Bongshal cop held over ‘shooting’ cable TV man

An assistant sub-inspector of Dhaka's Bongshal Police Station has been arrested over allegedly shooting a cable television staff in Khilgaon. By afternoon, the victim lodged a case against the 'offender' and police authorities had decided to suspend the policeman until further notice.
11 March 2016, 10:25 AM

UCBL official sent to jail in money laundering case

A Chittagong court yesterday sent a bank official to jail after he surrendered before the court in a money laundering case.
6 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Filing false cases is ‘evil culture’: Law minister

Law Minister Anisul Huq terms the trend of filing false cases to cause harassment as “evil culture”.
6 March 2016, 11:32 AM

2 teachers hurt in attack 'by management body president'

Management committee president allegedly attacked headmistress and an assistant teacher of Nowagaon Government
4 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Road crashes kill 7

Seven persons were killed and two injured in road accidents in four districts yesterday.
4 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Violence erupts on first day of campaign

About a hundred people were injured, six of them by bullets, when supporters of Awami League's nominated and rebel chairman
4 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Indian minister Swaraj calls for prompt action

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has called for immediate actions against the perpetrators involved in recent attacks on minorities in Bangladesh.
3 March 2016, 21:01 PM

Most port city auto-rickshaw drivers not using fare meters

Though the use of meters was made mandatory on February 1, most of the drivers of CNG-run auto-rickshaws in Chittagong city are still charging passengers based on contracts.
1 March 2016, 18:00 PM

'BCL attacks' participants for second time

Government Titumir College students allegedly attacked by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists on Wednesday while protesting charging of “excessive fees” for the registration of the honours final year exam claimed to have faced another onslaught yesterday.
25 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Once again man held at Dhaka airport smuggling gold in rectum

Customs Intelligence (CI) last evening detained a person with gold bars weighing over one kilogramme inside his body at the capital's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
9 February 2016, 18:00 PM

6kg gold found under plane seat at Dhaka airport

Customs officials yesterday found 60 small gold bars, worth Tk 3 crore and weighing 6kg, from underneath the seat of a plane of Biman
2 February 2016, 18:00 PM

6kg gold seized under plane seat at Dhaka airport

Customs officials seize gold bars weighing around 6 kilograms from underneath the seat of a flight coming in from Doha at Dhaka airport.
2 February 2016, 11:36 AM

Raise tax to discourage tobacco use

Speakers at an international summit yesterday stressed the need for increasing tax on tobacco items, with one participant demanding it be by 200 to 300 percent, to control and discourage tobacco consumption in Bangladesh.
31 January 2016, 18:00 PM

New IDs coming for holding taxes

The government has adopted a plan to attach a unique index number to the holding numbers of all city corporations to ensure civic
26 January 2016, 18:00 PM

NBR to boost collection of tax at source

Aiming to increase revenue earnings from tax at source, also known as tax deducted at source (TDS), the National Board of Revenue (NBR)
22 January 2016, 18:00 PM

100 gold bars seized at Dhaka airport, two held

Customs officials seized 100 gold bars weighing 12kg, worth Tk 6 crore from a toilet of an aircraft and detained two persons at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday evening.
19 January 2016, 18:00 PM

12kg gold seized at Dhaka airport

Customs officials recover approximately 12 kilogrammes of gold bars, worth Tk six crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
19 January 2016, 13:53 PM

One held with 1cr Indian rupees at Dhaka airport

Airport Armed Police (AAP) arrested a passenger along with 1.04 crore Indian rupees at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday.
17 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Illegal saris, drugs seized at airport

Customs officials yesterday seized a huge amount of illegally imported saris and medicines worth Tk 2 crore at the capital's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
10 January 2016, 20:50 PM

Tk 2cr sarees, medicine seized at Dhaka airport

Customs officials seize a huge amount of sarees and medicine from two flights of Regent Airways at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka today.
10 January 2016, 16:06 PM