Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday gave financial assistance of Tk 1.75 crore to 12 persons including the BNP-Jamaat arson attack victims and ailing Awami League leaders and workers, reports BSS. The premier handed over cheques for donations to them at a function held her office in Dhaka yesterday…

KERANIGANJ: Police recovered the bodies of two unidentified young men from the Buriganga River at Telghat here area yesterday, reports UNB. Local people spotted the bodies of the two people, aged about 20 and 25, around 3 pm and informed police about it, said Shahzaman, officer-in-charge of South Keraniganj…

As Dhaka first Speedy Trial Tribunal is expected to set date of judgement in the two cases lodged over August 21 grenade attack today, 18 accused including BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman out of total 52 are still at large, reports BSS. Of the 52 accused, name of three including Huji leader…

The results of first year honours admission test of Dhaka University (DU)  ‘Ga’ unit under  Business Studies Faculty  for 2018-19 academic session  has been published yesterday with 10.98 percent pass rate. DU Vice-Chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman announced the results…

A court in Dhaka on Monday sentenced two men to 15-year jail term under separate sections of penal code in a money laundering case filed by then Anti-Corruption Bureau in 2003, reports UNB. The convicted men are-Om Prokash Chowdhury alias Om Prokash Agarwal and Har-e Krishna Saha. They remain absconding.…

The  Appellate Division yesterday upheld the High Court order asking the authorities concerned to provide first class division to the noted photographer Shahidul Alam in jail. The chamber court of the Appellate Division Justice Imman Ali dropped the state petition from its hearing list, which was…

Customs officials in a drive seized gold bars weighing 6 kg from Shah Amanat International Airport Chattogram on Sunday, reports UNB. Rawshan Ara, senior executive of Regent Airways, said a flight of Regent Airways from Bangkok landed at the airport around 3:40 pm. When the cleaners were cleaning the…

Police arrested two siblings along with a foreign made pistol from Jatrabari Police Station area on Sunday night, reports BSS. Being tipped-off, a squad of Jatrabari Thana police arrested two brothers, Md Tushar Ahmed, 21, and Tanjin Leon, 32, and seized a 7.65 foreign made pistol and two rounds of…

Khulna: Police detained a city unit leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) - student front of the ruling Awami League - in possession of banned drug yaba from Baikali Palpara area in the city on Saturday night, reports UNB. The detainee was identified as Helal, Information and Technology Affairs…

The historic Education Day was observed in different educational institutions in the city with a call to introduce a pro-people education system in the country. Different student organisations demanded release of noted photographer Shahidul Alam other students detained under ICT Act marking the day.…

Three sustain bullet injuries in Savar attack Two transgender people and a private car driver sustained bullet injuries in an attack in Moragang area of Ashulia on Monday noon. The injured are- Rasheda, 45, Sikha, 35 and the driver Nurunnabi, 22. F M Sayed, officer-in-charge of Dhaka district Detective…

Two-day law conference held at DU The two-day 1st Senior Advocate Ozair Farooq memorial law conference, ‘Law, Justice and Society’, held at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban Auditorium of Dhaka University (DU) on Sunday. Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain inaugurated the conference…