Detectives in separate drives arrested 12 alleged members of a dope gang, including its leader Hazi Abdur Gafur, from different parts of the capital yesterday, reports UNB. The other arrestees were Nurul, Sabuj, Bashar, Hasan, Akhter, Kalam, Sumon, Netaji, Ibrahim, Monir and Saidul. Briefing reporters…

Just as the Thatari Bazar in Central Dhaka gathered pace, pigeon sellers started setting up shops under the Hanif flyover. Well, they were not exactly shops. The sellers were either squatting or roaming with small cages containing two or four doves, mainly homers apart from other species, when big droplets…

Two unidentified pedestrians, including a woman, died early yesetrday as a double-decker BRTC bus ran over them in front of the VVIP gate of the Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport in the capital, reports BSS. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Airport Police Station Kamal Uddin said the bus hit them…

Newly appointed ambassador of Bangladesh to Greece Jashim Uddin made a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban yesterday, reports BSS. During the meet, the President asked the ambassador to continue to work for brightening the image of Bangladesh. He advised the envoy to take steps to…

A kind of organisational disorder is prevailing in the grassroots level of the ruling party Awami League in Khulna due to intra-party feud. Authoritarian behaviour of some of the high ranking leaders has also turned problematic for running the party in different levels. Conflicting relations between…

CHITTAGONG: Chittagong Metropolitan Police in a drive arrested two alleged drug traders with 3000 yaba tablets from Karnaphuli Bridge area in the city early yesterday. The arrestee were Islamul Hoq Saimon, 35, Amir Khan,38. Police conducted a drive on a Dhaka-bound bus of Shyamoli Transport Service…

Rajshahi: More than 6,500 youths, most of them are women, from poor and extreme poor communities, have become self-reliant workforces through vocational education on various trades in the city, reports BSS. They are now either rendering their services as fulltime workers or apprentices in various sectors…

The police arrested two persons along with a foreign made pistol and ammunitions from the city’s Bayezid area yesterday. The arrestees were Firoz Uddin Sabu, 30 and Nikhil Dey Opu, 25, hailed from Raozan and Mirsarai upazilas of Chittagong respec tively. Acting on a tip-off, a patrol team of Bayezid…

CHITTAGONG: A businessman was stabbed to death allegedly by his  rival in Hatkhola area under Bakalia thana in the city Wednesday night. The victim was Aftab Ahmed, 35, hailed from Bakalia thana in  the port city. Police said Saifur Rahman, son of late  Saydur Rahman, stabbed Aftab …

GAZIPUR:  A two-day international colloquium on ‘recent advances in curriculum and research of biotechnology’ began at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) yesterday, says a press release. In this connection an inaugural session was held at 9.30 am…