Gazi Nazrul Islam, a lawmaker from the Satkhira-4 constituency, and his first wife, Maksuda, have been taken into police custody following the recovery of the hanging body of his 19-year-old second wife, Mariam Khatun, from a flat at NAM Bhaban in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.
The government has again increased the price of fuel oil in the country. The prices of diesel, kerosene, petrol and octane have been increased by Tk 20 per litre each. The new prices were announced in a notification issued from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division on Sunday (September 20).
A fire has been set in a bogie of a passenger train standing on the platform at Kamalapur Railway Station of the capital. The incident occurred on platform No 2 of the station around 9:30pm on Sunday (September 20). After getting the news two units of the Fire Service went to the spot and started working to control the fire.
The Ganges river dolphin or local river shushuk is continuing a silent struggle of survival behind the deep water of the toxic, oil-coated blackish water of the Buriganga river where it has become impossible for ordinary aquatic animals to survive. According to the environmental scientists, these animals have taken a new strategy as the last desperate attempt to save life in the extremely adverse environment. They have now changed their behaviour. Earlier they usually moved alone. Now they are moving in groups.
New information has come to light in the recovery of the hanging body of Mosammat Mariam Khatun, 19, the second wife of Satkhira-4 constituency Member of Parliament Gazi Nazrul Islam from a flat in the NAM Building in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar of the capital. Her body was recovered from flat No 203 on the third floor of Building No 5 of NAM Building on Sunday afternoon. However, police have not yet reached any decision on whether Mariam’s death is murder or suicide.
National Board of Revenue (NBR) has made online VAT return filing mandatory in 11 sectors including cigarette, medicine, mobile phone, banking and mobile banking.