A young man along with 23 kg gold, worth 11 crore, was arrested from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital by customs officials on Wednesday night. Md Ataul Majid, 32, the arrestee, a passenger of Singapore Airlines. His home district is in Saidpur.   Ataul landed the airport on…

KHULNA: Leaders of Khulna Awami League yesterday demanded fresh investigations into the 2003 murder of party leader Advocate Manjurul Imam coinciding with his 13th death anniversary, reports BSS. Unidentified assailants shot the party’s city unit president dead 13 years ago while the all…

President Abdul Hamid yesterday urged the people of all religions to work for the development and advancement of the country through strengthening the…

SYLHET: Police arrested two students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) from separate places in the city on Wednesday for their suspected link to militancy. The arrestees were identified as Roknuzzaman Rana, a student of the Petroleum and Mining Engineering Department, and Mehedi…

A team of Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) of Chittagong arrested two men along with 2,000 contraband yaba tablets from city’s Chwakbazar area yesterday. The drive was led by Aslam Hossain Chowdhury, deputy director of DNC of Chittagong region. The arrestees were identified as Showkat ul…

SYLHET: Three policemen of Bishwanath police station were closed to Sylhet district police lines on Wednesday for negligence of duty, reports UNB. The closed policemen are Kamal Ahmed, assistant sub-inspector and two constables Samad Miah and Nasima Begum. Abdul Hye, officer-in-charge of the police…

Hundreds of workers of a readymade garments factory in Gazipur city staged demonstration and blocked roads protesting the shutdown of factory without paying salary for three months and allowance yesterday.  Gazipur industrial police and workers sources said, the authority of Hunywell Garments Limited…

Janmashtami, the birth festival of Lord Sri Krishna and one of the major religious festivals of the members of the Hindu community, was observed in the…

Six held with tiger skin  Detectives in a drive arrested six people along with a tiger skin foiling a bid to smuggle it out at Chakratala village in Khulna on Wednesday night. The arrestees were identified as Abul Kalam, 44, Sohrab, 42, Abdur Rab, 63, Jamal, 33, Masum Billah, 29, and Golam Rabbani,…

3rd WARD-UIU HR Summit held at UIU The 3rd WARD-UIU HR Summit was held at United International University (UIU) in the capital recently, says a press release.  The UIU and World Academy for Research & Development (WARD) jointly organised the event with the theme ‘Emerging Trends in Strategic…