KHULNA: A court here yesterday sentenced two people to life imprisonment in a drug trading case filed against them at Dumuria Police Station on July 19 in 2013. Additional District and Session Judge of Khulna M Nurul Islam gave the verdict in absence of the two convicts after examining records and witnesses…

A court in Barisal yesterday acquitted all 46 leaders and workers of Bangladesh nationalist party (BNP) of Barisal district and city unit and accused in police assault and violence cases. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Kumar Dey handed down the verdict after examining 12 whitenesses and…

Two faction of intern doctors of Sher-E-Bangla Medical Collge Hospital (SBMCH) belonging to Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) filed case and counter cases against 54 doctors on Wednesday midnight with Barisal kotwali model thana blaming each others for creating violence over forming new committee of SBMCH…

Detectives in a drive arrested 21 alleged members of a doping gang from different parts of the capital yesterday, reports UNB. Tipped off, a team of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) conducted a simultaneous drive and arrested the 21 from different parts of the city, said…

Students from Bangladesh can explore the vast opportunities that the Yunnan University is offering to them, university officials told journalists here on Tuesday, reports BSS. Established in 1923, the university is one of the oldest universities in Southwest China and is located in a natural surrounding…

A man was killed allegedly by his son at Noagaon area of Rajendrapur in Gazipur on Wednesday evening over a family feud. The deceased was identified as Ibrahim Shekh,70 of the area.  Sub-inspector of Sreepur police station Saiful Islam said, Delowar Hossain Shekh, 32, son of the deceased hit his…

The qulkhwani of noted educationist and Dhaka University former vice-chancellor Professor M Moniruzzaman Miah will be held today after Asr prayer at Zaman Villa, House 2/2, Road 13, Banani in the capital, reports BSS. Professor Miah’s younger brother BIDS Professorial Fellow Dr M Asaduzzaman requested…

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the High Court order asking the authorities concerned to admit Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna to Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital & Research Institute for treatment, reports UNB. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice SK…

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive seized a container at Chittagong pot along with a consignment of foreign brand Benson cigarette of 40.80 lakh pieces worth about Tk5 crore yesterday. “We have detained the owner of the C&F (Clearing and Forwarding) agents and its manager,” said…

CHITTAGONG: The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) yesterday realised Taka 2.19 lakh as fines from 49 business establishments for various offences. DNCRP in Dhaka, Bhola, Moulvibazar, Kishoreganj, Jessore, Goaplganj, and Patuakhali inspected different markets and fined the establishments,…

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 yesterday set June 28 to pass order whether to indict six alleged Razakars including former Jamaat lawmaker Md Abdul Aziz alias Ghoramara Aziz from Gaibandha, in crimes against humanity case, reports BSS. The accused are Abdul Aziz alias Ghoramara Aziz, 65,…

The merit list of those selected for admission to different government and private colleges was published yesterday, reports UNB. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid made the disclosure at a press briefing at the Secretariat yesterday noon. The admission seekers may have their results from website…

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shaoxing Municipal Government of China at North Nagar Bhaban in the capital, reports UNB. Shaoxing Municipal Government’s mayor Yu Zhihong made a courtesy call on to DNCC Mayor Annisul Huq at his North Nagar…

Mother, daughter killed in road crash A woman and her three-month- old daughter was killed as a tank lorry ran over them at Kanchpur crossing in the district on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased were Suma Akhter and her daughter Nusrat, residents of South Ruposi village in Rupganj. Officer-in-charge…

IU admission test begins Nov 19 KUSHTIA: The admission test for the first year honours courses of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia under the academic session of 2016-17 will begin on November 19 and continue till on November 23, registrar office sources said. The decision came from an emergency meeting…