A customs preventive team arrested a man and recovered eight gold bars, weighing 800 grams, after their release from his rectum at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital early Saturday, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Kamal, a resident of Comilla district. Assistant…

The Indian High Commission in the capital yesterday launched 'Eid Visa Camp', the first of its kind in the history of Bangladesh-India bilateral relationship, drawing huge crowd, reports UNB. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam and Indian High Commissioner…

Teachers and students of English department of Rajshahi University have resumed their protest programme yesterday after summer vacation demanding proper investigation and justice for the murder of Prof Rezaul Karim Siddique. A protest procession was brought out at around 11am from in front of Shahidullah…

Sylhet Osmani International Airport Customs authority yesterday morning arrested a passenger and seized 150-round bullets from his possession at the airport. The arrestee was identified as Abdus Sabur, son of Abdus Shahid, a resident of Beanibazar upazila. Airport customs sources said a flight came…

A mobile court of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has launched a campaign to evict illegal occupants from riverbank of Dhaleshwari at Keraniganj part on Friday, reports UNB. The court, led by executive magistrates Sarwar Ahmed and Mahbub Jamil of Dhaka district administration, pulled…

The US State Department has strongly appreciated Bangladesh's role in countering global terror financing and its growing participation in the global fight against extremism, reports BSS. Continuation of a marked progress in the country's criminal justice system was also evidenced, given that…

Speakers at a human chain programme yesterday called for relocating chemical factories, chemical warehouses and shops from residential areas of old Dhaka to safer places for the sake of public safety, reports BSS. People in old Dhaka are at high risk as chemical factories, warehouses and shops have…

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said 450 BRTC special buses will ply different roads to ensure smooth movement for home-bound people on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr. In addition, 550 buses plying different routes will continue their operations, said the minister. He made…

SAVAR: The election to the teachers’ representative to Syndicate, Academic Council and Finance committee of Jahangirnagar University (JU) will be held at the University Teachers’ Club today, reports BSS. The teachers of the university will elect a total of six teachers for syndicate, six…

Train services with Dhaka, Ctg resumes Train communications of Sylhet with Dhaka and Chittagong were restored yesterday after eight hours of disruption following subsidence of a rail bridge under pressure of hill water at Rankichor in Srimangal upazila early in the morning. Engineer of Srimangal Railway…

Workshop on brachial plexus injury starts at BSMMU A three-day scientific workshop and live demonstration on brachial plexus injury started yesterday at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in the capital. BSMMU Orthopedic Surgery Department and Bangladesh Hand Surgery Society jointly…