�Authorities should beef up its monitoring�

Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWASA) yesterday held a meeting with the consumers at the conference room at the CWASA. As many as 250…

Worker falls to death

A worker died as he fell off a building in the capital’s Mirpur area on yesterday noon, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Sentu Sardar, 35. Salauddin Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Mirpur police station, said Sentu fell down and died on the spot while he was hanging a banner on the 2nd…

Photojournalist denied bail over blogger murder

SYLHET: A Sylhet court yesterday turned out the bail petition of photojournalist Idris Ali in a case filed in connection with the murder of blogger Ananta…

4 held, looted gold jewellery seized

Police arrested a jewellery shop owner and recovered huge amount of looted gold ornaments from his shop yesterday. The owner was identified as Rabiul Azad Bipul. Abdul Kader Zilani, officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station, informed The Independent that a number of robberies have been committed in…

AIM seeks future leaders from country

Manila-based Asian Institute of Management (AIM) has organised an orientation programme for the potentials Bangladeshi candidates, who are willing to…

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Fruit festival held at UODA A daylong ‘Fruits Festival 2015’ organised by the Department of Communication and Media Studies (CMS) of…

Faulty transformers leave Barisal �powerless�

Long disruptions in power supply due to faulty transformers have led to frayed tempers among Barisal consumers, prompting them to stage an agitation at…

�Climate change poses serious threat to public health�

Speakers at an inception meeting yesterday said adverse impact of climate change has been posing a serious threat to the overall public health especially…

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Jamaat leader arrested RAJSHAHI: Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami at Baneshwar in Puthia upazila on Tuesday on charges of subversive activities. The arrestee was identified as Mostafa Jalal, ameer of the district (East) unit Jamaat. Hafijur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Puthia Police…

Cities experience lacklustre hartal

The countrywide 24-hour hartal, enforced by Bangladesh Jammat-e-Islami protesting the verdict of the Supreme Court (SC) that upheld the death penalty…

20 injured in �BCL attack�

At least 20 persons of Progotishil Chhatra Jote, a left leaning students’ organisation, were injured in an attack allegedly by Chhatra League activists in front of Government Tolaram University College yesterday noon. Narayanganj district unit president of Chhatra Front Sojol Baroi alleged that…

Envoys of Ghana, Uganda discuss bilateral issues with FM

Newly appointed High Commissioners of Ghana and Uganda to Bangladesh, who are non-resident, based in New Delhi, yesterday met Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali separately and discussed various bilateral issues, reports UNB. High Commissioner of Ghana Samuel Panyin Yalley and High Commissioner of Uganda…

Factory sealed off in Gazipur

GAZIPUR: A mobile court sealed off a sweet factory in the city on Tuesday afternoon, reports UNB. The court also fined the owner of the factory Tk one lakh. Executive Magistrate of Gazipur Snigdha Talukder conducted the mobile court. She said the factory of ‘Ali Baba Sweets’ was sealed off…

Three fake dentists jailed

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) sentenced three fake dentists to one year imprisonment each soon after their arrest from the capital's Adabar area yesterday. Talking to The Independent, RAB-2 director Lt Col SM Masud Rana said the arrestees were identified as Shafiullah…

Victim�s brother denied bail

The district and sessions judge court yesterday denied bail to Tasfiq Uddin Sabur, 14, who has been falsely accused of raping his younger sister at Rangunia in Chittagong district. Chittagong District and Sessions Judge Nurul Huda rejected the bail petiton of Sabur, who was sent to jail on May 10 on…

1 held for �hurting� religious sentiments

Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested a man from Paltan area of the capital on Tuesday night on charges of offending people’s religious sentiment with his posts on Facebook. The arrestee was identified as SM Shakhawat Hossain. He was trying to create religious chaos between Muslims…

Shipping Minister talks tough against river encroachers

Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan yesterday said the government will not bow its head to the river encroachers, no matter how tough the task is, reports UNB. Speaking at a seminar, he also noted that the government is sincere about protecting the rivers and will put its best efforts to stop river…