Pressured by phone traders, government permits selected old models for import

Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- Facing demands from protesting mobile phone traders, the interim government has decided to allow the import of old phones. However, the authorities will determine which specific mod... Read More

Secretariat staff call off sit-in after assurance of government order on allowance

Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- Employees have withdrawn their sit-in after receiving assurances that a government order (GO) will be issued to introduce a "Secretariat allowance". They ended their protest around ... Read More

Supreme Court Secretariat to be inaugurated Thursday

Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed is set to inaugurate the Supreme Court Secretariat on Thursday. According to a Supreme Court press note released on Wednesday, the ceremony will take... Read More

Mobile phone traders block Sonargaon hotel intersection in Dhaka

Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- Mobile phone traders linked with the "unofficial" handset market have blocked the Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel intersection in Dhaka. At 6.15pm on Wednesday, Tejgaon Division Additio... Read More

Student advisors Asif Mahmud, Mahfuj Alam resign a day before election schedule is expected

Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- Ahead of the announcement of the election schedule, student advisors Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain and Mahfuj Alam have tendered their resignations. On Wednesday evening, the Chief Adv... Read More

Bangladesh cannot act if India refuses to return Hasina, says Advisor Touhid

Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- Bangladesh's decision to bring back former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, sentenced to death for crimes against humanity during the July uprising, depends entirely on India, Foreign A... Read More

4,200kg of concentrated sweetener seized in Chattogram Port

Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- Customs authorities in Chattogram have seized a consignment of roughly 4,200kg of concentrated sweetener (sodium cyclamate), an item banned for import into Bangladesh, from a contain... Read More

Man found dead in Sylhet with hands, feet and mouth bound

Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- Police in Sylhet's Beanibazar have recovered the body of a young man suspected to have been killed over a phone-snatching incident. The body, with the victim's hands, feet and mouth... Read More

Asif Mahmud points to Chief Advisor's Office when asked if he has resigned

Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- Local Government Advisor Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has delivered a 16-month account of his work at a press conference, thanking officials and striking a tone that sounded almost val... Read More

ACC files case against Bashundhara chairman over embezzlement of Tk 6bn

Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan over the embezzlement of Tk 6 billion from the National Bank. ACC Directo... Read More

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