The two-day-long scrutiny of nomination papers of 39,430 candidates for polls to 739 Union Parishads (UPs) ended yesterday. The Election Commission (EC) will now announce the number of final candidates who will contest for chairman, member (general) and member (reserved) posts in the first phase of…

In a retrial, a Rajshahi tribunal yesterday commuted the death sentence of two members of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to life imprisonment in a case filed for killing Rajshahi University teacher Prof Dr Yunus in 2004, reports UNB. Rajshahi Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Golam Ahmed Khalilur…

Two alliances of left-leaning student bodies yesterday confined Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique to his office demanding a fair probe into the death of a university student after he caught pneumonia allegedly for taking part in a BCL programme, reports UNB. Progressive Students’…

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the proposal of the Industries Ministry to formally hand over management of the Chittagong Dry Dock Ltd (CDDL), an enterprise of the Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation (BSEC), to Bangladesh Navy soon. The meeting was held at the…