Health Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday said Aung San Suu Kyi, the state counsellor of Myanmar, is deceiving the global community by telling utter lies about Rohingya persecution in Rakhine State, reports UNB. Referring to Suu Kyi's claim that the Myanmar government is unaware of the reason behind…

Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya said the government will provide all kinds of assistance to Rohingya refugees here until their return to Myanmar, reports UNB. The minister came up with the assurance at a press briefing on Rohigya issue at the secretariat on Thursday.…

President Abdul Hamid on Thursday assented to two bills passed in the 17th session of the 10th parliament, reports UNB. The bills are Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2017 and Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Bill, 2017, said a Parliament Secretariat handout. On September 12…

Customs intelligence personnel yesterday seized 224 vials of contraband skin whitening injections from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital, reports BSS. Director General (DG) of customs intelligence Dr Mainul Khan confirmed the incident saying that they seized three consignments of…

A courting Dhaka on Thursday granted bail to Ganajagaran Manch spokesperson Imran H Sarkar and cultural activist Sanatan Ullash in a defamation case filed for their derogatory remarks on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports UNB. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sheikh Samidul Islam granted…

Five rice traders in Gazipur were fined at Tk 50,000 as they were not able to show the receipt and registrar book of their purchased rice stored in their shops as well as not display price list. A mobile court conducted a raid at different rice trading shops in Bagherbazar area of the city and fined…

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed yesterday between Bangladesh Army and Bangladesh Water Development Board (BRDB) to solve water-logging problem in the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra (DND) areas, reports BSS. Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud, Senior Secretary of Water Resources Ministry…

A knowledge sharing seminar on 'Capacity Development on Cyber-Policing in Bangladesh' was held in the capital yesterday, reports UNB. Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Bangladesh and KOICA Bangladesh Alumni Association (KBAA) jointly organised…

CHITTAGONG: A man was detained from number five gate of Chittagong port while trying to get into the port with a fake port Identity Card yesterday, reports BSS. The detainee was identified as Al Mustakin, 37. Lieutenant Colonel Abdul Gaffar, director security of Chittagong port, told journalists that…

Titas Gas Transmission and distribution company Gazipur zonal office disconnected about 500 meters of illegal gas lines from 120 residences  in Khailkur …

Female prisoner dies at Kashimpur jail A female prisoner of Kashimpur Women’s jail on died at a hospital Gazipur on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Shukkuri Begum, 42, wife of Haider Ali of Gazir intersection area of Laksham upazila in Comilla district. Shah Jahan Ahmed, senior…

Seminar on Selected Cardioactive Herbal Drugs held at DU A seminar titled “Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy at Cellular & Molecular Level of Selected Cardioactive Herbal Drugs Available in Bangladesh” was held on the campus of Dhaka University (DU) in Dhaka yesterday. DU Pharmaceutical…