Police arrested six people, including the main accused, from different areas of the capital on Tuesday night in connection with a theft case filed by Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka. The arrestees are- Sajal alias Kalu, 22, Mostafa, 35, Dulal Miah, 34, Jahangir Alam, 35, Nimai Babu, 42 and Sekul Islam,…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested two suspected drug traders along with 1.48 lakh yaba tablets from Baklia thana area yesterday morning. The arrestees are Kamal Hawlader, 41, son of Najar Ali, hailing from Barishal district and Md Anis, 40, son of Yakub Ali, hailing from Shariatpur…

Brigadier General AKM Mostafa Kamal Pasha has been appointed as Inspector General (IG) prison of Bangladesh Jail yesterday. He was replaced existing IG prison Brigadier General Syed Iftekhar Uddin. Brigadier General Syed Iftekhar Uddin has been sent back to the Armed Forces Division after completing…

Speakers at a seminar here on Tuesday urged the government to strengthen monitoring to ensure the proper utilisation of funds allocated for the projects taken for women empowerment. “It's often found that projects taken for women empowerment lack strong monitoring. As a result, funds allocated…

Adolescent boys and girls need care, affection and need-based health related knowledge including the reproductive health for their proper grooming both physically and mentally. Health experts, academics and development activists told BSS here that the adolescents constitute over one-third of the total…

Int’l confce on business and management today Staff reporter, Dhaka American International University – Bangladesh (AIUB) is going to organize a two-day international conference titled ‘AIUB International Conference on Business and Management (AICBM) – 2018’ will be held…

Cop hurt in ‘accidental’ firing UNB, Dhaka  The in-charge of Sergeant Ahad Police Box at Gulistan sustained bullet injuries in an ‘accidental’ firing by a patrol inspector inside the police box on Tuesday. Additional deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Motijheel)…