Madina Tannery, an age-old tannery located at Jalalabad in the premier port city, has been continuing production in defiance of the environmental rules and regulations.   On June 17, the Department of Environment (DoE), Chittagong ordered Madina Tannery to keep production stopped until setting…

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minster Anisul Huq yesterday said the government is working sincerely to curb human trafficking and a total 2,035 cases have been filed under the Human Trafficking Deterrence and Suppression Act till June 22, 2015, reports BSS. "Seven special tribunals will…

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 yesterday exonerated Jamaat's student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir President Abdul Jabbar and general secretary Md Atikur Rahman from the charge of contempt of court with strong warning, reports BSS. The tribunal asked them to be careful, cautious and respectful…

A Dhaka court yesterday rejected the remand petition against former BNP MP Syeda Ashifa Ashrafi Papiya and sent her to jail in a case for obstructing police from discharging their duties, vandalism and arson attacks in the city, reports UNB. Judge Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate’s…

There are at least 20 syndicates actively involved in circulating fake currency notes in the capital alone, in the lead-up to Eid ul Fitr, reports UNB. The Detective Branch of DMP has already identified 15 syndicates who are involved in making and circulating fake currency notes in the country. Though…

A section of pro-Awami teachers of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) under the banner of "Mohan Muktijuddher Chetonay Udbuddho Shikkhak Parisad’ and BCL unit of the university under the banner of ‘General Students’ faced-off over the issue of the university’s…

3 killed in road accidents Three persons were killed and seven injured in separate road accidents in Rajshahi and Sylhet on Monday and on Tuesday. UNB adds from Rajshahi: Two persons were killed and five others injured when a Rajshahi-bound bus collided with a truck on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway…

Workers of the state-owned Alim Jute Mills Limited yesterday barricaded the Khulna-Jessore highway in front of the mill gate in Atra industrial area under Khanjahan thana in the city for an hour from 10am protesting the government move to privatise the mill, a workplace of around 2,000 workers. As a…

Ekushey Padak winner Professor Emeritus Majibur Rahman died of old age complications at a hospital in the capital on Monday, reports BSS. He was 96. Dr Rahman was founding professor and departmental head of Blood Transfusion Centre of the then PG Hospital, now Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University…

Savar: Jahangirnagar University vice-chancellor Farzana Islam yesterday demanded apology of former president HM Ershad for his remarks in parliament on Monday night when he called women in important positions as "showpieces", reports BSS. "This (comment) about the respectable women is…

CHITTAGONG: A construction worker died after being electrocuted in an under-construction building in city's Patharghata area on Monday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Liton, 32, hailed from Kishoreganj district. Liton was electrocuted after he came in contact with a live electric wire while…

RAJSHAHI: Large-scale sesame farming on the fallow lands can be the effective means of mitigating the existing drought condition alongside the adverse impact of climate change in the vast Varendra Tract, agricultural scientists and extension officials said, reports BSS. They viewed more than one lakh…

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) yesterday sealed off a blood bank in the capital and fined Tk 2 lakh for not collecting and preserving blood safely. Talking to The Independent, RAB-2 Director Lt Col SM Masud Rana said getting secret information, a team of RAB raided at Green View Clinic at Kalabagan in…

IU passes Tk 65.20cr budget KUSHTIA: The authorities of Islamic University (IU) yesterday passed the Tk 65.20 crore budget for the fiscal 2015-16 without keeping allocation in research sector. IU Treasurer M Afzal Hossain placed the budget at a meeting held at Vice-Chancellor's office with VC Abdul…