Tag: Capital

BTRC files case against Salman F. Rahman and 27 others for embezzlement of Tk 568 crore

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Desk Report: The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has filed a case against Salman F. Rahman, the private industry and investment advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted in the student-public uprising, and Beximco Group Vice Chairman, and 27 others, for embezzling Tk 5.68 billion. BTRC Senior Assistant Director Taufiqul Alam filed the case at the capital’s Gulshan Police Station on Thursday evening. Gulshan Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Hafizur Rahman and BTRC Legal and Licensing Department Deputy Director Maidul Islam confirmed the matter. The case alleges that after…

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Ready to increase imports from US: Yunus

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Desk Report: Bangladesh is firmly committed to deepening bilateral relations with the United States, especially in the areas of trade, investment, energy and development cooperation, said Principal Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus. He said that Bangladesh is ready to import more products from the United States. As a result, he expressed hope that US tariffs will be further reduced in the future, which will build a sustainable and mutually beneficial trade partnership between the two countries. Assistant US Trade Representative Brendan Lynch met with the Principal Advisor at the office of…

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Fakhrul, 70 others acquitted in another sabotage case

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Desk Report: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and 70 others have been acquitted in a case filed under the Special Powers Act on charges of setting fire to motorcycles and creating havoc in the capital’s Shahbagh police station area. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court Judge Sabbir Faiz acquitted them on Sunday (September 14). Notable among those who have been acquitted are BNP Vice Chairman Abdullah Al Noman, Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin, Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Joint Secretary…

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Corruption in plot allocation: 3 more people testify in three cases involving Hasina, Rehana, Tulip

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Crime Reports : Three officials of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartik (RAJUK) testified on Thursday (August 28) in three cases filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and her sister’s three children, including others, on charges of corruption in the allocation of three plots of 10 kathas each in the Purbachal New City project. They testified at Dhaka’s Special Judge’s Court-4. These three witnesses are RAJUK Deputy Director (Land) Mahbubar Rahman, Assistant Director Asim Shil and Ullas Chowdhury. According to court sources, they each testified in three…

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