The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested 61 vendors of mobile phone operator Banglalink with a huge number of SIMs registered with fake documents. An RAB-4 team arrested them in Dhaka’s Pallabi at 11.45pm on Wednesday.  The government’s biometric SIM verification move concluded…

A special court yesterday fixed February 16 for hearing of Zia Charitable Trust graft case and Zia Orphanage case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, reports UNB. Judge Abu Ahmed Jomadar of the Special Judge Court-3 passed the order at Bakshibazar's makeshift court in response to a time petition…

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 yesterday set March 8 for passing order on charge framing in a crime against humanity case against five alleged Razakars from Patuakhali. “Today (Thursday) was fixed for passing the order. But the tribunal reset the date because of the absence of tribunal…

A least two persons, including an elderly man, were killed in separate road accidents at Sher-e-Banglanagar and Paltan thana areas in the capital on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, reports BSS. The deceased were identified as an employee of a pizza shop at Uttara, Maksudul Karim Raihan, 30, son…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested six suspected members of a human trafficking gang from different areas of Dhaka and Narayanganj on Wednesday evening, reports UNB. The arrestees were identified as gang leader Jakir Hossain, 55, Marjina Begum, 25, Mohammad Titu, 29, Sagor Hossain, 22,…

The first round of ICT training for 24,000 volunteers kicked off yesterday aiming at preparing and building up a skilled work force to support 2001 labs set up in schools and colleges across the country, reports BSS. Held at the office of the Deputy Commissioner (DC), Dhaka, designated persons, along…

Police arrested a suspected Shibir man yesterday morning from Rajshahi University. The arrested was identified as Abu Saleh Shahin, a fourth year student of Applied Chemistry and a residential student of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Hall. Sources said some BCL leaders and activists of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Hall…

GAZIPUR: State minister for labour and employment Md Mujibul Haque yesterday distributed Tk 1.16 crore among families of 72 workers who were killed and injured in a fire at Tampaco Foils Limited in Gazipur in September last year, reports BSS. The massive fire left 32 workers dead and 40 injured. "The…

KHULNA: “Ekushey Boi Mela Khulna-2017” yesterday, on the eighth day, drew a huge attraction of a large number of visitors on the Khulna Divisional Public Library premises in Boyra area here by exhibiting books of different genres of literature and other areas of knowledge, reports BSS. Different…

Speakers at a seminar demanded the government to provide identity (ID) cards to the genuine fishermen and prepare a digital data for them. Addressing the seminar at CIRDAP auditorium on Wednesday, they also demanded for recognising and addressing the contribution of the fishing community to national…

A campaign titled ‘Dettol-Channel i Parichchanna Bangladesh’ was launched across the country yesterday to spread awareness regarding well-being and hygiene among the people of the country, says a press release.  This information was given out at a press conference held at a hotel in…

38 students of DIU get int'l scholarship A total of 38 Students and 5 Faculty members of Daffodil International University (DIU) received international scholarships like--  Erasmus+, Mevlana Scholarship, Korean Government Scholarship as well as Student Exchange programme, says a press release.…

Two held with fake notes  Detectives arrested two young men and recovered 46 fake notes amounting to Tk 46,000 from their possession in Doleshwar area in Keraniganj on Wednesday night. The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Alamin, 35 and Mohammad Munna, 32. Tipped off, a team of Detective Branch…