred stores to ashes.

Facebook and YouTube often do not respond to Bangladesh’s requests to remove defamatory contents from their platforms, Posts and Telecom Minister Mustafa Jabbar said today.