SYLHET:  A court here yesterday set September 30 to initiate recording of deposition in the murder case of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria, reports BSS. Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Makbul Ahsan fixed the date. Earlier, on September 13, the same court indicted 32 people including former…

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a drive arrested six alleged robbers with arms and ammunition from Shyampur area in the capital Sunday night. The arrested were identified as Md Sumon, Md Jahed Mir, Badol Mia, Rifat Sikder, Kazi Afzal and Md Anwar. Deputy Police Commissioner…

BARISAL: Barisal cyber tribunal court awarded 10 years imprisonment with fine of Taka 20,000 in default another six-month jail to Mizanur Rahman Rabbi,20, for molesting a girl and releasing video photograph of molesting scene through internet, reports BSS. Judge of Barisal cyber tribunal court Md Anwarul…

GAZIPUR: A large number of police, including community police, Ansar, have been deployed on different highways in Gazipur to ensure the smooth journey of the homebound people. Sakhawat Hossain, assistant superintendent of Gazipur traffic police, yesterday afternoon told The Independent that a total…

The British government has invited applications from ambitious and academically strong young professionals with leadership potentials from Bangladesh for Chevening Scholarship, reports UNB. The application process for 2016-2017 will remain open until November 3, said British High Commission in Dhaka…

KHULNA:  A night guard was hacked to death by miscreants at the Khulna Zilla Stadium on Monday morning, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Abdul Jalil, 55, a night guard of Khulna Zilla Stadium and a resident of the Stadium area. Kazi Shamim Ahasan, general secretary of Khulna Zilla Stadium,…

CHITTAGONG: Sacrificial animals from across the country have started pouring into the traditional and makeshift cattle markets in the port city ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, reports BSS. The authority has taken tight security measures in and around the cattle markets to ensure safe reaching of cattle heads…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a workshop here yesterday said the traffic victims need access to family and social integration in order to eradicate their plights and vulnerabilities in the society besides getting back to the normal life. They viewed that the traffic victims and survivors are subjected to repression…

Missing BCL leader found dead Police on Monday morning recovered the body of a local Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader, who went missing when a boat capsized after being hit by a sand-laden trawler in the Bongshi River in Bank Town area of Savar on Saturday evening.The victim was Didarul Arefin…

Heavy downpour paralysed Barisal city life from Sunday to till filing the report that caused immense suffering to the residents. Most of the citizens…

A Barisal court on Sunday sentenced eleven persons to ten-year imprisonment and fined Tk.20,000 each for killing a fisherman. The sentenced 11 accused were: Sohel Sardar, Jasim Bepari, Sukkur Ali Majhi, Manik Sardar, Akbar Hossain, Rafik Khan, Bachchu Khan, Sabuj Khan, Babul Mridha, Bashir Mridha and…

The prices of all varieties of spices in Khulna retail markets are on the ‘rollercoaster ride’, increasing everyday ahead Eid-ul-Azha just…

BSMRAU VC elected ACU representative GAZIPUR: Md Mahbubar Rahman, vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), has been elected the executive council member of The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) for the term of 2015-2017, says a press release.…