The interim government has decided to set up a land-based LNG terminal to ensure smooth gas supply to the country’s factories., reports BSS. “Many are saying that they are unable to set up factories due to lack of gas. So, we want to set up a land-based LNG terminal as quick as possible so that enough gas could be brought ...

Customs officials at Sylhet’s Osmani International Airport seized approximately 1.5 kilograms of liquid gold from a passenger arriving from Dubai on Friday morning. The suspect, identified as Alim Uddin from Gohora village in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet, was detained shortly after Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG-248 landed. Injamam Ul Haque, Assistant Commissioner of Customs at the airport, stated that Alim ...

Police have arrested a local Awami league leader at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district early Friday. The arrested individual is ASM Kamrul Islam, General Secretary of Kulaura Upazila Awami League unit. Kamrul is also a former chairman of the upazila parishad. He was detained from his home at Alalpur in the municipality area. According to police sources, Kamrul was named ...

A Dhaka court has granted a five-day remand for Mehraj Islam, 20, the prime accused in the murder of Zahidul Islam Parvez, a student of Primeasia University. Metropolitan Magistrate Mehera Mahbub issued the order after police sought a 10-day remand for Mehraj, who was arrested by RAB-13 from Gaibandha Sadar on April 23. He is the son of Nurul Islam ...

A legal notice was sent to the authorities concerned of the government, seeking action against National Citizen Party (NCP) Senior Joint Member Secretary Dr Tasnim Jara for allegedly spreading obscenity. The legal notice also sought action against Dr Jahangir Kabir who is known for his unconventional treatment style. Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Mohammad Humayun Kabir Pallab sent the legal notice ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday said the young people of the current generation are “super human being” and they are the most powerful generation in the entire human history. “I (would) also be very zealous to see the young people. Because I remind the young people, the most powerful generation in the entire human history. I repeat you ...

Australia wants free and fair 13th national elections. Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Susan Ryle made this comment after a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin at Agargaon in the capital on Thursday. She assured all possible necessary supports to the Election Commission. “We thanked the CEC for giving his time. We have learned about the preparations for ...

Teknaf Police are searching for the ringleader of a kidnapping gang named Mohammad Shafiullah in connection with the kidnapping of six bricklayers from a village in Zakiganj Upazila of Sylhet in Teknaf recently. Teknaf Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (investigation) Himel Roy confirmed the matter to The Business Standard today (23 April). Police rescued the six bricklayers from a hill on ...

Popular film actor Ilias Kanchan is entering politics and going to announce a new political party. He himself has confirmed the information. Ilias Kanchan said that a political party called ‘Janatar Party Bangladesh’ is being brought under his leadership. The party will officially be announced on April 25 at a hotel in the capital. There, Ilias Kanchan will announce the ...

Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, meningitis, and yellow fever are on the rise globally amid misinformation and cuts to international aid, the United Nations and the Gavi vaccine alliance warned Wednesday. “Vaccines have saved more than 150 million lives over the past five decades,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement. “Funding cuts to global health ...