A Sylhet court yesterday put Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist Angur Miah on a three-day remand in a case filed over the killing of a fellow activist at Madanmohan College in the city on Wednesday, reports UNB. Judge Anwarul Haque of Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Court-3 passed the order when…

Police in a drive arrested ten leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami while they were holding a meeting at a mosque in the city on Thursday night.The arrestees were Advocate Ehsanul Mahbub Jubair, Sylhet city unit Jamaat ameer, Mohammad Abdus Sabur, Ahmed Al Masud, Mir Hossain, Joynal Abedin, Delwar…

The inaugural programme of a weeklong training on journalism arranged by Institute of Journalism and Communication (IJC), a media think tank, was held in the capital yesterday, reports UNB. Senior journalists from different media outlets were present at the programme held at IJC’s Banglamotor…

An accused has given statement confessing to his involvement in shooting trader Nurul Islam to death in a bus on August 3. The accused identified as Nadim, 30, son of Abdus Sattar, a resident of Dhalpur area in the capital, made the confession in a statement before the Senior Judicial Magistrate’s…

Police in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler and seized 39,000 yaba tablets from BK Das Road in Old Dhaka on Thursday night. The arrestee was Sabbir Hossain alias Sabbir. Talking to The Independent, Deputy Police Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Media and Public Relation) Muntasirul…

Police in a drive arrested an alleged firearms trader from Kafrul area of the capital on Thursday night. The arrestee was Md Rubel Faraizi alias Sundori Rubel. Talking to The Independent, Additional Deputy Police Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Media and Public Relation) AKM Jahangir Alam…

Bus strike on 19 routes in south Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar was withdrawn yesterday three hours after its enforcement. Transport service providers enforced the strike on the routes at 12:30 pm protesting assault on transport workers and attack on a bus counter. They enforced the strike as a group…

Access to free-of-charge or subsidized emergency obstetric care is very low in Bangladesh as there is only one public obstetric care facility per 5,00,000 people in the country, according to an icddr,b survey, reports UNB. It reveals that one-fifth of all districts in the country do not meet the World…

RANGPUR: Speakers at a regional meeting have said the tobacco companies have been luring the innocent farmers in increasing tobacco cultivation in Rangpur region taking advantage of having no tobacco farming policy, reports BSS. They said tobacco companies have been conducting publicity of various advertisements…

RAJSHAHI:  The HIV/AIDS laboratory has been opened in Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) on Thursday for the first time in order to provide necessary healthcare services to the people vulnerable to the virus and its infection, reports BSS. From now on, the lab will contribute a lot towards…

The city unit of Awami League has distributed more than 100 cattle among the leaders and activists  of the party’s different units in the city to check extortion  in the name of holding the National Mourning Day  programme. Leaders of the AL city unit distributed the cattle at a…

DU tree plantation Aug 19 As part of increasing beautification and greenery of the Dhaka University (DU), the tree plantation programme will be inaugurated on August 19, said a university release. DU Vice-Chancellor (VC) AAMS Arefin Siddique will inaugurate the programme as the chief guest. The programme…