The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-1) yesterday passed the order to start trail of four Razakars of Kishoreganj in absentia in the case of crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War in 1971. The three-member tribunal headed by Justice M Enayetur Rahim ordered to initiate trial against…

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is an epoch-making step of the government towards reducing backlog of cases, said Chittagong District Judge Md Nurul Huda, also president of District Legal Aid. He said this while addressing a workshop of the judges of the ADR.  The title of the workshop was…

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday arrested six people for their alleged involvement in snatching Tk 33 lakh from Moghbazar area of the capital on May 24. The arrestees were identified as Pabittro Samaddar, Rifat, Zakir, Alamin and Jahirul, While addressing a press briefing…

Detectives arrested eight suspected robbers and recovered 135 stolen mobile phone sets from Postagola area on Tuesday night, reports UNB. Being tipped off that a gang of robbers were holding a meeting to commit robbery, a special DB team, led by its Assistant Commissioner (AC) Mahmud Naser Jonny, conducted…

The government has formed a working group to work for inclusion of country's archeological sites in the world heritage list of the UNESCO, reports BSS. The working group will determine Property Zone (core zone) and Buffer Zone of the archeological sites that will help those sites to be enlisted…

RANGPUR: Hundreds of people have been thronging different city markets amid huge sales for completing Eid shopping despite higher price even more than two weeks ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr to avoid last moment rush, reports BSS. According to the market sources, shoppers and local observers, Eid shopping…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a discussion underscored the need for ensuring good governance in the local government institutions (LGIs) to make those fully functional, democratic and transparent entities for welfare of the grassroots people, reports BSS. They said that most of the rural people are largely…

Rajshahi, July 1: The tailors are now passing very busy time ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival in Rajshahi. Already many of them have stopped taking orders. “There has been a sudden rush at the tailoring houses after nonstop downpour from the early  Ramzan,”said Bashir Uddin, owner…

At least 202 workers died at workplace accidents in the country in the last six months of 2015 (1 January to 30 June), says report of a survey conducted by Safety and Rights Society, an NGO, yesterday. The survey shows that 202 workers died in 147 separate workplace accidents while in the same period…

CHITTAGONG: Police in separate drives arrested 14 people along with yaba tablets, liquor and heroin from different parts of the city yesterday. In a drive Bakalia police arrested Md Anwar Hossain, 24, along with 1,900 yaba tablets from Shah Amanat Bridge area early yesterday. Mohammad Mohsin, officer-in-charge…

Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council-Bangladesh (WSSCC-B) held a meeting on Strategic Engagement Plan-SEP (2015-16) at the conference room of Water-Aid Bangladesh at Banani in the capital yesterday. The SEP aims to contribute towards improving sanitation and hygiene in Bangladesh and to…

RANGPUR: Speakers at a day-long seminar here have stressed for making the government's legal aid services programme successful through reaching the cost-free legal services to the extremely poor and distressed people, reports BSS. The District Legal Aid Committee (DLAC) organised the seminar on…

Two crushed under train GAZIPUR: Two people, including a girl, were crushed to death under the wheels of a running train near Joydebpur railway station in the city early yesterday. The deceased were identified as Motaleb, 70, a resident of Sahapara area of the city, and Hawa, 12, a resident of Sripur…

BAU passes Tk 170.05cr budget MYMENSINGH: The syndicate of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) on Monday approved a budget of Tk 170.05 crore for the fiscal year of 2015-16. The syndicate in its 306th meeting, chaired by BAU Vice-Chancellor Md Ali Akbar, passed the budget recommended by the finance…