Trump to start crab business Donald Trump has obtained an e-trade license from Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) to do crab business. The license was issued on the afternoon of March 11. According to the license, the name of the business is ‘Trump Association’. The name of the owner of the business is Donald Trump. His father’s name is Fred Trump. His mother’s name is Mary Ann McLeod Trump. The names of the parents of the current US President Donald Trump are also the same. What is even more surprising…
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Alif Group announces closure of 3 factories in Gazipur, workers protest
The owners have announced the indefinite closure of three factories of the Alif Group in the Konabari Zarun area of Gazipur city. This Thursday morning, workers came to the factory gate and saw a notice in this regard. After that, they started protesting by taking a position in front of the main gate. The closed factories are Swadhin Garments Limited, Swadhin Dyeing Limited and Swadhin Printing Limited. Industrial police and workers said that the workers of Swadhin Garments have been demanding Eid bonus, holiday pay and half the current month’s…
Read MoreAttack on two people, including the leader of the Puja Udjapan Parishad, in Natore
Attack on two people Miscreants beat up and injured Sanjay Karmakar (52) and his aide, the general secretary of the Lalpur Upazila Puja Udjapan Parishad in Natore. The incident took place near the Government Primary School in Ramakrishnapur village at around 10 pm on Wednesday. Another person injured in the incident is Khokon Karmakar (45). Both of them are residents of Bilmaria village in the upazila. They were sent to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital last night. Lalpur Upazila Puja Udjapan Parishad President Dipendranath Saha confirmed the matter and said that…
Read MoreWorkers protest and blockade for one and a half hours in Gazipur demanding extension of Eid holidays
Workers protest and blockade Garment workers protested in Gazipur and blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway demanding an extension of the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday by two days. Later, the police went to control the situation and traffic flow returned to normal after about an hour and a half. This Thursday morning, workers of the Utah factory blocked the highway. It was learned from talking to the police, workers and eyewitnesses that this time a 10-day holiday was announced for the garment factory on Eid-ul-Fitr. But the workers of the Utah factory in the…
Read MoreTwo election office employees arrested for selling NID information in Narsingdi
Two election office employees Two operators of the Raipura Upazila Election Office in Narsingdi have been arrested on charges of selling National Identity Card (NID) information. They used to correct and transfer National Identity Card information through brokers and in exchange for money. In the last six months, there have been unusual transactions of Tk 14 lakh on the bKash number of the two. The arrested persons are Ashikul Alam, scanning operator of the Raipura Upazila Election Office, and Nahidul Islam, data entry operator. After a day-long investigation yesterday, Wednesday,…
Read MoreI am a political prisoner of the US: Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil
I am a political prisoner Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student arrested by US immigration officials, has claimed to be a political prisoner. The Palestinian youth compared the process of detaining immigrants in this way to Israel’s extrajudicial detention system. Mahmoud Khalil made these remarks in a statement sent from a detention center in Louisiana, USA, on Tuesday local time. This is his first public statement since his arrest. Khalil was arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers from his university residence last Saturday. In the statement, Khalil…
Read MoreConfession of accused arrested in Pallavi gang rape case
Confession of accused arrested Enamul Haque, arrested in a case filed against a woman in Pallabi, has given a confessional statement in court. He gave his statement in the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court on Wednesday. Police have requested to remand another accused, Hamidur Rahman, who was arrested in the same case, for seven days for questioning. The court has fixed March 23 for hearing on the remand application. Later, it ordered him to be sent to jail. Deputy Commissioner of the Media and Public Relations Department of Dhaka…
Read MoreGold worth Tk 32,000 crore illegally imported from Dubai
The United Arab Emirates (the country’s famous city Dubai) exports a large amount of gold bars to Bangladesh every year. Bangladesh is one of the top 10 destinations for gold bar exports from the country. However, according to official statistics from Bangladesh, gold imports from the United Arab Emirates to Bangladesh are very small. gold-worth-tk-32000 The reason for this discrepancy in the gold trade figures of the two countries is that most of the gold bars come ‘illegally’. Bangladesh loses revenue due to the illegal gold trade. On the other…
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