A court in the capital yesterday issued warrants for the arrest of 22 BNP leaders, including Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas and Barkatullah Bulu, in a case filed under the Special Powers Act, reports UNB. Judge Quamrul Hossain Mollah of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's court passed the order…

Bangladesh's participation in the high-level segment of COP-22 carries a special significance considering the ‘bold and leading role’ played by the country in overcoming climate change challenges, reports UNB.  “Bangladesh’s participation in the conference led by Prime…

China will provide 500 million RMB (approximately $73.29 million) as grant to Bangladesh for procuring 1000 fire motorcycles and necessary tools for the modernisation of Bangladesh's Fire Service and Civil Defence, reports UNB. According to the economical and technical cooperation agreement signed…

A court in the capital yesterday placed Shihab, arrested in connection with the knife attack at Shahjalal International Airport that left an Ansar member dead, on a five-day remand, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Mahmudul Hasan passed the order when Counter Terrorism and Transnational…

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday upheld a High Court order that stayed the suspension of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) mayor Moniruzzaman Moni, reports UNB. A four-member panel of Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed the order while dismissing…

Marcia Bernicat, US ambassador to Bangladesh, yesterday visited icddr,b in the capital, says a press release. During her day long visit she was briefed about icddr,b and its work on cholera and vaccine studies, tuberculosis, strategic partnership for enhancing outbreak response and surveillance capacity,…

A-five member probe body has been formed at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) where Mathematics department chairman Prof Dr Billal Hossain was made the secretary and given the investigation duty yesterday morning following the infighting between two fictions of Bangladesh Chhatra…

The authorities of Barisal Government BM College allegedly cut down many trees in the name of development, extension and beautification of the campus. …

Fire breaks out in Ctg   A fire broke out at Hajji Colony in Ghatforhadbeg area of Chittagong city on Sunday morning. Duty officer at Chittagong control room of the Fire Service and Civil Defense (FSCD) Rupak Biswas said the fire erupted at the area around 8am. On information, eight units of firefighters…

Seminar on ‘Modern Biotechnology' held at DU A daylong seminar on "Development of Stress Tolerant Peanut: Breeding Lines Using Modern Biotechnology" was held at the Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences (CARS) on Dhaka University (DU) campus in the capital on Saturday. DU Botany…