Anti-corporation Commission (ACC) yesterday arrested an account officer of the Chittagong Port Authority over charge of graft. The arrestee was identified as deputy-chief Finance and Accounts of CPA Sandipan Chowdhury. He was arrested from CPA at around 12pm yesterday.  “Sandipan Chowdhury…

A faction of pro-Awami League (AL) teachers of Jahangirnagar University will observe a daylong strike on the campus today protesting what they said the violation of university act and statute by the Vice-chancellor (VC) Prof Farzana Islam. Under the banner ‘Bangabandhur Adarsha O Muktijuddher…

The burial of Hosneara Laizu (Nipa Rani) whose body had been kept at Rangpur Medical College Hospital for more than four years due to legal complications over her religious conversion had to complete within three days according to Islamic rituals as the High Court yesterday released the copy of its…

NARAYANGANJ:  A woman who was arrested in a case filed for burning her minor son to death at Baroipara in Araihazar upazila following her extramarital affairs reportedly confessed to her crime before a court here on Sunday, reports UNB. Chief Judicial Magistrate Mehedi Hasan recorded the confessional…

BNP climate change affairs assistant secretary Mostafizur Rahman Babul was released from jail on bail on Monday, reports UNB. He walked out of Kashimpur Central Jail, Gazipur around 12 noon after the jail authorities received his bail order, BNP assistant office secretary Belal Ahmed told UNB. On February…

A team of specialists at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) have been providing free treatment to the pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients for their relief from the disease, reports BSS. “We have formed a medical board comprising cardiologist, pulmonologist and rheumatologists,…

PLDS Computer Training Centre (A Project of Pally Life Development Society) has distributed 128 certificates among the students of Graphic Design, Web…

SYLHET: Police arrested two expatriates from Mazumdari area in the city on Sunday night for torturing their domestic help and her daughter, reports UNB. The arrestees were identified as United Kingdom expatriates Kabir Ahmed Khokon, 42, and Shakir Ahmed Munna, 43, sons of Abdul Nur of the area. The…

BRTA’s drive against unfit vehicles The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) yesterday launched drives against unfit and faulty vehicles in different parts of the capital. Shawkat Ali, secretary of BRTA, said the drive began at Manik Mia Avenue around 9am. The drives are being conducted…

Freshers’ reception held at JnU The fresher’s reception and farewell programme-2018 of the Geography and Environment Department of Jagannath University (JnU) was held at the university central auditorium yesterday, says a press release. The department welcomed the 13th batch and bid farewell…