The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 today indicted 8 alleged war criminals from Jamalpur, framing five charges of crimes against humanity, reports BSS. Justice Anwarul Haque, chairman of the three-member panel of the ICT-1, framed the charges and set November 18 to place opening statement by the…

Police yesterday seized 20,000 contraband yaba tablets and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw from Badamtali area under Karnaphuli police station in the city. Patrol police of Karnaphuli station in a drive at around 8:30 am at Badamtali area found a CNG-run auto-rickshaw was laying on the road and passengers fled…

RAJSHAHI: A court here yesterday convicted a former Shibir leader and sentenced him to life imprisonment for possessing firearms in the city, reports BSS. Judge of Speedy Trial Tribunal Golam Ahmed Khalilur Rahman found the convict Saifuddin Yeahia guilty of the charge beyond doubt and pronounced the…

RAJSHAHI: Police arrested Dr Mamun-ur-Rashid, Deputy Director of Rajshahi Islami Bank Medical College Hospital, from Baya Bazar in the city on Sunday night on charges of subversive activities, reports UNB. A team of Shah Makhdum Police Station conducted a drive in the area at about 9:30 pm and arrested…

The admission test result of ‘A’ unit under Mathematical and Physical Sciences Faculty of Jahangirnagar University (JU) for 2015-16 academic session has been published yesterday with a pass rate of 11.74. Mohammad Ali, deputy registrar (education) also the secretary of admission test committee,…

A Sylhet court here on Monday continued arguments in the Samiul Alam Rajon murder case in presence of 11 accused on second day yesterday.  Most of the people of the prosecution side gave their arguments on the day. Judge of Sylhet Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court Akbor Hossain Mridha heard…

Several strong syndicates have long been allegedly smuggling goods through Khulna railway station as a safe route to supply drugs and others products…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a community level view-sharing meeting unequivocally called for concerted efforts to free the society from dowry, child marriage and violence against women, reports BSS. They mentioned that the government alone or any single organisation isn’t capable to free the womenfolk…

Rajshahi: A mobile court of Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institutions (BSTI) fined the owners of three food factories Tk 1.3 lakh in Rajshahi yesterday for manufacturing of substandard and adulterated food, reports BSS. According to the officials concerned, the BSTI in cooperation with the district…

Gazipur : A man was beaten to death and two women injured in an attack by miscreants in Bangram area of Gazipur city on Sunday night, reports UNB. The deceased was Joira Barman, a resident of the area. Locals said a gang of 5 to 6 riding a micro-bus in the guise of DB police entered Bangram area and…

One killed in road accident    A man was killed and two others were injured in a road accident in Kosabo area on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway under Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district yesterday morning. The deceased was Abdul Kader Bhuyan, a resident Hatabo area of the upazila. Police said…

RAJSHAHI: A consultative meeting of the stakeholders yesterday observed that stronger media role was indispensable to free the sexual minorities like transgender from being stigmatised socially and protecting their fundamental rights, reports BSS. They also viewed that most of the extremely excluded…

Environment and Social Development Organisation (ESDO) will organise a ‘high level policy dialogue’ at ESDO’s head office at Lalmatia in the capital at 11:30am today in observance of  International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week-2015, says a press release. Bangla version of the…

CHITTAGONG: Police in special drives arrested 237 people, including 16 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), from different upazilas of the district on Sunday night, reports BSS. The law enforcers also seized 74 yaba tablets, 22 litres of liquor,…

KHULNA:  Farmers and officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) are expecting a bumper production of winter vegetables in all the nine upazilas of Khulna district and two Metro thana in the city during the current season, reports BSS. Department of Agriculture and Extension (DAE)…

KUSHTIA: Classes and examinations of various departments at Islamic University will resume today after 5-day vacation on the occasion of Durga Puja and holy Ashura. Earlier, academic and administrative offices of the university have reopened on Tuesday, campus sources said. Mention that, the university…

A court here sentenced two human traffickers to life term in child trafficking case under Shiddhirganj police station. District women and child repression prevention tribunal judge KM Rasheduzzaman Raza handed down the judgement yesterday. The court also fined Taka 20,000 each, in default, suffer 1…

RAJSHAHI: Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) here yesterday finally demolished 23 shops from their illegal occupation on footpath of New Market area under Boalia Police Station in the city, RCC sources said, reports BSS. A mobile court of the RCC led by its Executive Magistrate Mourtoza Al Muhit bulldozed…