Home Affairs Adviser Lt. Gen (retd) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has once again ordered law enforcement agencies to remain vigilant at all times to maintain law and order in the country. During an early morning visit to four police stations in the capital-Mirpur, Darus Salam, Adabor, and Mohammadpur, he issued the
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ACC files graft cases against ex-home ministry official, DIG
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed three separate cases against former joint secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs Dhananjay Kumar Das, deputy inspector general, (DIG) Mollah Nazrul Islam and former public relations officer Md. Sharif Mahmud Apu on charges of acquiring illegal assets and unusual transactions in banks. ACC Director
Make int’l conference on Rohingya a success: Yunus
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday called for making the upcoming international conference on the Rohingya crisis a big success in an effort to put the decades long humanitarian tragedy back into the world map and mobilise more support for the long persecuted Myanmar minority. The Chief Adviser made the
Irregularities found in BAPEX tender process
Serious irregularities have been reported in the tender process of Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (BAPEX) for selecting an international seismic service provider. According to official sources and industry insiders, the state-owned BAPEX, a subsidiary of Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Minerals Corporation-Petrobangla, floated a tender aimed at conducting a
July activists set to launch Jatiya Nagorik Party
The activists of the July Movement are set to announce their new political party named Jatiya Nagorik Party (National Citizen Party), confirmed Sarjis Alam, the chief organiser of JNC and a prominent leader of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. Sarjis Alam shared the announcement in a Facebook post on Thursday. "Banners bearing this
Hasina’s crony still dominates banking services sector
A company blessed for its reported Indian links continued to dominate the country’s banking services sector despite the fall of the fascist Sheikh Hasina’s government which allowed it to grab almost all the services deals, ranging from ATM machines to online check clearing software. The Technomedia Ltd., owned by Jashoda Jiban
NSU hosts book launch ceremony
The South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) at North South University (NSU) recently hosted the launch of its new publication, “Roots and Routes: Business Pathways in Bangladesh”, at the Syndicate Hall. The event brought together academics, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and aspiring professionals to discuss the evolving business landscape
KA Design Wear opens 100-kilowatt solar power project
KA Design Wear Limited inaugurated a 100-kilowatt peak (kWp) solar power project on its factory rooftop inGazipur’sTongi in technical collaboration with Co-Trust Tech Limited on Tuesday. The project would reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 120 tonnes per year and save significant amount of electricity bills of the company, said a
Bajitpur Upazila Reporters Club declares new committee
Bajitpur Upazila Reporters Club, an association of print and electronic media reporters working in Bajitpur, has formed a 14-member executive committee dissolving the previous one. Mohammad Khalilur Rahman, a journalist of the Daily Ajker Potrika, has been made the president while Sabbir Ahmed Manik, a correspondent of the Daily Dinkal, has
3 autorickshaw hijackers arrested in Faridpur
Three autorickshaw hijackers have been taken into custody by police in Saltha, Faridpur. The arrested individuals were presented in court on Sunday. At approximately 10 p.m. yesterday, the three were taken into custody while stealing an autorickshaw from the Saltha-Faridpur route in the Member Gotti neighborhood of the upazila's Gotti Union. Three