Private launch owners will operate special services from Dhaka for 15 days, starting tomorrow (Thursday), to cope with the rush of passengers on the occasion of Eid. The ferries will leave from Sadar Ghat. Launch owners estimate that about four lakh passenger will avail of the special Eid services.They…

A court sent Saraipara Ward Councillor Saber Ahmed to jail yesterday over the killing of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Mahiuddin Sohel. Saber's lawyer Sheikh M Iftekhar Shimul said his client had been taken into police custody. The Awami League leader secured a month's interim bail…

A protest by students of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) rolled into fifth day yesterday. The students are demonstrating against fines and additional fees imposed by the university. They also want the authorities to accept their three-point demand. A notice issued…

Customs officials detained a man along with 103 gold bars weighing 10.3kg at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday night. The detainee is Md Abdus Salam, 48, hailing from Gazipur. He returned from Singapore on a Singapore Airlines flight that landed at the airport around 10:40pm. With this,…

Barishal City Corporation (BCC) has introduced three-dimensional (3D) zebra crossing for commuters’ safety. BCC Mayor Serniabat Sadik Abdullah inaugurated…

1 held with govt medicines UNB, Rajshahi Detectives arrested a young man along with medicines meant for government hospitals from the Bypass intersection in the city on Monday. The arrestee is Maksudul Haque, 35, son of Sanaullah. Golam Ruhul Kuddus, spokesman of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police, said a…

Quizzing of IO in blogger Wasikur murder trial June 20 BSS, Dhaka A Dhaka court today set June 20 for cross-examination of investigation officer (IO) in a case lodged over the murder of blogger Wasikur Rahman Babu. The last IO of the case Shah Moshiur Rahman appeared yesterday before the court of Dhaka…

Eid gifts distributed to underprivileged children STAFF REPORTER, Dhaka Social Services Club of Southeast University (SEU) distributed Eid gifts recently…