A Chittagong court on Wednesday granted a two-day remand for Habildar Mesbah Uddin, in-charge of the Railway Nirapotta Bahini (RNB) Phartali outpost,  in a case filed over snatching 200-bhori gold from a trader on Monday. Chittagong senior judicial magistrate Mahmudul Hasan passed the order. He…

A solo sculpture exhibition of Professor Hamiduzzaman Khan titled ‘Stones-2’ will begin on the premises of Galleri Kaya in the capital’s Uttara area.     Muhammad Aziz Khan, chairman of Summit Group Companies, will inaugurate the exhibition and Nancy T Vanhorn, press…

A teenager boy was killed in a road accident in front of Baro Awlia Police outpost under Sitakund police station in Chittagong yesterday. The victim was identified as Mohammad Tanvir,14, son of Md Naruschafa, local resident of South Ghura Mara area under Sitakunda Police Station of the district. A bus…

RANGPUR: The present government, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, puts special importance on spreading female education in building a developed Bangladesh through joint efforts of both males and females, reports BSS. State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development & Cooperatives Mashiur…

RANGPUR: A court here yesterday sentenced a man to life tern rigorous imprisonment for killing his wife in Badarganj upazila of the district more than a decade ago. Additional District and Sessions Judge Abu Jafar Md Kamruzzaman of the Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-2 of Rangpur announced…

Robbers looted valuables worth Tk 5 lakh from a house in Lakaura Islampur area of the city on Wednesday night. Police said a group of armed robbers, numbering 10 to 15 swooped on the house of Modabbir Hussain Babul, a stone businessman, at the dead of night and looted the valuables, worth about Tk 5…

CHITTAGONG: A mobile court of the National Consumer Right Protection Directorate (CRPD) in cooperation with district administration fined two food producing establishments Tk 1.46 lakh for preparing and selling adulterated items, reports BSS. CRPD Assistant Director, Mohammad Foiz Ullah while conducting…

Press Institute of Bangladesh organised a training prograsmme for the journalists of different print and electronic media in Rangpur at Rangpur Circuit House yesterday. The training, on ending child marriage, corporal punishment, birth registration and child nutrition, was supported by UNICEF.  A…

SAVAR: A total of 16 houses were gutted at a workers’ colony at Dendabar near Palli Bidyut area in Ashulia early yesterday, reports UNB. Fire service sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at a house at Azhar Molla Workers’ Colony around 2 am and soon engulfed the…

Int’l confce on MSMEs dev in Bangladesh Mar 5 A two-day International Conference on Development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Bangladesh will begin on Southeast University (SEU) campus in the capital tomorrow, says a press release Governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr Atiur Rahman…