SAVAR: A formal complaint has been lodged against a student of Jahangirnagar University (JU) by a female student of a private university for 'sexually harassing' her, reports UNB. Md Sanwar Hossain, private secretary to the JU Vice-chancellor, said that the girl submitted the written complaint…

A court in Dhaka on Thursday asked seven banks to submit statements and ledger books of the Zia Charitable Trust's accounts to it in a graft case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, reports UNB. Passing the order following a petition filed by Khaleda's lawyer Sanaullah Mia, Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman…

Dhaka South and North City Corporations have taken different initiatives to mitigate waterlogging problem in the capital, reports BSS. “We have got success in mitigating waterlogging problem in Shantinagar area. Now we have taken another project to mitigate water-logging problem on Nazimuddin…

The distribution of machine-readable smart national identity (NID) cards will begin in Khulna on July 18, reports BSS. Election Commissioners (EC) Kobita Khanom and Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury will inaugurate the distribution programme at Officers Club in Khulan on July 18, Ashiqur Rahman, communication…

Ambassador-designate of Armenia and High Commissioners-designate of Mauritius and South Africa to Bangladesh separately presented their credentials to President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Thursday, reports BSS. All the non-resident envoys are Armen Martirosyan of Armenia, Jagdishwar Goburdhun of…

Customs officials arrested a passenger along with nine gold bars weighing nine kilograms at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Wednesday night, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Sirajul Islam, 41. He landed in Dhaka from Malaysia via Bangkok by a PG flight of Bangkok…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a discussion here urged the youths to engage themselves in more and more freelancing and outsourcing activities for their self-employment besides earning foreign currencies, reports BSS. They also called upon them to develop their skill and efficiency in this regard as there is…

Indian tourist visa applicants from Chittagong can walk in and submit their applications at Indian Visa Application Center (IVAC), Chittagong from July 9 without a prior appointment, reports UNB. The decision was taken to further ease the access to Indian visa and strengthen people-to-people contacts…

Prof Dr Rajib Humayun, founding chairman of Linguistics Department of Dhaka University, died at a hospital in the capital early Wednesday. He was 67,…

German musician meets DU VC Simon Kierspel, a German musician, yesterday paid a courtesy call on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter's office on the campus. Assistant Professor of DU Music Department Sayeem Rana was present at the meeting, said a press…

Gold smuggler jailed in Ctg    A Chittagong court on Wednesday sentenced a gold smuggler to six years imprisonment in a case filed for smuggling 45 gold bars through Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport (CSAIA) in 2014. The convicted is Md Badiul Alam, hailing from Paschim Gujrar union…