Pintu held in BDR
rebellion case
Former BNP lawmaker, Nasir Uddin Ahmed Pintu, was arrested at the premises of the High Court on Tuesday on charge of helping rebel BDR soldiers flee their headquarters at Pilkhana on February 25-26. A team of Detective Branch Police, with the help of Shahbagh police station, picked him up at around 5:15pm just after he came out of the High Court where he had gone to pursue a writ petition...[ + ]
JS panel wants speaker
to step in to make
ACC bosses appear
A parliamentary panel on Tuesday requested the speaker of Jatiya Sangsad to take legal measures to produce in the committee the former chief and commissioners of the Anti-Corruption Commission who have been charged with contempt of parliament for non-compliance with a legislative summon...[ + ]
No consensus yet
in JS seat row
Budget session begins tomorrow
The treasury and the opposition bench in the parliament on Tuesday failed to reach any consensus on the sharing of the front-row seats, to the left of the speaker, only a day before the budget session is set to begin at 3:00pm Thursday...[ + ]
Sohel Taj’s resignation not yet definite
May get leave to go to US to visit wife, children
Despite persuasion, the state minister for home affairs, Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj, is yet to withdraw his resignation. His senior, home affairs minister Sahara Khatun, said she had recommended leave for her deputy. Sources close to Taj told New Age that he has not applied for leave and prime minister Sheikh Hasina has not yet accepted his resignation.....[ + ]
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The Board of Investment, the government’s investment promotion agency, has virtually turned into an ‘abandoned’ organisation for lack of proper attention and serious manpower shortage when investment climate is plagued by the crisis of infrastructures...[ + ]
Container terminal near Dhaka planned
Shipments from the capital and its surrounding areas will become a bit easier by the end of this year when an inland container terminal near the capital will start operation. Meeting a delegation of Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association on Tuesday, the shipping minister, Absaraul Amin, disclosed that development of the terminal would be started in few weeks targeting it’s launching in December...[ + ]
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