The victim herself on Wednesday night filed a case with Lalbagh Police Station the capital in connection with the gang-rape of her allegedly by three friends of her boyfriend when she went to meet him at Kamrangirchor in the city Tuesday night. Talking to The Independent, Paritosh Chandra, officer-in-charge…

Bangladesh will procure a huge quantity of equipment and machinery from Belarus for municipalities and city corporations in order to improve waste management and strengthen capacities.   A project worth Tk. 420.29 crore is awaiting the approval of the Executive Committee of the National Economic…

CHITTAGONG: Rapid Action Battalion-7 (RAB) arrested two persons along with 80,000 yaba tablets from city’s Nimtala Biswa Road early yesterday. The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Zakir, 26, and Jashim Uddin Rana, 30. Both are the close associate of Zahedul Islam alias Alo, who is known as…

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday interrogated managing director of BASIC Bank Limited Khondoker M Iqbal about the loan scam of Tk3,500 crore. Former managing director Fakhrul Islam ignored the commission notice and did not appear before the anti-corruption watchdog. A team of the commission…

A section of transport operators are running battery-run-cum-pedal powered rickshaws, popularly known as ‘tomtoms’ in Khulna city flouting ban. These motorised rickshaws similar to ordinary pedal-driven rickshaws, but with a battery-run motor set under the body and powered by four rechargeable…

Twenty-one leaders and activists of the Babuganj upazila units of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its front organisations were sent to jail on Wednesday evening after court rejected their bail prayers. Defense lawyer Advocate Ruhul Amin Khan said four cases (GR- 4, 5, 7, and 31 of 2015) were…

A day-long ‘consulting workshop for developing national shrimp strategy’ was held at the conference room of BFFEA at Shrimp Tower under Sadar police station in the city yesterday. Bangladesh Frozen Foods Exporters Association (BFFEA) and a non government organisation Solidaridad, Network…

Police arrested a person on charge of burgling a shop of a mobile phone set dealer in Pereira Road area of the city on Wednesday afternoon. The arrested was identified as Nazrul Islam Shikdar.   Police recovering three bank cheques from him started operation to recover the stolen goods, said Shakhawat…

A commemorative meeting on the occasion of the 1st death anniversary of journalist, poet and writer Baby Moudud will be held at the VIP Lounge of the National Press Club at 10.30am today, reports BSS. Professor emeritus Anisuzzaman will preside over the meeting to be organised by the Journalist Community…

BARISAL: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a man with firearms and ammunition from airport thana area of the city on Tuesday night, reports BSS. The arrestee is Jia Uddin Abu Mollah, 40.         Being informed, a team of the elite force raided the area…