Eleven people along with 45 tickets and Taka 2 lakh were arrested from Kamlapur Railway Station in the capital on charges of selling train tickets in the black market on Wednesday and yesterday morning, reports BSS. A mobile court of police arrested Al Amin (1), Nasir, Titu, Nazrul, Al Amin and Shahjahan…

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Wednesday arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 861 cans of beer and six bottles of local-made alcohol from Mohammadpur area in the capital. The arrested were identified as Md Nannu, 30, and Md Pappu, 25. Talking to The Independent yesterday evening, RAB Legal…

RAJSHAHI: After two months of his arrest, former mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) and BNP leader Mizanur Rahman Minu was freed from jail on Wednesday night following bail in all cases against him, reports UNB. The BNP leader was released while under treatment at the Rajshahi Medical College…

Water logging in the city cannot be removed until encroachment on land and drainage channels are stopped, says Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Annisul Huq. “Politically influential and rich people are responsible for grabbing of land. Water logging from the city cannot be removed only…

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in separate drives sealed off an ice-cream and two curd factories at Badda in the capital yesterday for manufacturing food items in unhygienic conditions. RAB Legal and Media Wing Deputy Director Major Makshodul Alam told The Independent that on secret…

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) yesterday seized around 5,000 tortoises and detained one in this connection from Ashkona near Shahjalal International Airport in the capital. Talking to The Independent, RAB Legal and Media Wing Deputy Director Major Rumman Mahmud confirmed it and said, a team of RAB-1 seized…

Around 1.8 million people in the country suffer from some form of diabetic retinopathy, which can lead to blindness if diabetes is not controlled properly, said experts. More than 5.6 million people are diabetic, but half of them do not even know the status of their disease. Even more alarming is that…

The British Council has invited application from the English language teaching professionals around the world for ELTons 2016.  The English Language Teaching Innovation Awards (ELTons) are the only international awards that recognise and celebrate innovation in English language teaching (ELT) from…

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) at a meeting with the Launch Owners’ Association, law enforcing agencies and the local administration decided to conduct mobile court to curb loading in vessels to avert risks of accident during Eid-ul-Azha journey.  At the meeting, officials…

A high level education delegation of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC), led by the Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, met Sinuhe Wallinheimo, the Minister for Education, Culture and Sports of the Government of Finland, at her office in Finland on Wednesday, says a press release.…

A Dubai- returned passenger was arrested along with 10 gold bars weighing 1.5 kilogram and 92 cartons of foreign cigarettes from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Wednesday, reports BSS. "We arrested Dubai-returned Abdul Mannan and seized 10 gold bars weighing 1.5 kg and…

Youth electrocuted in Barisal A young man was electrocuted in Kaunia area  in Barisal yesterday morning. The victim was Samrat, 30, a resident of Kaunia Housing area of the town. Police said Samrat was critically injured as he came in contact with a live electric wire while he was repairing an…

Shafiqur Rahman, ex directorate general of Family Planning and consultant of World Health Organisation, died of old age complications at a hospital in the capital on Wednesday, says a press release. He was 91. He left behind his only son, daughter, grandchildren and relatives to mourn his death. His…