GAZIPUR: A court here yesterday sentenced four people, including two siblings, to death for killing a schoolboy Mamun at Pubail in the city on August 2004. Judge of Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-1 Md Fazle Elahi Bhuiyan handed down the verdict yesterday. The convicts are Mohammed Iqbal…

RANGPUR: A three-member committee has been formed to investigate the Taraganj road accident that killed 13 people and 47 injured on Wednesday. Rahat Anwar, deputy commissioner, Rangpur, formed three-member inquiry team headed by AKM Marouf Hasan, additional deputy magistrate. The committee will submit…

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Planning Ministry yesterday recommended increasing train fare to reduce gradually about Tk 800 crore annual loss of Bangladesh Railway, reports BSS. The standing committee made the recommendation at its 23rd meeting at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Bhaban with committee…

CHITTAGONG: Police have arrested the prime accused in connection with the midweek murder of a woman and her daughter in Boalkhali upazila, from Boiltali village of Chandanish upazila, reports UNB. Officer-in-charge of Boalkhali Police Station M Salahuddin Chowdhury said a police team launched a drive…

The brisk business of the satellite channel, Dish Line, has been going on for ages in Khulna without any payment of Value Added Tax (VAT) depriving the government of a substantial revenue. The Dish providers take Tk 300 to Tk 400 per month, per connection. According to sources, the cost of each line,…

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court yesterday sentenced a youth to death for killing his friend at Jamiatul Flaha Mosque area in the city in 2011, reports BSS. Chittagong Metropolitan Session Judge Shahenoor pronounced the verdict convicting Jahed Mahmud, the then student of International Islamic University,…

CHITTAGONG: A three-day 6th digital innovation fair 'Divisional Digital Innovation Fair-2016' begins today in the city's Outer Stadium area, reports BSS. The fair aims at developing digital technology in the country and reducing the gap between the government and people. Cabinet Secretary…

SYLHET: Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) demolished a three- storey vulnerable building in Tantipara area of the city yesterday, reports UNB. The building was demolished around 11am in presence of a SCC team, led by executive magistrate Rezaul Karim, said Enamul Habib, chief executive officer of Sylhet…

The chehlum of Rafiq Azad, a renowned poet of the country and also a freedom fighter, will be held today at his native home at village Gunigram of Ghatail upazila in Tangail, says a press release. All relatives, friends and admirers are requested to attend the prayer session and prayed for the salvation…

150 tonnes ‘jatka’ seized Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized more than 150 tonnes of jatka (hilsa fry) from a fishing trawler on the Karnaphuli River in Chittagong yesterday noon, reports UNB. Tipped off, a team of the elite force conducted a drive in the fishing trawler nearby Karnaphuli…

NSU won ‘Masters of Ideation 2016’ The finale of ‘Masters of Ideation 2016’ was held at North South University on Bashundhara campus on Monday, says a press release. Team Dexters from North South University (NSU) has won the title ‘Masters of Ideation 2016!’ this…