Hundreds of Readymade Garments (RMG) workers of two factories of the city’s Nasirabad area yesterday staged demonstration after blockading road for one and half hours. The workers took to the street as worker named Razzak was assaulted by alleged extortionists yesterday morning. They complained…

SYLHET: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday offered prayer at the shrines of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) and Hazrat Shah Paran (RA) here, reports UNB. Sheikh Hasina, who earlier arrived here by Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight on a daylong visit to join the flag-raising ceremony of the newly-established…

Three members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) surrendered to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal at a programme in Rangpur yesterday.  The trio was identified as Hafez Mohammad Masud Rana, 18, of Loharbando village, Hafizur Rahman, 16, of Dinnagari village and…

The autopsy report of Diaz Irfan Chowdhury, assistant secretary of the pro-Awami League student organisation, was submitted yesterday. In the autopsy it was mentioned that his reason of death was suicidal, said police. However, his family members rejected the autopsy report. The body of Diaz Irfan Chowdhury…

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced a domestic help to death and his associate to life term imprisonment for killing an engineer of Roads and Highways Department (RHD) in 2011, reports UNB. The condemned convict was identified as Nurul Islam while lifer as Lavlu Rahman. Of them, Lavlu was tried in absentia.…

Students of Rajshahi University (RU) formed a human chain on the campus yesterday to protest the persistent oppression and ‘mass killings’…

The Barisal City Corporation (BCC) formally handed over 108 ‘Safe Food Cart (SFC)’ to the trained vendors at a ceremony on Tuesday afternoon with the aim of providing safe street food to city dwellers BCC authority under the government project of Improving Food Safety (IFS) in Bangladesh…

A restaurant named ‘Cafe Hamza’ was inaugurated at Noorjahan Road in Mohammadpur in the capital recently, says a press release. The cafe offered…

A person was killed and 3 others injured in road accident on Prantik gate adjoining Dhaka-Aricha highway in Jahangirnagar University (JU) yesterday. The victim was identified as Md Arman Hossain (48), a van driver hailed from Hatosh Horipur village, Kumarkhli thana in Kushtia district. He was residing…

Police arrested a person along with 145 petrol bombs from the capital's Kafrul Thana area on Tuesday evening, reports BSS. Police arrested one Md Hanif, 35, and seized 145 petrol bombs from his possession from Amanat Shah Housing at Kafrul around 6:45pm on Tuesday, said an official release.

Convocation of postgraduates on paediatric nutrition held The convocation ceremony and workshop on ‘Post Graduate Programme on Paediatric  Nutrition (PGPN)’ was held at a hotel in the capital on Tuesday, says a press release.  Nestlé Nutrition Institute (NNI), in collaboration…

Man ‘commits’ suicide  A mentally challenged elderly man allegedly committed suicide by jumping under a speeding train at Moshioli in Sadar upazila on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Sultan Sheikh, 54, son of late Ibrahim Sheikh, a resident of Moshiali village. Locals…