The two Dhaka city corporations together owe Tk. 158 crore in outstanding electricity bills to the Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC). The DPDC yesterday said that it will disconnect supply to the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) in January if they…

The chief judicial magistrate of Narsingdi has recently submitted a charge sheet in the Narsingdi Mayor Lokman murder case, dropping names of 11 FIR accused, as was done in the earlier charge-sheet by the DB police, which had been rejected by the plaintiff. Chief Judicial Magistrate Md Raquibul Islam,…

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) has detained two accused in a case filed over laundering about Tk 1,157 crore. The detainees were identified as Didarul Alam Titu and his associate Kabir Hossain. Dr Shahidul Islam, director general of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate…

A student of Eden Mahila College died yesterday at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) after getting injured by falling from a motorcycle on Bijoy Sarani in the capital on 30 November. She breathed her last at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital around 6:40am, said Inspector Bacchu Mia,…

Former principal secretary to prime minister Md Abul Kalam Azad, who completed his tenure as principal coordinator of Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) in Bangladesh on Sunday, is likely to be appointed the prime minister’s adviser on power (electricity) affairs soon, a highly placed source…

US President Donald Trump’s attorney said on Sunday that the White House will not participate in congressional hearings set for Wednesday that will consider passing impeachment articles against the president.  “We cannot fairly be expected to participate in a hearing while the witnesses…

Hundreds of Indian protestors took to the streets yesterday as public anger grew over the brutal gang-rape and murder of a female veterinary doctor, with…

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has transferred 18 police officials, including eight officers-in-charge (OCs) of eight police stations. An office order signed by DMP Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam was issued in this regard yesterday. The OC of Dhanmondi Police Station Mohammad Abdul Latif was transferred…

Japan said yesterday it had agreed to buy an uninhabited island off its southwest coast for $146 million, eyeing it for US military drills. Tokyo and Washington agreed in 2011 to relocate a training site for US fighter jets to Mageshima island, around 30 kilometres off the southwestern Japanese coast.…