A Sylhet court yesterday deferred the recoding of testimonies of witnesses till March 30 in the former finance minister SAMS Kibria murder case as only…

A two-day international working group meeting on cholera case management with scientists and doctors from around the world ended in the capital yesterday providing recommendations related to care of patients during cholera epidemics, reports UNB. The meeting, hosted by icddr,b, was the first of the…

The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has finalised seven specific charges of crimes against humanity against seven alleged Razakars from Purbadhala upazila in Netrakona, reports BSS. Mohammad Abdul Hannan Khan, coordinator and chief investigator of the agency, said this…

A parliamentary standing committee yesterday suggested the government to set up dredger training institute to build skilled manpower for maintaining water flow of the country’s rivers, reports UNB. It also recommended expediting dredging works of the two projects for several rivers - Longan, Bemalia…

A construction worker died after an iron rod fell on him at Moghbazar flyover construction site in the capital yesterday morning, reports UNB. Emon,25, was working when a piece of rod fell on him from above at the flyover construction site in front of the Daily Janakantha Bhaban at about 11.45am, Sub-inspector…

An accused in cheque dishonoured case died soon after the arrest in the city’s Kodomtoli area yesterday. The deceased was identified as Priyotos, 65, a resident of the city’s Mominkola area. He was a manager of Jaber and Brother in the city. Police said Priyotos was arrested in cheque dishonoured…

A court in the capital yesterday granted bail to BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in a defamation case, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Zakir Hossain Tipu passed the order when he appeared before the court and sought bail in the case. Earlier, the court summoned Gayeshwar Chandra…

RAJSHAHI: Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor yesterday said cultural activities have a vital role towards freeing the society from unjust, unsocial…

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources Ministry yesterday recommended taking steps, in consultation with the finance ministry, for direct recruitment instead of outsourcing for 'need based setup' and all post of class three and four employees under the Water Development Board,…

Police in a drive arrested three people along with 300 pieces of contraband yaba tablets from No.15 ghat in Patenga area of Chittagong early Tuesday. The arrestees were identified as Md Rasel, 25, Azizur Rahman, 31, and Md Jashim, 21. Acting on tip-off we have arrested them along with 300 yaba tablets…

Five food shops fined A mobile court accompanied by RAB personnel on Tuesday fined five food shops, confectionaries Taka six lakh in an anti-adulteration drive in the capital's Uttara area, said a statement of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) yesterday evening.    The mobile court fined six…

Indian scientists meet Prof Arefin An eight-member scientific team led by Professor Parul Chakrabarti, Director of Bose Institute of Kolkata, on Tuesday called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter's office of the university. Other team members were Prof…