A court here yesterday placed another accused, Tajuddin Ahmed Badal, on a 5-day remand in connection with the gruesome murder of 13-year-old boy Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajan, reports UNB from Sylhet. Sylhet metropolitan magistrate Sahedul Karim passed the order after police produced Badal before the court…

The High Court yesterday rejected a bail petition filed by Samiun Rahman alias Ibn Hamdan, an alleged Islamic State (IS) member, in connection with a conspiracy to establish an IS group in Bangladesh. It is suspected that Hamdan, a UK citizen of Bangladeshi origin, had been sent to Bangladesh to recruit…

Astronauts from Russia, Japan and the United States yesterday docked successfully with the International Space Station after a two-month delay, despite a minor hiccup, reports AFP from Moscow. The Soyuz TMA 17M rocket—carrying cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, US astronaut Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the Pay Commission report is now on her table and she is examining it, reports UNB. “The Pay Commission submitted their report to the Finance Ministry and the Finance Minister has sent it to me,” she said while addressing a function marking the…

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will leave Dhaka for Singapore on Sunday for better treatment, according to his close aides. One of his close aides said they are yet to decide the hospital to which the BNP leader would be admitted for treatment.    

The Parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism yesterday recommended for cancellation of licences of hajj agencies who failed to perform properly last year, reports BSS. The recommendation came while 11th meeting of the committee held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban…

The Election Commission will start the countrywide voter list update process on Saturday, reports UNB. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad will open the three-phase data collection for updating the country’s voter list at 11 am at Shilpakala Academy in Narsingdi town, said Director…

The Speedy Trial Tribunal, Sylhet yesterday again deferred until August 3 the charge framing of the former Finance Minister SAMS Kibria murder case, reports UNB. Sylhet Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Makbul Hossain passed the order during yesterday’s hearing as Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Ariful…