Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) conducted separate drives in different areas of the capital on Saturday night and arrested three persons, including a woman, with heroin and yaba tablets. In Mirpur, being tipped-off, a team of DB police in a drive arrested an alleged woman drug…

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday granted BNP leader Moudud Ahmed until September 3 to file an appeal against a High Court order rejecting a petition over a case filed against him by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) for alleged illegal occupation of government land. The Supreme…

Customs Intelligence and Directorate yesterday lodged a case over the seizure of the sodium salt (monosodium glutamate) in Chittagong Port. mA company named Helal & Brothers imported 10 containers of the salt from Taiwan under false declaration. Mohammad Zakir Hossain, deputy director of Customs…

A five-day-long annual Pacific Resilience (PR) Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (DREE) was launched yesterday to increase disaster preparedness,…

USAID Acting Administrator Alfonso said United State will increase support to Bangladesh for facing the challenges regarding climate change, says a press…

Three persons were killed and two others injured in separate road accidents in port city on Saturday. Two youths, including a university student, were killed and two injured when a truck rammed a BRTC bus in Shah Amanat Bridge area of the city at around 8:30pm on Saturday. The victims were identified…

Developed countries have to compensate for damaging the atmosphere by emitting greenhouse gases, resulting in floods, sea level rise, drought and other disasters, said experts at a seminar held in the capital yesterday. They urged all to raise their voices against developed countries for emitting greenhouse…

Australian government’s ‘New Colombo Plan’ mobility grants will support 101 of their undergraduate students to live, study and undertake work placements in Bangladesh next year, reports UNB. The New Colombo Plan mobility students will return to Australia with new insights and understanding…

A Dhaka court yesterday adjourned the hearing of the blogger Rajib Haider murder trial till September 8, reports BSS. Judge Sayed Ahammed of Dhaka Speedy…

A discussion on life and works of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was held marking his 39th death anniversary in the city on Saturday night. To mark the…

A group of alleged local terrorists attacked workers demanding extortion in Chandmia Residential Area of the city yesterday. In the attack a construction workers received bullet injury and was admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) in a critical condition, said police sources. The bullet…

GAZIPUR: Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan has said that 50 kilometer walkway would be constructed at the banks of three rivers, Buriganga, Turag and Shitalakshya, in a bid to protect and recover occupied land in Tongi, reports BSS. The minister said out of the planned walkway 20 kilometer has already…

Woman dies in road crash A woman was killed and three others were injured in a road accident at Kakrail intersection in the capital yesterday morning. The deceased was Azibunnesa, 35. Sub-inspector of Ramna police station Sharif Hossain said the accident took place around 6am when a bus of ‘Suprabhat…

About 8,000 workers of Keya Knit Composit Factory, a RMG unit of Keya group, have been observing work abstention protesting suspension of 37 workers of the factory. They have been observing work abstention since Saturday and demonstrated on the factory premises demanding re-appointment of suspended…

A human chain was formed demanding allocation of khash land for setting up a maternity center at Nilerpara area of the city. Hundreds of people of the…

State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze Chumki yesterday stressed building the children as the educated and skilled citizen, reports BSS. "Nearly 44 per cent of the total population in Bangladesh is children, and if we could able to develop the vast population as educated and…

KUET 12th anniversary tomorrow Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) has chalked out an elaborate programme to celebrate its 12th founding anniversary on Tuesday, said a university press release. The release also said the programme of the day, includes hoisting national and university…

A man was killed as a wall of a poultry shop collapsed on him in front of his house on the Chiriakhana Road under Mirpur police station in the capital yesterday morning. The deceased was Belal Hossain, 47, resident of the area. mSources at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) said a portion of the…

KHULNA: State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Naryan Chandra Chanda here yesterday said stern action will be taken against illegal drug users, traffickers, tiger poachers and terrorists, reports BSS. Expressing satisfaction that law and order situation is better now than the BNP-Jamaat government,…