CHITTAGONG: Members of the Narcotics Control Department (NCD) arrested two alleged drug peddlers with contraband yaba tablets from Bakalia area in the city early hours yesterday, reports BSS. The arrested were identified as HM Abdullah and Khurshed Alam. On a tip-off, a team of NCD detained them with…

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu yestedray said the next parliamentary elections will be held in time as per the constitution regardless of BNP's decision to join or not, reports BSS. “If BNP comes to election, they will be welcomed . . . if they do not, it is up to them,” he told…

The Supreme Court (SC) will resume its regular activities from today after three-week vacation, reports BSS. The apex court went to the vacation on April 14, leaving 16 High Court vacation benches and one Appellate Division Chamber Judge court to deal with the emergency matters. According to the court…

The Rajshahi University Teachers Association (RUTA) urged the chancellor of the university and also President Abdul Hamid to appoint top officials of Rajshahi University (RU) immediately as vice-chancellor and Pro-VC posts have been lying vacant from the March 19. Recently treasurer post of the university…

The authorities of the Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET) has appointed five officials at the different posts of the university recently. These posts are: the controller of examinations, librarian, comptroller, chief engineer, and chief medical officer. Acting registrar of RUET…

GAZIPUR: A sexagenarian was killed as a train ran over him at Tongi railway station in Gazipur yesterday morning, reports BSS. The deceased was identified as Abdur Razzak, 65, son of late Mohammad Ali of Basugaon area in Gazipur City Corporation. In-charge of Tongi railway station police check post…

Seminar on ‘Philosophy of Bengal’ begins at JU A three-day long seminar on ‘Tracing the Origin, Nature and Development of Philosophy of Bengal -2017’ began yesterday at Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus. Philosophy department of Jahangirnagar University (JU) organised the…

Man ‘kills’ wife in capital A woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband in the capital's Pallabi area on Friday. The victim was identified as Helena Akhter, 27, wife of Iman Ali, a day-labourer. The couple had been living at a rented house in the area. Dadan Fakir, officer-in-charge…