Midday Brief

PM demands trial of Bangladeshis' killing in US

The Prime Minister has demanded the trial of Bangladeshi expatriates who were killed in the United States. 

'Skin-loaded trucks won't be allowed to exit city' 

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Benazir Ahmed has said cattle skin-loaded trucks will not be allowed to leave the capital till three days after Eid. 

Tk25 lakh gold seized at Chittagong airport

Customs officials have seized five gold bars worth Tk25 crore at Shah Amanat International Airport.

Two siblings killed in Satkhira road accident

Two siblings have been killed after a water-loaded truck ran over them in front of Sathkira sadar upazila parishad. 

Garment factory catches fire in Gazipur

A fire has broken out in a garment factory at Kashimpur area in the Gazipur industrial belt early Sunday. 

Modi assures prime minister of solving Teesta crisis 

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of resolving the Teesta water sharing agreement and Land Boundary Agreement. 

49% food samples found adulterated

In the last five years, 49% of the food samples from more than 28,000 tested in the Institute of Public Health (IPH) laboratories were found to be adulterated on average. 

Jute mills’ rehabilitation to usher in employment, forex 

The initiative for modernisation and rehabilitation of 28 state-owned jute mills is in the offing to create employment opportunities and bring more foreign exchange. 

Kidney trade haunts Kalai upazila again

Middlemen in at least 10 villages of Kalai upazila are back in the illegal kidney trade as they promise villagers a good amount of money in exchange for kidneys, thanks to the poor vigilance of the local administration.

Petty leaders ruining AL most

Awami League Presidium member Obaidul Quader yesterday came down hard on the leaders and activists who are extorting people on many pretexts in the name of the party. 

BCL ruining its own image, says DU VC

Dhaka University (DU) Vice Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr Arefin Siddique yesterday said the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders and activists who were involved in admission forgery are killing the glorious history of the organization and ruining its good image to the nation.

Train passengers frustrated over quota, illicit activity 

Hundreds of city dwellers, who gathered at the capital’s Kamalapur Railway Station on Friday and yesterday to buy advance tickets to leave Dhaka ahead of Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja, expressed their frustration over the railway authority’s mismanagement, quota system, slow delivery and illegal activities of ticket scalpers. 

A govt official returns to his village for farming 

Banglalink mulls over best data services to subscribers 

Youth found dead in Mymensingh

Police have recovered the body of a youth from a tree at Deukhala Dasbari area under Fulbaria upazila in Mymensingh.