Ramadan begins Friday
The new moon was not sighted anywhere in Bangladesh on Wednesday
The first day of Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, will be Friday (June 19), as the new moon was not sighted on Wednesday.
BGB man shot, another abducted by BGP in Teknaf
A Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member has been shot and another abducted by Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) in the Naf River near Damdamia of Teknaf border in Cox's Bazar.
The bullet-hit BGB man is Sepoy Biplob, 35, Teknaf 42 BGB Commander Lieutenant Colonel Abujar Al-Jahid told the Dhaka Tribune. He was admitted to Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital. Later, he was shifted to Combined Military Hospital in Chittagong
Niko graft case: Order on Khaleda's writ Thursday
The High Court will deliver its order on the writ petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, challenging the legality of filing the Niko graft case, on June 18.
An HC bench of Justice Md Nuruzzaman and Justice Zafar Ahmed fixed the date on Wednesday morning.
3 killed in Tangail road crash
Three people have been killed and another has been injured as a truck plunged into a roadside ditch at Achhimtala on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Mirzapur upazila of the district.
Gorai Highway police station OC Humayun Kabir confirmed the deaths to the Dhaka Tribune.
1 held for inciting communal hatred on Facebook
Police have arrested a youth from the capital’s Paltan for his posts on social media instigating people’s religious sentiments.
The detainee is SM Shakhawat Hossain, Assistant Commissioner of DMP Hasan Arafat told the Dhaka Tribune.
Rony's friend gives judicial statement
Bakhtiar Alam, Rony's friend, who was with the Awami League lawmaker's son during the shooting, has given judicial statement before a Dhaka court.
Lawyer: Khaleda to appear in court Thursday
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will appear before a Dhaka court on Thursday to attend hearings in two graft cases of Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust.
Khaleda’s lawyer Md Sanaullah Miah confirmed the matter to the Dhaka Tribune on Wednesday.
Shops, business to be open till 10pm for Ramadan
All types of markets and shopping malls are to remain open until 10pm during Ramadan.
Medical teachers seek change in pay scale grade
Dhaka Medical College Teachers' Samity has urged the government to rearrange the salary of medical teachers rationally as per their designations in the proposed national pay scale.
It claimed that the grade of the medical teachers has been lowered in the new pay scale.
Over hundred injured in Habiganj clash
At least hundred people have been injured in a clash while people of ten villages got locked in a clash in Shaistaganj Municipality area of the district on Wednesday.
