Amal Krishna Roy, a retired farmer from village Krishnapur under Lakhai Police Station of Habiganj, yesterday testified before the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1, narrating the gruesome crimes allegedly committed by local Razakar Liakat Ali, Al Badr man Razab Ali and their cohorts in 1971, reports…

After being driven out of pavements and streets of central Dhaka earlier this month, the hawkers have gradually started getting back to business on the footpaths, but in the evening. “Initially, the police did not allow us to sit,” Abdul Hashem Kabir, a leader of the Hawkers Union, said…

The authorities of Chittagong University (CU) yesterday suspended five students for six months for their alleged involvement in clashes following a facebook post. The decision was taken at a meeting of Board of Residence Health and Disciplinary Committee of the university. The students who were expelled…

CHITTAGONG: An alleged terrorist, who was stabbed in an attack by his rivals in Akbar Shah area of the city on Saturday night, died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital on Sunday morning, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Yeasin, a resident of the area, Quoting witnesses officer-in-charge…

SYLHET: College student Khadiza, who was stabbed by a suspended BCL leader and retuned home on Friday after over four months treatment in Dhaka and Savar, gave her testimony before a court here yesterday in a case filed in connection with the attack on her, reports UNB. Sylhet Chief Judicial Magistrate…

Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said that Detailed Area Plan (DAP) will be implemented soon to build a modern, livable Dhaka city, reports UNB. The minister came up with the remarks while speaking at the 10th cabinet committee meeting…

Former Comilla City Corporation Mayor Monirul Haque Sakku got the BNP ticket to contest the upcoming mayoral election, reports UNB. BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia took the decision after a meeting with the senior leaders of the party at her Gulshan office on Saturday night, said Sayrul Kabir Khan, media…

An old train compartment caught fire at Kamalapur Railway Station in the capital yesterday, reports UNB. Palash Chandra Madak, duty officer at Fire Service Central Control Room, said the fire broke out at the bogie around 6:20 pm.  On information, three firefighting units rushed in to extinguish…

Police yesterday in a drive in different places of the city arrested six alleged drug peddlers along with 23,000 contraband yaba tablets and a micro bus. The arrestees were identified as Md Shahabuddin, 34, and Md Rubel 28 hailing Brahmanbraia district, Jashim Uddin,40, of city’s Double Mooring…

Barisal district police caught six madrasa teachers, including one centre secretary yesterday for their alleged involvement with question paper leak and supplying answer shit to the examinees during examination.  SM Akhtaruzaman, police superintendent of Barisal, said the incident ttok place at…

Thirteen accomplished Bangladeshi linguists went all out at the final round of the 8th national speech contest in Japanese language held in the capital on Saturday, reports UNB. They were among the applicants from nine language institutes. The speech contest in Japanese language is annually organised…

A workshop titled ‘The Age of Tech’ held at Capstone Tutorial here organised by Footsteps, reports BSS. Footsteps Organisation founder Shah Meem Rafayat Chowdhury told BSS in the capital on Saturday that Footsteps, in collaboration with Capstone Tutorial Dhaka, launched Programme Britto…

CHITTAGONG: Police in a drive detained 16 leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies from Goods Hill, the ancestral home of executed war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, in the city on Saturday night, reports UNB. Tipped off that a group of people were holding a “secrete meeting’…

VIT University chancellor calls on DU VC Chancellor of VIT University, India and former minister of Tamil Nadu Dr G Viswanathan called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter’s office recently. VIT University Vice President GV Selvam, Vice-Chancellor of…

Cop killed in Ctg road mishap A police constable was killed and nine others were injured as a microbus fell into a roadside ditch at Eco Park in Sitakundu upazila on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Mostafa, 45, a constable of Sitakundu Police Station. Mojammel Haque, officer-in-charge…