The teachers of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) continued their demonstration boycotting classes on the campus for the 3rd consecutive day yesterday demanding punishment to those agitating students who allegedly confined and assaulted them during a student protest. RUET Teachers’…

As many as 109 new books hit the Amar Ekushey Granthamela on the 8th day of the month-long mega extravaganza that began on February 1, reports BSS. This…

International affairs adviser to the Prime Minister Dr Gowher Rizvi has urged the government to make a national strategy to support the ‘dalit’ (backward) and ‘adibashi’ (tribal) communities and also to build a separate ministry for them to protect their basic human rights. He…

The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) finalised its report against four war crimes accused of Satkhira district, reports UNB. Mohammad Abdul Hannan Khan, coordinator and chief investigator of the agency, revealed this at a press briefing at its office in the capital’s…

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday arrested a shipbuilder and a former panel mayor in separate graft cases, reports UNB. An ACC team, led by its director Syed Iqbal Hossain, arrested owner of Northern Shipbuilder and Dockyard Monirul Islam Mollah from the city's Mirpur area in connection…

A case has been filed with Bandar police station in the city on Friday accusing eight people over model Jacklin Mithila ‘suicide’ case.  Mithila was found hanging from a ceiling of her house with a scarf. Over the incident her father Swapan Shil filed the case accusing her husband Utpal…

The third Shitalakhya Bridge is going to be construction in Narayanganj at a cost of about Taka 450 crore, reports BSS. Saudi Arabia will finance the 900-meter bridge that will connect Narayanganj Bandar and Sadar Upazila. To begin the construction work, Roads and Highways Department (RHD) yesterday…

A special court in the capital yesterday fixed February 26 for delivering its judgment in a case filed over the death of minor boy Jihad in 2014, reports UNB. Judge M Akhtaruzzaman of the Dhaka Special Court-5 passed the order after closing the law-point arguments from both sides. Advocate Alauddin…

DB (Detective Branch) police yesterday in a drive recovered 5371 text books for the class-II to Class-X meant for free distribution from a flat at Rahmatganj area in the city. DB inspector Md Fazlu Qauder Chowdhury and Md Mahabubul Alam led the drive. DB sources said the books were recovered from the…

RANGPUR: Eight Islami Chhatra Shibir activists were arrested from a coaching centre in the city while they were planning for conducting subversive activities in a secret meeting, police said, reports BSS. Officer-in-Charge (OC-Investigation) of Kotwali Thana Azizul Islam told BSS on Tuesday night that…

A tourism businessman sustained minor bullet injuries as miscreants shot him during a mugging bid on the Dhaka University (DU) campus on Tuesday, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Moniruzzaman Masud, 34, owner of 'Tourism Window'. Quoting witnesses, police said Masud along with one of…

The activists of a faction of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Bangladesh Chhatra Union (BCU) units of Govt Brojo Mohon College (BM) continued their demonstrations on the campus demanding immediate students’ union election. They laid siege to the principal’s room for one hour after locking…

CHITTAGONG: The election to Chittagong District Bar Association (CDBA) will be held on February 12 with three panels contesting. Election commission sources said all preparations including printing of ballot papers have been completed. Chief election commissioner Advocate Ferdouse Ahmed told BSS that…

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court in a verdict yesterday sentenced a drug trader to life term imprisonment for possessing 188 bottles of contraband phensidyl, reports BSS. Chittagong Divisional Special Judge Mir Ruhul Amin delivered the judgment convicting Mohammad Idris, 40, hailed from Doulotpur village…

AUST to participate in ‘Formula Hybrid Contest’ Engineering students from the Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) of Bangladesh will participate in the ‘Imperial Society of Innovative Engineers’ Student Formula Hybrid competition’ which is scheduled to…