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Alamgir acquitted; expectations for others

Staff Correspocent : ACC’s First Drive Against 50 Top Graft Suspects. The Supreme Court yesterday scrapped jail sentence of Awami League lawmaker Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir and cleared corruption charges against him, paving the way for over four dozen suspects to be relieved of graft charges. Alamgir’s legal win would frustrate the first move of the [...]

Arround the country 100 Jamaat-Shibir protesters arrested

NewshoursBD national desk : Law enforcers yesterday arrested around a hundred leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir in different areas outside the capital as Jamaat-Shibir men blocked traffic and engaged in unruly activities during their programmes protesting the arrest of three top Jamaat leaders on Tuesday. Jamaat Ameer (chief) Motiur Rahman Nizami, [...]

Khaleda warns no dispute during hartal

Staff Correspondent : BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday warned the government not to do anything that may worsen the situation during the party’s hartal tomorrow. Reading out a statement at a press briefing at her Gulshan office, she asked the ruling Awami League not to “unleash armed cadres on streets in the name of any [...]

Gazette notification promalgate DAP ; hope depends on implementation

Staff Correspondent : Despite Tuesday’s government gazette notification approving the detailed area plan (DAP) for Dhaka City, certain errant land development projects are likely to remain unscathed due to legal loopholes. The government issued the notification incorporating all recommendations of a six-member expert review committee headed by noted civil engineer Prof Jamilur Reza Choudhury, said [...]

Rajuk also asks Bashundhara to demolish part of shopping mall

NewshoursBD desk : As portion of the demolition drive against unauthorised buildings, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) has asked Bashundhara Group to pull down 53 illegally constructed buildings and a portion of its 18-storied shopping complex at Panthapath. Separate notices were served to the private land developers asking why the unauthorised buildings would not be demolished [...]

RMG workers on road again

NewshoursBD desk : Some 100 people including 20 cops were injured and production was shut in over 50 factories in clashes between garment workers and police at Ashulia in Savar yesterday. The workers demonstrating for a pay hike ransacked at least 37 factories, looted one and damaged 25 vehicles on Dhaka-Tangail highway between 9:00am and [...]

Ctg new mayor Manjur

NewshoursBD desk : Mohammad Manjur Alam was elected the next mayor of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) yesterday, defeating ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury by the largest ever margin in the corporation’s history. He terminates Mohiuddin previous 17-years experience with a distance of 95,528 leaded vote. Mohiuddin was the first elected mayor of the port city, who has [...]

Voting begins in Ctg city election

Chittagong, Jun 17 (NewshoursBD.com) The Chittagong City Corporation elections got underway peacefully amid tight security on Thursday. Voting started at 8am and will continue till 4pm, officials said, adding that no violence was reported from any of polling centre so far. Hundreds of voters gathered at the centres to cast their votes, witnesses said. Eight [...]

Landslides toll 50 and counting over

Cox’s Bazar , June 15 (NewshoursBD.com) A spate of landslides in hillside villages in Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban districts, triggered by two days of heavy rains, on Tuesday killed at least 50 people, including six army members. The mudslides buried dozens of houses and an army camp. Forty-five people died in Ukhia and Teknaf Upazila [...]

28th BCS examinations result published

The result of 28th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations was published Thursday afternoon. Some 2,190 candidates come out successfully with recommendation of the Public Service Commission for appointing them to different posts of the government service. The result is available on the website of the PSC www.bpsc.gov.bd

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