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Sheikh Fazle Fahim new FBCCI president
Sheikh Fazle Fahim, managing director of Obsidian Bangladesh Limited, has been elected as the president of the country’s apex trade body, FBCCI, for 2019-2021 tenure.
29 April 2019
BTRC considers to block GP’s call to realise audit claim
The telecom regulator says they will be tough on Grameenphone if they fail to pay the claimed value of Tk 12,579.95 crore and may consider to block calls volume of the market leader.
29 April 2019
STAR Day at a Glance | Monday, April 29, 2019
Dear readers, here are the news headlines on Monday, April 29, 2019.
29 April 2019
Cops among 3 hurt in ‘crude bomb blast’ in Gulistan
Three persons, including two traffic constables and a community policeman, are injured in a “crude bomb blast” in Gulistan area of Dhaka.
29 April 2019
Recruitment of Viqarunnisa Noon principal postponed
The process of recruiting principal for Viqarunnisa Noon School and College is postponed following allegation of anomalies in its recruitment test.
29 April 2019
Dhaka stocks plunge 27-month low
The Dhaka stocks continue to bleed to its 27-month low due to thin participation of institutional investors as well as general investors amid the liquidity crunch in the banking sector.
29 April 2019
Tarique gave them nod to take oath: Fakhrul
The four BNP MPs-elect took the oath in consultation with party’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman, party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.
29 April 2019
561 trees, mostly hundred year old, felled in Rajshahi
The prison authorities have felled at least 561 trees, many of those a hundred year old, at an orchard of Rajshahi Central Jail in the city’s Sipaipara area.
29 April 2019
Sri Lanka responds to published news on bomb attacks
Sri Lanka High Commission in Dhaka responds to a news article published on the online version of The Daily Star over the series of bomb attacks that killed at least 250 people.
29 April 2019
Sri Lanka president appoints new acting police chief
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena says he has appointed Chandana Wickramaratne, the second in command of the police, as acting police chief, the latest change in personnel after Easter Sunday suicide bombings.
29 April 2019
Violence mars voting in India’s eastern battleground state
India’s battleground state of West Bengal takes the centre stage in the fourth phase of a staggered general election after clashes broke out between supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party and a regional bloc.
29 April 2019
BNP MP Harun demands Khaleda's release
Joining the parliament, Harunur Rashid in his maiden speech demands release of his party chairperson Khaleda Zia from the jail on bail.
29 April 2019
Indonesia floods, landslides kill at least 29
Landslides and floods triggered by torrential rain have killed at least 29 people in Indonesia, the disaster agency said on Monday, with thousands taking shelter in evacuation centres amid fears of disease.
29 April 2019
4 BNP MPs-elect take oath
Four BNP lawmakers-elect in the December 30 national election take oath as members of the 11th parliament.
29 April 2019
Sri Lanka bans face veils after attacks by Islamist militants
Authorities in Sri Lanka ban women from wearing face veils under an emergency law put in place after deadly Easter Sunday attacks by Islamist militants.
29 April 2019
Pro-AL panel sweeps DU dean election
Pro-Awami League “blue panel” swept the dean election at Dhaka University, winning nine posts out of 10 in polls held today.
29 April 2019
Barishal University VC sent on leave amid protests
Barishal University’s vice-chancellor has been sent on leave amid student protests that sparked on Independence Day programme last month.
29 April 2019
Midday Brief, Monday, April 29, 2019
Hello readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines so far on April 29, 2019
29 April 2019
Oil tanker derails into canal at Chattogram
A furnace oil-laden tanker derails into a canal in Chattogram’s Hathazari raising concerns over a possible oil spill into the Halda River, the lone source of natural carp breeding in South Asia.
29 April 2019
Ramadan office timing from 9am to 3:30pm
The government rearranges the office timing for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan from 9 am to 3:30 pm for all government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions.
29 April 2019