The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court (HC) order that granted a conditional bail BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a money laundering case, reports UNB. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, passed the order disposing of…

The guardians of the Willes Little Flower School and College alleged that its authorities are charging exorbitant tuition fees from their children in the name of various charges. They demanded withdrawal of exorbitant fees and gave an ultimatum of 24 hours or they would start continuous sit-in in front…

CHITTAGONG: Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a fugitive convict, who was sentenced to death in a murder case, from Shah Amanat Airport in the city yesterday, reports UNB. The arrestee was Anwar Ashraf, son of Kashem Chowdhury of Panchlaish area of the city. Tipped off, a team of Rab-7 launched…

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) in a drive yesterday demolished hundreds of illegal makeshift shops in Gulistan area of the capital, reports UNB.…

CHITTAGONG:  A mobile court of Chittagong District Administration yesterday in a drive fined four pharmacies and seized huge quantities of expired food supplements and physicians' samples from city's Muradpur area. Assistant Commissioner of Chittagong District Administration Mohammad Ruhul…

President Md Abdul Hamid will inaugurate the three-day long Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) 2016 at a hotel in the capital today to promote the international and regional cooperation and collaboration among the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) countries. The naval chiefs of 30 countries, senior naval representatives,…

Supporters of Rajshahi Raskha Sangram Parishad (RRSP), a local organisation to press home popular demands of Rajshahi, brought out a procession and formed…

Speakers at an inaugural session of a 3 -day Digital Innovation Fair in Khulna yesterday said that the digitisation of both public and private services would lead the country to achieve double digit growth in the next few years. They emphasised the technological advancement in Bangladesh is increasing…

A 21-member executive committee of Shariatpur Journalists Association, Dhaka has unanimously been formed with Rafiqul Islam Azad of The Independent and…

German professor calls on DU VC Professor of the University of Bremen in Germany Dr Bibhuti Roy called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-chancellor Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique yesterday at the latter's office of the university. During the meeting, they discussed the possibilities of undertaking…

4 jailed for harassing woman A mobile court on Saturday sentenced four youths to six months jail for harassing a woman under Rupnagar Upazila in Narayanganj district. The convicts are Imon Miah, 18, Hridoy Khan, 18, Omar Faruque, 19 and Rashel Miah, 20. Police sources said they arrested them on charge…