SYLHET: A court here yesterday sent 121 accused to jail after rejecting their bail petitions in a case filed over the murder of officer-in-charge of Osmaninagar Police Station Mostafizur Rahman in 2014, reports UNB. Senior Judicial Magistrate Nazrul Islam passed the order when police produced them before…

A Dhaka court yesterday placed four fake members of Detective Branch of Police, who were arrested on Saturday in the capital, on a day remand each.  They were identified as Shafiqul Islam Rana, Apple, Ibrahim, and Imran. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Khurshid Alam passed the order after hearing.…

The World Bank (WB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) will start extending financial assistance for the development of Bangladesh education sector under a new programme styled "Sector-wise Approach Programme (SWAP)" from January, 2018, reports BSS. The two development partners are now providing…

The authority of Public Service Commission (PSC) yesterday put restriction on carrying any kind of electronic devices during the preliminary test of the 37th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations to be held on September 30, said a press release, reports BSS. Restricting on carrying books, calculator,…

A total of 11 per cent students have secured pass marks in the admission test of ‘Kha’ unit, under humanities group, of Dhaka University for the 2016-17 academic session. DU Vice-chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique announced the result at 6pm yesterday. A total of 3,800 admission seekers…

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday arrested a Union Parishad member of Mymensingh who kept a school locked for one and a half months demanding toll, reports UNB. ACC deputy director Md Rafiqul Islam arrested Rafiqul Islam Ismail, a member of ward-1 of Hobirbari Union Parishad, from Bhaluka,…

At least 16 leaders of BNP and Jamaat Barisal city units and its front organisations were charge-sheeted in a violence case filed by Kotwali police of Barisal on January 12. 2015.  SI of Barisal Model Kotwali Thana Rehan Uddin submitted the charge-sheet before the court on Sunday afternoon. The…

Two teachers and eight students of Dhaka University (DU) yesterday received the ‘IFIC Bank Trust Fund’ grants for research purpose while eight…

The Custom Intelligence and Investigation Department Authority has seized a total of 10 gold bars weighing 3 kilograms from a waste-bin in the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka yesterday morning, reports BSS. The seized gold bars were wrapped up with tissues and scotch tape and…

SYLHET: Suspended mayor of Sylhet City Corporation Ariful Haque Chawdhury was admitted to Osmani Medical College and Hospital in the city yesterday as he fell sick in jail, reports UNB. Abdus Sagir Mia, Jail super of Sylhet central jail, said Ariful fell sick due to high blood pressure and uncontrolled…

Students of different city colleges formed a human chain in the capital on Monday protesting the government’s decision to introduce the creative question method for more subjects in the HSC examination, reports UNB. The two-hour long human chain was formed in front of the Jatiya Press Club from…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers in a discussion here observed that the digitisation of both public and private services is leading the country to achieve double digit growth in the next few years, reports BSS. The ongoing digitisation process has created scope of employment and income generation in various ways…

A four-day-long annual Pacific Resilience (PR) Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (DREE) began yesterday to increase disaster preparedness, response…

Workshop on maternal and child nutrition The Department of Public Health of American International University- Bangladesh (AIUB) organised a daylong workshop on Maternal and Child Nutrition on Friday, says a press release. The aim of this programme was to bring health care professionals such as doctors,…

Fire at Ban Bhaban doused The fire broke out at the Dhaka divisional forest office headquarters in Mohakhali yesterday morning was doused by the firemen of the Fire Service after forty-minute efforts. Fire broke out at 10.50 am at Ban Bhaban, situated on the road linking Mohakhali to Gulshan-1, said…