SAVAR: A school teacher was beaten to death allegedly by her husband over a family feud in Anandapur City Lane area of Savar municipality on the outskirts of the capital on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Asma Afrin Mitu, 28, a teacher of Dhaka Cantonment School and College and wife of…

Terming BNP's boycotting the general election of 2014 as a wrong political decision, Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday said there is no position of BNP anywhere in the country, reports BSS. "BNP is nowhere, it is not in Jatiya Sangsad, it has no position in politics…

A police constable of Bandar police station in Chittagong yesterday allegedly tried to kill himself and was admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) in a critical condition later. The police member was identified as Ananda Barua, 22. The incident took place at around 4pm at Chittagong…

CHITTAGONG: Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested two drug peddlers with 15,000 pieces of yaba tablets from city's Bhairsignal area under Chandgaon thana yesterday noon, reports BSS. The arrested were identified as Mohammad Delwar Hossain, 26, hailed from Cox's Bazar district and Liakat…

The prosecution at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) yesterday started placing arguments in the crimes against humanity case against two alleged Razakars from Shariatpur, reports BSS. The two accused are Sulaiman Mollah, 84, of Kashipur Muslimpara and Edris Ali Sarder alias Gazi Edris, 67,…

A Gazipur court here sentenced a man to death for killing a CNG autorickshaw driver named Mohammed Parvez Bhuiyan in 2013. The convict man was identified as Mohammed Ripon, 32, son of Bachchu Miah of Gorbari village under Shibpur upazila in Narsingdi  district.  The judge of Gazipur district…

Two submarines will be added to the fleet of Bangladesh Navy by this year, reports UNB. Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed told this to President Abdul Hamid when he paid a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban on Tuesday. The Navy chief apprised the president that the construction of the submarines…

Local people at Saraipara under Phartali police station in Chittagong caught three fake journalists when they allegedly demanded extortion from a bakery owner impersonating themselves as journalists and handed them over to police after mob beatings yesterday. The three were siblings and identified as…

KHULNA: A wind of positive change is blowing through the government’s postal services as huge opportunities will open up for more entrepreneurs in Khulna and Barisal divisions with the imminent digitisation of the postal services, reports UNB. Officials at the Postal Department informed that the…

CHITTAGONG: A five days long joint exercise titled “Exercise  Co-Operation Afloat Readiness and Training” (CARAT)-2016 between Bangladesh…

The third meeting of South Asia Wildlife Enforcement (SAWEM) begins in the capital today aiming to enhance collaboration with regional and international organisations to combat wildlife crimes, reports UNB. Bangladesh Forest Department under the Ministry of Environment and Forests will organise the…

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) yesterday arrested a fake assistant superintendent of police from the capital’s Gabtali area. The arrested was identified as Md Sagar Mia alias Mujibar Munsi, 42, hailing from Madhukhali Upazila of Faridpur. Abul Kalam Azad, special superintendent of Dhaka…

US team meets DU VC A two-member team led by Professor Matthew L O'Connor, Dean of the School of Business of Quinnipiac University, USA called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique on Monday at his office of the university. Other member of the team was Prof Mohammad…