Chairman of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Iqbal Mahmood yesterday warned that all the influential graft suspects will be brought to justice, reports UNB. “I would like to equivocally say that the people involved in corruption, no matter they’re influential or not, will be brought…

Speakers at a workshop in the capital yesterday stressed the need for reducing disaster risk in educational institutions aiming to save students from all possible disasters, including earthquake and cyclone, reports UNB. They said Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change,…

Rajshahi University (RU), which many people believe was the crib of the Liberation War, is yet to get a research cell on that historic incident. The present administration had taken such an initiative, but the project never saw the light of day due to lack of funds, sources alleged. As a result, teachers,…

Major General Abul Hossain, Military Secretary to President Md Abdul Hamid, has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of Border Guard Bangladesh…

Customs officials seized 18 gold bars and some ornaments weighing 14 kg from a cartoon at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in capital on Tuesday night, reports UNB. Assistant commissioner HM Ahsanul Kabir of Dhaka Customs House said tipped off, a team of customs officials conducted a search in…

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday arrested five graft suspects, including a UP chairman and two members, on various graft allegations. ACC deputy assistant director of its Rajshahi office Abu Bakar Siddique arrested chairman of Mimpara union parishad (Charghat upzaila) Abdul Kuddus Polash…

A Dhaka court has sent Dr Masud Iqbal to jail for breaching the condition of bail as he threatened the plaintiff after coming out from jail. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Debrata Biswash sent him jail after rejecting his petition filed for extending his bail periods. Some cases, which were filed against…

RAJSHAHI: Teachers, students of Mass Communication and Journalism (MCJ) department of Rajshahi University (RU) formed a human chain on the campus yesterday…

The International Crimes Tribunal -1 (ICT-BD) will pronounce judgment in war crimes case against fugitive Shariatpur Razakar leader Idris Ali Sarder alias Gazi Idris, on any day as the court kept the matter on CAV, reports BSS. “Let the matter be kept on CAV (curia advisory vult, a Latin legal…

RANGPUR: Police arrested a young man in connection with the gang-rape of two female students of Northern Nursing Institute at Bhat in Rangpur city on Tuesday night, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Alamgir Hossain, a 3rd year student of the institute. Officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station…

Two modern frigates have been added officially to the fleet of Bangladesh Coast Guard yesterday. The names of the frigates are ‘CGS Tajuddin’…

Election to the executive committee of Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU) will be held on November 30 between 9.30am to 5.30pm without any break, reports BSS. The poll schedule was announced at a meeting of the election commission with its chairman and Daily Samakal Editor Golam Sarwar in the chair,…

Man killed in Gazipur road crash   A man was killed as a truck hit him in Dhirasram area in Gazipur yesterday morning. The deceased was Bilal haji, 52, son of Sirajul Islam, a resident of Charketonpara under Ullapara upazila in Sirajganj district. Police said the accident occurred when a truck…

IU admission tests begin Dec 4 KUSHTIA: The admission tests for the first year honours courses of Islamic University (IU) under 2016-17 academic years will begin on December 4 and it will continue till December 8. The online application process began on September 15 and it ended on Tuesday midnight…