Two committees have been formed by the Labour and Employment Ministry to assess the damages caused by the fire that broke out at the Building No 7 of Bangladesh Secretariat where the ministry located. Joint secretary Begum Morsheda Akter was made convener of a 5-member committee which is formed to determine the extent of damage to the documents and important ...

Bangladesh Bank has set the maximum age limit for entering jobs at the non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) to 32. From now on, like government jobs, people can join banks and financial institutions up to the age of 32. The central bank has given this instruction in a notification on Thursday. Bangladesh Bank said that the Ministry of Law, Justice and ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to conduct Investigation into the allegations of corruption in allocating plots in RAJUK’s Purbachal New Town project in the names of six members of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s family. The five others are — Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed, daughter Sayma Wazed Putul, Hasina’s sister Sheikh Rehana, her son Redwan Mujib Siddique Bobby and daughter ...

A high-level committee has been formed to investigate the massive fire incident at the Secretariat, said Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday. He made the announcement while briefing reporters at the spot on Thursday morning. “Whether the fire at building no: 7 of the Secretariat was part of a conspiracy or an act of sabotage, ...

After 10 hours’ of frantic efforts of the firemen, the fire at building No 7 of the Secretariat has been extinguished completely. Fire Service and Civil Defence brought the blaze, which originated around 1:52AM at he building no 7, under their control at about 8:05AM. But the firemen were able to extinguish the fire completely at 11:45AM. Talha Bin Jashim, ...

A 16-year-old Bangladeshi was shot dead reportedly by Indian Khasi people in Meghalaya along the Minatila border in Jaintiapur upazila of Sylhet on Thursday afternoon. The deceased was Md Maruf Miah, son of Md Shahabuddin of Jhingabari village in the Upazila. Lt Col Hafizur Rahman, commanding officer of Sylhet BGB Battalion, informed this through a press release. BGB officially protested ...

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A firefighter died after being run over by a truck while working to douse a fire that broke out at the Secretariat in the capital early Thursday. Fire Service and Civil Defence director general (DG) Zahed Kamal shared this to media while briefing at the spot around 6:45AM. Fire at Secretariat The deceased was identified as Sohanur Zaman Nayan, a ...

Border killings should never be accepted under any circumstances, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday. Fakhrul made the remark after arriving in Sylhet on a personal visit. Speaking to the media at Sylhet Osmani International Airport, he said, “India should stop border killings. BNP has always demanded this, and we stand firm that border killings should never ...

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said that the government is working with the public to protect nature and the environment. She also said that initiatives have been taken to transform institutions like the Department of Environment, Forest Department, and Water Development Board into people-oriented organisations, reports BSS. The adviser made the remarks on Wednesday evening while addressing as the Chief ...