The Barishal  City Corporation (BCC) has applied to the district administration for three acres of land to set up a sanctuary and rehabilitation centre for street dogs in the city. This rehabilitation centre will be operational within the next three months, BCC sources said. In Barishal city, a…

A Dhaka court yesterday transferred the case lodged over casualties caused after law enforcement agencies’ raid in a militant den at capital’s Kalyanpur area to Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal for hearing. Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Devbrata Biswas passed the order after receiving the…

A Dhaka court yesterday adjourned till May 16 the hearing of a case lodged over sensational murder of a mother and her son in capital’s Kakrail area in 2017. Dhaka 3rd additional metropolitan session judge Robiul Islam passed the order as a new witness testified in the case and was cross-examined…

Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) AHM Khairuzzaman has called for responding to all humanitarian crises including natural disasters, emergencies and situations of violence for the sake of reducing sufferings of people in need.  “Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) is committed…

Two mobile courts in the city fined four buseness houses and one meat shop for marketing substandard, date expiry and keeping high prices of goods. Joydev…

A Dhaka court yesterday set May 23 for the next hearing in case filed against BNP leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed for amassing illegal wealth and concealing statement about his assets. Judge Dr Sheikh Golam Mahbub of Dhaka special judge court-6 set the date, allowing a time plea filed for the former law…

A week-long Mass Dog Vaccination (MDV) in the two city corporations will begin from May 14 as part of the country's move to eliminate rabies by 2022. Health Minister Zahid Maleque inaugurated the programme at Krishibid Institute yesterday. The two city corporations will conduct the programme with…

Japanese university delegation calls on acting UGC chairman Staff Reporter, Dhaka A three-member delegation from University of Hyogo, Japan called on Prof Mohammad Yousuf Ali Mollah, acting chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh, at the latter’s office yesterday. Makoto Kosaka,…

Youth lynched after he kills elderly man in Cumilla UNB, Cumilla A young man was killed in a lynch-mob attack after he stabbed a septuagenarian man to death at Balutupa in Sadar upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased were identified as Ali Akbar, 70, son of Charu Mia, and Kasai Alam Miah, 35, son…