Prosecution at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 yesterday submitted report on progress in investigation against three alleged Razakars from Narail. "We submitted the report and pleaded for three months time for submitting the formal charge in the case and accepting our plea, the two-member…

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday arrested four graft suspects, including a Rajuk official, in separate graft cases. ACC deputy director Md Nasir Uddin of its head office arrested former assistant director of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) Iqbal Parveez from the capital’s Segunbagicha…

Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossen yesterday said a 71-storey twin tower will be constructed at Purbachal as a symbol of independence,…

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday said the missing youths started returning home at present as the members of law enforcement agencies remain vigilant in this regard, reports BSS. "The youths who went into hiding or went missing are returning," he said while inaugurating the Fire…

A couple were burnt to death when a fire broke out in their house at Bolirhar Shajipara under Bakalia police station in the city early yesterday. The victims were identified as Md Sayed Ahmed, 35, and Rina Akhter, 28. At around 3:35am locals brought the couple to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital…

Parliamentary Standing Committee on public account yesterday recommended for ensuring hygienic environment at all the public hospitals, reports BSS. The recommendation came at the 61st meeting of the parliamentary committee held at the Jaitya Sangsad Bhaban in the capital, according to an official handout…

A Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader sustained bullet injuries as a group of miscreants shot him in front of Banbeis office at Sonargaon Road in the capital early Sunday, reports UNB . The injured BCL leader was identified as Jubayer Ahmed, vice president of Dhaka University (DU) unit of BCL.…

A delegation of Indian and Russian Armed Forces war veterans who participated in Bangladesh liberation war of 1971 visited the Air Headquarters in the capital yesterday, reports BSS. The visiting team spent some times at the Air Headquarters and exchanged greetings. Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal…

A two-day ‘Dhaka University Festival’ jointly organised by Dhaka University and Rabindra Bharati University (RBU), concluded on the campus of RBU in Kolkata on Saturday, reports UNB. DU Vice -chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the event on December 16, said a DU press release.…

Proper conservation of forest and its resources is very important for fighting climate change, ensuring nutritional demands coupled with food security, ecological balance and biodiversity in Rajshahi region including its dried Barind tract, reports BSS. Promotion of adequate trees, including fruit,…

KHULNA: The government is going to set up Bangabandhu Eco Park on the bank of the Kazibachha River between Mathabhanga and Jabusa areas in Batiaghata upazila, reports UNB. A five-member team, led by member of parliament of Khulna-1 constituency Panchanan Biswas, visited the proposed area for the…

Trust Technical Training Institute (TTTI) , a vocational training institute operating by Bangladesh Army, distributed certificates and prizes among the students of July-December 2016 session yesterday held at its auditorium in the city.  Principal of the institute Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Mohammed…

SAVAR: Police rescued a female madrasah student from Singair bus stand area in Manikganj district after a month and three days of her abduction from Savar Bazar bus stand area, reports UNB. The rescued girl is a resident of Goladanga Basta area in Singair upazila and student of a local madrasa. Shamsul…

18th council meeting of MIST held The 18th council meeting of MIST was held yesterday at Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Mirpur Cantonment, says a press release.  Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, presided over the meeting. Commandant of MIST, Major General Md Abul Khair,…