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Top company director buys freedom with ransom
Cops trail abductors, fail to nab real culprits
A top business executive abducted from the city Friday was released in the early hours of today on payment of an unspecified amount of ransom, according to sources.
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Strict tax watch on 257 big firms
Large taxpayer unit to yield Tk 2,000cr more a year
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has cast the net of its large taxpayer unit (LTU) wider, bringing another 257 leading companies under its fold.
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Colombo offers to relax rules of origin for Dhaka
Bangladesh-Sri Lanka FTA talks kick off in city
Sri Lanka has agreed to consider Bangladesh as a least developed country and simplify the rules of origin for signing a free trade agreement (FTA) with it.
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England sweep 2-0
England finished off Bangladesh yesterday with clinical efficiency to win the second and final Test at the MA Aziz Stadium here by 329 runs with a day to spare and complete a 2-0 series sweep.
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77 Khilgaon policemen transferred
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) yesterday transferred all 77 staffs, except for the officer-in-charge (OC), of Khilgaon Police Station following allegations of criminal activities against some of them.
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Fear-stricken Iraq sees 2 more Marines' death
Guerillas killed two US soldiers yesterday in a bomb blast in northern Iraq, and in Baghdad schools were closed and shops shuttered due to fears of more bloodshed and suicide bombs after a string of attacks.
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Hotel manager shot dead
Trader shot in city
Three unidentified assailants yesterday gunned down the manager of a city hotel reportedly over the ownership dispute of the hotel.
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UN okays global anti-graft treaty
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a landmark treaty to fight global corruption that not only calls on governments to outlaw bribery, embezzlement and other illegal practices but will enable
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Speaker, his deputy mum about anthem probe
The speaker and the deputy speaker are keeping mum over the national anthem glitch and expenditure of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) conference held in Dhaka recently.
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Jail-Killing Day tomorrow
Jail-Killing Day will be observed across the country tomorrow to condemn the slaying of four national leaders inside Dhaka Central Jail on this day in 1975.
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Uneasy calm on border with Myanmar
The Bangladesh-Myanmar border remained calm yesterday with Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) further stepping up vigil to check possible influx of Rohingyas from across the Naf river.
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Biman's Barisal route fare up by Tk 150
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has increased its fare by Tk 150 per passenger on Dhaka-Barisal route from November 1. The one-way fare now is Tk 1,500 against Tk 1,350 earlier.
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Saarc editors, journalists meet in city
A two-day conference of editors and journalists of Saarc countries began in Dhaka yesterday to review the measures to promote press freedom, better working condition and information flow among the neighbours.
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Cops hunt for Durrani for death in mob beating
Kamrangirchar police yesterday raided the house of Shamshul Haque Durrani, editor of Nawroj, and his possible hideouts to arrest him in connection with the death of a young man from mob beating.
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Ahmedia Imam killed in Jessore
Fanatics allegedly led by a local Imam (religious leader) killed an Imam of the Ahmedia Muslim Community in Jessore yesterday following an altercation on religious beliefs.
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