Reacting to BNP leaders’ claim that their party will get 80 per cent vote if the next election is held in a credible manner, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said 80 per cent conscious and honest people of the country hate BNP, reports UNB. The ruling party leader came up…

The High Court (HC) yesterday ordered the authorities concerned to evict illegal structures erected along both the banks of Rupnagar Canal in the capital, reports BSS. The court also ordered to keep a walkway for the city dwellers along the canal, keeping its main map intact. "A High Court division…

Discouraging uses of burnt bricks, Housing and Public Works Minister Engr Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday stressed on using sand cement blocks in construction works to protect the environment, reports UNB. The minister came up with the call during a press conference held at Dhaka Reporters' Union (DRU)…

CHITTAGONG: Two construction workers died on Sunday falling off the roofs of two separate buildings in Beparipara and Batali Hill areas of Khulshi in the city, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Rahim Ullah, 35, and Chandan Pal, 30. Sud-inspector Hamid of Chittagong Medical College and Hospital…

The High Court on Sunday granted bail to Apan Jewellers owner Dildar Ahmed Selim in a money laundering case filed by the National Board of Revenue (NBR), reports UNB. A High Court bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Shahidul Karim passed the order after hearing a petition filed by…

The pro-Awami League backed panel ‘Ganatantrik Oikya Parishad’ has swept the registered graduates’ representatives election to the Dhaka University senate. The panel has bagged 24 posts out of 25. The Nationalist Party-backed Jatiyatabadi Parishad has secured only one seat. Election…

CHITTAGONG: Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP), in separate drives, detained 14 students of Chittagong Polytechnic Institute (CPI) from different places adjacent to the institution on Saturday night, reports BSS. Bayazid Thana Police arrested 12 students of CPI and seized eight Ramdao and seven falchions…

KHULNA: A student of class VII of Khulna Public College was hacked to death by a group of miscreants at college compound in the city on Saturday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Fahmid Tanveer Rajib, 14, son of Jahangir Alam, hailing from Hitampur village in Paikgachha upazila. Rajib…

At least four activists were injured and another one was arrested with sharp weapon in clashes between two rival groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Chittagong University (CU) unit over trivial matter on Saturday night. The injured were identified as Md Shawon, a second year student of chemistry…

Man beaten dead by ‘neighbour’ An elderly man was beaten to death allegedly by a neighbour over previous enmity at Muksudpur in Dohar upazila on Saturday evening. Quoting locals, police said M Mizanur Rahman Shikdar, 55, had been at longstanding loggerheads with his neighbour Mostafa over…

BRACU student wins a2i competition A student of BRAC business and member of Team Resurgence of HULT Prize 2017, Ivana Murtaza Asfara has won the A2i competition on Tuesday, says a press release. She pitched the idea of low cost biodegradable sanitary napkins at the competition and made it to the top…