The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested four people, including a Basic Bank official, in connection with swindling out of huge money from the state-run bank, reports UNB. An ACC team, led by its director Syed Iqbal Hossain, conducted drives in the capital’s Gulshan, Uttara, Baridhara,…

Chairman of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Iqbal Mahmood yesterday warned that he will clean up the commission first to intensify its anti-corruption drive, reports UNB.  “Many say there’s a devil in the drum. I don’t disagree with them. I must drive out the devils, but…

The British Council Bangladesh has launched the Charles Wallace Trust Professional Visit Programme (CWTPVP) 2016 in Bangladesh. The programme will assist mid-career professionals who wish to undertake short visits to the United Kingdom to broaden their professional knowledge, skills, and contacts, says…

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) yesterday in a drive demolished illegal structures from the capital’s Dhanmondi, Uttara and Gulshan areas. It also reoccupied more parking spaces in some commercial buildings during the drive. An eviction team led by Rajuk Executive Magistrate Nasir Uddin…

CHITTAGONG: Professor Dr Shirin Akhtar of Bengali Department of Chittagong  University (CU) has been appointed as the first-ever female Pro-Vice-Chancellor…

SYLHET:  Suspended Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury was freed from jail on bail yesterday, reports UNB. Ariful was released from Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he was receiving treatment around 11am, said jailer of Dhaka Central Jail Nesar Alam. Earlier, the suspended…

A mobile court yesterday sealed off two ice-cream factories in Chairman Ghata area and Bahaddarhat area under Chandgoan Police Station in the city for producing items using inedible ingredients. Mohammad Ruhul Amin, executive magistrate and Revenue Deputy Collector of Chittagong District Administration…

Police arrested a young man along with five gold bars at Kamalapur Railway Station in the capital yesterday morning. Officer-in-charge (OC) of Kamalapur Government Railway Police Station Abdul Majid said acting on a tipped off, a team of police challenged Palash, 22, son of Dipak, a resident of Kachua…

M Mozaffar Hossain, an ex-student of Applied Nutrition and Food Technology (ANFT) Department of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia, has appealed to affluent section of the society to come in aid of him for replacing his kidney as soon as possible, reports BSS. Both the kidneys of M Mozaffar Hossain…

The turnout of visitors at the Khulna International Trade Fair (KITF)-2016 has been rising, but sales are far from encouraging. Stall owners said that a major portion of the overwhelming crowd comprised window-shoppers, despite discounts, post-sales service and attractive designs to draw their attention.…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a post-rally discussion have underscored the need for forging social movement against corruption for building a poverty-free Bangladesh, reports BSS. They viewed community participation towards the anti-corruption campaign has become an urgent need for building mass-opinion against…

40 DU students get Sufia Kamal scholarship Forty students of the Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall of Dhaka University have received the ‘Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall Trust Fund Scholarship-2016’ for their excellent academic performances. Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique on Saturday distributed…

One held with yaba tablets Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged drug-trader with 885 pieces of yaba tablets from Chamta Sakin area under Charghat Upazila of the district on Sunday. The detained person was identified as Hanif Ali, 27, son of late Rahim Uddin of Bhobannagar village under Puthiya…