A court yesterday set January 15 for the charge framing hearing of Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and others, reports UNB. Dhaka Special Judge Court- 9 Judge Mahmudul Hasan set the date after Khaleda’s lawyer Sanaullah Mia filed a time petition on her health complication ground.…

The pro-Awami League Blue Panel swept the Dhaka University Teachers Association (DUTA)  election as it bagged 14 out of 15 executive committee posts. Earth and Environmental Sciences Faculty Prof Maksud Kamal and Business Faculty’s dean Prof Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam of blue panel were elected…

The prosecution in the August 21, 2004, grenade attack case yesterday said the then state minister for home affairs Lutfuzzaman Babar and deputy minister…

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in separate raids arrested three operatives of the banned ‘militant’ outfit Ansar al-Islam from  Dhaka and Narayanganj districts on Sunday night, reports BSS. "We in separate raids, arrested KM Faisal, 30, Shamim Ahmed, 27, and Habibur Rahman, 27, from…

BNP has formed a central election steering committee, headed by its vice chairman Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, to monitor the election to Rangpur City Corporation billed for December 21, reports UNB. BNP's Rangpur divisional organising secretary Asadul Habib Dulu has been made member secretary of the…

Rajshahi: At least three journalists were injured yesterday as the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Rajshahi College unit attacked the office of Reporters Unity of the college on the pretext of not displaying the pictures of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh…

MASS HEARING: Nagorik Uddyog will arrange mass hearing at the CIRDAP auditorium at 10.30am.    CLOSING CEREMONY: The closing ceremony of Bangladesh StartUp Cup 2017 will be held at Brac Centre Inn at Mohakhali at 11am. MEET THE PRESS: Reporters For Bangladesh Migrant (RBM) will organise meet…

Speakers at a discussion yesterday urged all to protect the mountains for the betterment of the future generation, reports UNB. Mentioning that mountain is important for the whole world they said thousands of people depend on mountains for survival. They came up with the remarks at a Citizens’…

BARISAL: A Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinee was allegedly killed over a conflict between senior and junior in Ruptali area of the city on Sunday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Abu Saleh, 18, son of Liton Mridha of Sher-e-Bangla road area of the city and an SSC examinee…

Two Korean professors meet DU VC Two professors of the Department of Mechatronics Engineering of Kyungsung University of South Korea called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice Chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman yesterday. Prof Jin Woon Ahn and Prof Lee Dong Hee from the Korean university had a discussion with…

Case filed over OMS rice seizure A case has been filed in connection with seizure of a truck carrying 176 sacks of rice meant for open market sale (OMS) at Sapura in the city of Rajshahi. Aman Ullah, officer-in-charge of Boalia Police Station, said that Golam Mostafa, sub-inspector of the police station,…