Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia yesterday said the investigation in the case filed over ‘militant attack’ at Hotel Olio International in Panthapath in 2017, is in the final stage, reports UNB. “A total of 14 militants have been arrested in connection…

CHATTOGRAM: Three people, including a woman and a child, were killed in separate incidents in the port city yesterday, reports BSS. Among the victims, rickshaw-van puller Kamal Uddin, 50, was killed as a gas cylinder exploded in city’s Sadarghat area yesterday morning. In another incident, Jaheda…

The High Court yesterday set October 7 for delivering its verdict after re-hearing on the appeal filed by Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya against a lower court order that had sentenced him for 13 years jail in a graft case, reports UNB. A bench of Justice Md Nazrul…

Professor Md Nurul Alam of Physics department has been appointed as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of Jahangirnagar University. A press release signed by Deputy Secretary of Ministry of Education Habibur Rahman confirmed the appointment yesterday. According to the section 13 (1) of Jahangirnagar University…

Rajshahi: Different mobile courts sentenced 54 persons to various jail terms on charge of taking drugs and drug trading in five northern districts on Monday, reports BSS. Earlier Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 63 persons for their alleged involvement in drug dealing. Of them, 54 were awarded…

Despite a satisfactory supply, selling of sacrificial animals in local hats and cattle-markets has not yet been started in full swing even the holy Eid-ul-Azha…

One of the two Surface Water Treatment Plants started its trial operation from Sunday after six years of its construction. Two Surface Water Treatment Plants at Ruptali (RSWTP) and another at Beltola ((BSWTP) in southern and northern parts of the city were built in 2012. The construction works were…

RAJSHAHI: Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) is committed to respond all humanitarian crises including natural disasters, emergencies and situations of violence for the sake of reducing sufferings of people in need, said speakers at a discussion here yesterday, reports BSS. They viewed BDRCS has…

NU publishes masters’ final result The National University (NU) on Monday published the results of the final semester of the masters courses held in 2015, showing a 72.25 per cent pass rate. Some 166134 students from 144 colleges of 31 disciplines took part in the examinations. Among them 120031…

Man killed in cylinder blast    A rickshaw-van puller was killed as a gas cylinder exploded in Sadarghat area of the port city Chattogram yesterday morning. The deceased was identified as Kamal Uddin, 50. The cylinder blew off after it fell down when the rickshaw-van puller was handling it…