Six more people were testified for the schoolboy Sayed, 19, murder case. Judge of Woman and Child Prevention Court Abdur Rashid recorded the testimony of six people on Sunday. A total 11 people out of 37 were already gave their testimony before the court. Earlier on November 17 the court charged farmed…

CHITTAGONG: A court here yesterday sentenced a man and his wife to death for killing the elder brother of the man in Mirsarai upazila in 2005, reports UNB. The convicts were Nur Mohammad and his wife Rahima Begum of Patakote village in the upazila. According to the prosecution, Nur chopped his elder…

A national workshop and knowledge fair on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) will be held on November 24-25 to discuss the key disaster management issues and to showcase current disaster management initiatives in Bangladesh, reports BSS. The event will be inaugurated by…

Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has sought support from the Japanese government in constructing underground rail, metro rail to address traffic congestion in the capital, reports UNB. The minister sought the support during his bilateral meetings with Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Affairs…

The High Court (HC) yesterday rejected a writ petition filed by suspended BNP-backed Khulna City Corporation (KCC) elected Mayor Moniruzzaman Moni challenging the government decision of his suspension, reports UNB. An HC bench comprising by Justice Tariqul Hakim and Justice Farid Ahmed Shibli passed…

A absconding convict of the Samiul Alam Rajon murder case was sent to jail while he was surrendered before a Sylhet court on Sunday morning. Judge of Sylhet metropolitan session’s judge court Akbar Hussain Mridha rejected his bail plea and ordered the authority to send him jail. Shamim Ahmed,…

Chief Justice (CJ) Surendra Kumar Sinha made a courtesy call on president Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban in the capital yesterday, reports BSS. During the meeting, the CJ apprised the president of the different activities of the judiciary, president's Press Secretary Joynal Abedin told BSS. Surendra…

Speakers at a discussion yesterday said that the disabled people could flourish their inherent talents to become worthy citizens of the soil if they were properly nurtured and provided with more financial and necessary opportunities, report s BSS. They said this at a discussion of a study titled "Protecting…

Speakers including medical scientists, physicians and health officials in the capital on Saturday said country's 67 per cent children under five years are suffering from various respiratory problems, reports BSS. Lack of proper diagnosis, trained manpower and separate pulmonology department at the…

KHULNA: Inmates of Khulna Central Jail have been facing manifold problems due to lack of proper management and other facilities. The jail has been the worse one for children and female prisoners, as they hardly can have proper meals, let alone the correctional measures that can help them return to a…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a seminar here mentioned that there is no alternative to skill development to free the nation from the curse of unemployment together with taking the nation forward, reports BSS. They viewed that emphasis should be given on making the country's technical and vocational training…

Salon owner killed A salon owner was murdered allegedly by some miscreants in Isdaer area under Fatullah upazila of the district Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Abul Kasem, 42, son of Mahiuddin, a resident of Uttar Gabtoli area under the upazila. Quoting family members, police said the…

Engineer Abul Kashem, former chairman of Bangladesh Juba Union central committee, died of prolonged illness at a hospital in the capital Saturday morning. He was 65, reports BSS. A valiant freedom fighter, Abul Kashem left behind his wife, one son, one daughter and a host of relatives and well-wishers…

45 students to vie for each BRUR seat RANGPUR: Forty-five students will vie for each of the 1,210 seats under 21 departments in the admission test for the first year honours courses in the 2015-16 academic sessions of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR). University sources said around 54,292 admission…

Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral M Farid Habib left Dhaka yesterday for Sri Lanka to join an international Maritime Conference there, an ISPR press release said. Naval chiefs or their representatives of India, China, the USA, Pakistan, Australia and Thailand will join the conference titled "International…

More than six thousand examinees absent on the first day of Primary School Certificate (PSC) examinations in Barisal division that was started yesterday. Kazi Mahbub Elahi, deputy director primary education directorate in Barisal, said 1,74,828 students were registered this year and 1,64,457 appeared…

Skills Competition 2015 under Skills and Training Enhancement Project (STEP) was held on the Barisal Model School and College premises on Saturday noon. The programme was organised to ensure better employment opportunities for the Bangladeshi labour force, in both local and overseas job markets, development…