A court in the capital on Thursday placed six suspected militants, arrested on Tuesday from the capital, on a 10-day remand each in three cases, reports UNB. Those remanded are Jahid Anwar alias Porag, 22, a student of Govt Titumir College, M Tajul Islam, 29, Jahid Hasan, 21, Engineer Mostafizur Rahman…

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday extended until August 18 its stay on a High Court order that granted a six-month ad-interim bail to Destiny Group managing director Rafiqul Amin and Destiny-2000 chairman Mohammad Hossain in two money-laundering cases.    A five-member…

CHITTAGONG: A court here yesterday deferred again the verdict in the sensational Himadri Mazumder Himu murder case to August 14, reports UNB. Judge of Additional Metropolitan Session Judge Court-4 Nurul Islam fixed the date, said Public Prosecutor of the court Anupam Chakrabarty. Earlier on July 16,…

Newly appointed Australian High Commissioner in Dhaka Julia Niblett has said she will work to strengthen Australia’s development, trade and foreign policy ties with Bangladesh, building on the countries’ strong people-to-people links and developing economic relationship, reports UNB. …

The British Council has launched ‘British Council IELTS Scholarships 2016’ to support more people access international education experience.  This year five applicants, who are planning to attend an undergraduate or postgraduate programme with an IELTS recognised institution overseas,…

Noted sculptor Ferdousi Priyabhashini, who was persecuted by Pakistani occupation army and its local collaborators during the Liberation War, has obtained…

CHITTAGONG: Tanjina Neherin, 22, a 4th semester student of Department of English of International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) was killed in a head-on collision between a Dhaka bound truck and a Chittagong bound bus, in Fakirhat area of Kumira under Sitakunda upazila of the district yesterday…

RAJSHAHI: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, MP, at a meeting in Rajshahi have instructed the district magistrate and other law enforcing agencies to put in their best efforts to root out militancy, terrorism, terror attacks and all other social crimes, reports BSS. He said the district…

Tree plantation programme  Pro Vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University (JU) Professor Dr Abul Hossain on Wednesday inaugurated the tree plantation programme-2016 by planting a yellow plant of Shimul tree in front of exam controller office on the campus in Savar. JU Treasurer Professor Dr. Abul…

ADB delegation meets DU VC A 4-member delegation, led by Senior Social Sector Specialist of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Eisuke Tajima called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique on Wednesday at the latter's office of the university. Other members of the delegation were…