CHITTAGONG: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested a revenue officer of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC), in the city while receiving money from one building owner in exchange of reducing holding tax to its Chandgaon office at about 11.40 am yesterday, reports BSS. CCC revenue circle 2 officer…

A Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinee and a Bangladesh Bank (BB) official were killed in separate road accidents in the capital’s Mohakhali and Tikatuli areas yesterday morning, reports BSS. The victims were identifies as Shihabul Islam Shihab, 14, son of Jahangir Alam, an SSC examinee…

Awami League General Secretary and Minister for Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader yesterday hoped that the BNP will take part in the next parliamentary elections under the newly formed Election Commission (EC), reports BSS. “I am sure BNP will take part in next polls under this EC. There…

Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists is now accepting applications from professional journalists from developing countries for its 2017 fellowship programme, reports UNB. The application deadline is March 20, 2017. The fellowships are available to radio, television, print and web journalists,…

LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Engineer Khandker Mosharraf Hossain yesterday said the 'Ekti Bari Ekti Khamar (One House, One Farm) project has created scopes for employment and poverty alleviation of three crore people across the country, reports BSS.  “A total of 1.20 crore people from…

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in separate drives arrested four muggers in the capital on Monday night, reports BSS. A team of Tejgaon Police Station detained Sagar alias Ridoy, 23, and Md Babu, 18, as they were mugging people in front of Bottomley Home School in Tejgaon at around 9.15 pm, a DMP release…

Chief of Army Staff General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq made a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban yesterday afternoon, reports BSS. During the meeting, the army chief apprised the president of the overall activities of Bangladesh Army, including development ones. President's…

Rajshahi: Jahanara Zaman, wife of national leader AHM Quamruzzaman, was laid to eternal rest in the city yesterday, reports UNB. She was buried at the family graveyard at Kadirganj in the city around 3 pm following a namaz-e-janaza at Hazrat Shah Makhdum Central Eidgah Maidan after Zohr prayers. State…

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu yesterday said the Election Commission has been constituted maintaining transparency with the participation of all, reports UNB. The President constituted the new Election Commission through forming a search committee as per his constitutional authority, said the…

RAJSHAHI: Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) is now providing improved services to both its indoor and outdoor patients, reports BSS. “We are now capable to provide better services to the patients,” said Brig Gen Rafiqul Islam, Director of RMCH, while talking to BSS here yesterday.…

Fake fertilizer factory sealed off  A mobile court in Keraniganj on Monday sealed off a fertilizer factory in Alipur in Hazratpur union for producing and selling adulterated fertilizer and pesticide. Acting on secret information, a police team raided the factory owned by Saidur Rahman Khan in the…

Three DU students get Wazair Faruq Memorial Scholarship Three meritorious students of Law Department of Dhaka University (DU) were awarded “Advocate Wazair Faruq Memorial Scholarship” on Monday for securing the highest GPA in Law of Contract course in 1st year (Hons) final examinations.…