Police sue 34 including Fulgazi upazila chairman

Police yesterday sued 34 people including Fulgazi upazila chairman and general secretary of the upazila unit of Awami League Abdul Alim
4 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Omar Rahman stays as VC of IUB

Prof M Omar Ejaz Rahman, a renowned demographer and psychiatrist, has been reappointed Vice-Chancellor of
3 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Jalaluddin Ahmed, former secretary of the government and a member of the Board of Trustees of East West University, died at a hospital in Singapore
3 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Three cases filed against students

Three cases were filed against students of Barisal University yesterday in connection with Wednesday's clash between the students and police near the campus over a missing cellphone that left 10 people, including three cops, injured.
3 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Qatar agrees to hike salary for female migrant workers

Gulf nation Qatar yesterday agreed to increase the monthly salary for the skilled Bangladeshi female migrant and domestic workers from Tk 19,350 to 25,800, said a press release of the expatriates' welfare and overseas employment ministry.
3 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Writ seeks halt to cop drive for Dhaka citizens’ info

A Supreme Court lawyer moves a writ petition with the High Court seeking a halt to Dhaka police’s drive to collect identification information about the city dwellers.
3 March 2016, 11:45 AM

Impunity leads to continuation of sexual violence

Sexual violence against women is still going on in the country due to impunity since the 1971 Liberation War, said speakers at a programme in the capital yesterday.
2 March 2016, 21:25 PM

Drug trader jailed for selling spurious medicines

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday in the capital sentenced a drug trader to two years' imprisonment, and fined him Tk 10 lakh for selling
2 March 2016, 21:01 PM

Restrict all harmful activities in Sundarbans

The government should immediately impose restriction upon all sorts of activities that may harm the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, said experts yesterday.
2 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Sylhet newspaper office attacked

Miscreants attacked the office of a local newspaper, 'Dainik Pravatbela' at Sobhanighat in Sylhet city on Tuesday night that left its staff reporter Masrur Rasel injured.
2 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Siblings’ death: Court allows cops to carry out DNA, chemical tests

Rab is bringing the parents and an aunt of two minor siblings -- who, autopsy suggests, might have been murdered -- to Dhaka from Jamalpur. Meanwhile, no case has been filed yet over the incident. Police say they will lodge a case if the family doesn’t do so.
2 March 2016, 06:12 AM

Dipu Moni new chairperson of AUW

Dipu Moni, former foreign minister, has been elected chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Asian University for
1 March 2016, 18:00 PM

3 including bank manager jailed

A Chittagong court yesterday sentenced three people, including a former manager of Rupali Bank, to five year's
1 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Boy dies falling off train roof

A boy was killed and two others were injured falling off the roof of a train engine when it collided with another train
1 March 2016, 18:00 PM

10 'drug traders' held

Detectives claimed to have arrested 10 drug peddlers and recovered 70,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from their possession in a drive on Monday in the capital's Darus Salam area.
1 March 2016, 18:00 PM

UN lauds role of Bangladesh Police in int'l peacekeeping missions

The United Nations yesterday lauded the role of Bangladesh Police in establishing peace across the world, said a press
1 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Multiple offices to receive nomination papers

Chairman and councillor aspirants in the second phase of the Union Parishad elections will get the opportunity to submit applications for candidacies at multiple government offices instead of at a single desk.
29 February 2016, 18:00 PM

4 arrestees on fresh remand

A Dhaka court yesterday granted a five-day fresh remand for each of four persons, including a German national, arrested over the recent
29 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Impunity perpetuating killing of children

The frequent incidents of torture and killing of children have been taking place across the country due to the prevailing culture of impunity, said National Human Rights Commission Chairman Mizanur Rahman yesterday.
29 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Ctg Wasa signs deal for Package-1 with Japan-Korea joint venture

Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWASA) yesterday signed a contract with Kolon-Kubota JV (joint venture) for implementing package-1 of Karnaphuli Water Supply Project (KWSP) Phase-2, divided into 5 packages.
29 February 2016, 18:00 PM