Law minister Anisul Huq said that exemplary punishment would ensure for all those who were involved in committing the gruesome killing incident inside the Gulshan’s Holey Artisan Bakery. “We have taken initiative to bring the perpetrators under the justice. If needed, we would take more…

Stalkers allegedly beat two female college students up for protesting stalking in Mirpur area in the capital yesterday. The injured were identified as Fariha Habib and Ashowad Habib , who were twin sisters and HSC first-year students of Mirpur BCIC College. According the eyewitness, Jibon Karim Babu,…

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday caught a land official in Narsingdi red-handed while taking bribe. An eight-member Anti Corruption Commission (ACC)  team, led by its director Nasim Anwar, arrested deputy assistant officer of Sadarchar Union Land Office in Shibpur upazila Md…

Petrol pump and tank-lorry owners and workers threatened to go on an indefinite strike from October 30 if their 12-point demand are not met by the time, reports UNB.  “Petrol pumps and tank-lorry operations will remain off until the demands are met,” Convenor of the Unity Council Mohammad…

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir  Rizvi was released from jail on bail yesterday, reports UNB. The BNP leader walked out of Kashimpur Central Jail-2 around 5:07pm after his release order had reached the jail authorities, said senior jail super Prashanta Kumar Banik. Rizvi’s…

 A Naraganganj-based leader of Awami Janata League, who suffered injuries in an attack by miscreants on Tuesday night, succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday morning, reports UNB. Sub-inspector Bacchu Miah, in-charge of DMCH police camp, said a gang of miscreants…

Noting that almost all the demands of petrol pump and tank-lorry owners and workers have already been met, State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid yesterday warned that things will be dealt with an iron if they try to hold the government hostage, reports UNB. Responding to a query about the…

Only 2.47 percent of the admission seekers have passed the entry test of ‘Cha’ unit under the Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University for 2016-17 sessions, reports UNB. Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique announced the results at central admission office in the registrar…

GAZIPUR: A train yesterday knocked down a youth aged about 30 while walking through the rail line in Mirergaon area in the city yesterday noon, reports BSS. Identity of the deceased could not be known. A Nilphamari-bound passenger train Nilsagor from Dhaka knocked him down while he was walking on the…

A special court in the capital yesterday fixed November 2 for delivering verdict in a case filed against Awami League MP Abdur Rahman Bodi by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) for allegedly accumulating wealth beyond his known sources of income, reports UNB. Judge of Dhaka Special Court-3 Abu Ahmed…

GAZIPUR: A court here yesterday sentenced a youth to death for killing a schoolboy in Gazipur in 2007, reports BSS. The court also fined him Taka 10,000. Additional District and Sessions Judge M Fajle Elahi Bhuiyan pronounced the verdict. According to court officials the convict is Nurul Islam,…

SYLHET: Police arrested a man along with three rounds of bullets from Dhopadighirpar in Sylhet city on Tuesday night on charge of assaulting a man, reports UNB.  The arrestee was identified as Abdul Hakim, managing director of Metro International Hotel.  Officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police…

A woman police on Monday filed a case against a Sub-inspector (SI) of Rangunia police station in Chittagong on charge of rape and fraudulence. The accused SI is Sanjoy Das. The case was filed with Md Rafiqual Islam of Women and Children Repression and Prevention Tribunal-1 court. The court ordered the…

 Chittagong: Chittagong Metropolitan police in a drive arrested three persons with firearm and sharp weapons from Akbarshah area in Chittagong city early hours of Tuesday, reports BSS.  The arrested were identified as Billal, 22, hailed from Jhalokati district, Mamun, 35, hailed from Bramnbaria…

Disaster Management and Relief secretary, who is also  Commissioner (social development) of Bangladesh Scouts, Md Shah Kamal, was awarded a ‘silver…

The Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) of the Ministry of Planning has arranged on spot e-GP registration at its stall in the Digital…

Detective Branch (DB) of police on Monday night in a drive arrested two alleged firearms traders along with a Light Gun (LG) and two rounds of cartridge from city’s Bayazid Bostami area, said a press release sent yesterday (Wednesday) by Chittagong Metropolitan Police. The two arrestees were identified…

The law enforcement agencies in its ongoing special anti-illegal drugs drives at different parts of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) area arrested 68 people for their alleged involvement in drug abuse in last 36 hours, said a press release yesterday, reports BSS. “Different contraband items including…

3rd JU Math Olympiad Oct 21 SAVAR:  The Jahangirnagar University Science Club (JUSC) in association with the Mathematics department of JU is going to organise the 3rd Math Olympiad 2016 on October 21 (Friday) as a part of its social activities. At least 2500 students form more than 40 schools of…