Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday expressed dissatisfaction over the absence of most doctors, nurses, officials and employees at National Institute of Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) at Tejgaon in the capital, reports BSS. He expressed his dissatisfaction during a surprise visit…

Jessore: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained an alleged drug peddler in possession of 958 pieces of Yaba tablets from Rajghat Savarpara village in Abhoynagar upazila of Jessore district on Saturday night, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Amin Gazi,25, a resident of the village.…

A fierce fire broke out in a seven-storey textile mill at Betjuri in Sreepur upazila yesterday. Fire service sources said the fire broke out on the second floor of ‘Dignity Textile Mill’ around 2:15 pm and soon spread to its 3rd floor.  Deputy Assistant Director of Gazipur fire service…

at least 15 people were injured during a clash between police and Awami Leauge activists following arrest of some party men in Charfassion sadar upazila yesterday morning. Police said Awami League activists brought out a procession in Charfassion upazila town in the morning following the arrest of five…

Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation and Mawa Bus Owners’ Association enforced an indefinite bus strike on Dhaka-Mawa route from yesterday protesting collection of Tk 40 as toll at the Shimulia Parking Yard by Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA). Following the transport…

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order granting bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser Mosaddek Ali Falu in an arson case. After hearing an appeal filed by the government against the HC order, the four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed…

In compliance with an earlier High Court (HC) order asking petitioners in a gang-rape incident in the capital to come up with tentative names who could review existing laws on sexual violence, rights bodies yesterday submitted a list comprising names of 10 members, including Justice Awlad Ali, who will…

A fierce fire that broke out in a five-storey textile mill at Batjuri in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur yesterday afternoon could not be doused till filing of this report around 12:30am last night. Firefighters were still trying to douse the fire. Maj Shakil Newaz, director (operation) of Fire Service and…

At least four bills, including the Supreme Court Judges (Leave, Pension and Privileges) Amendment Bill, 2015, are likely to be placed in the budget session of the 10th Parliament, which begins today. The other bills are: Export Promotion Bureau Bill, 2015, International Finance Corporation Bill, 2015…

Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation and Mawa Bus Owners� Association enforced an indefinite bus strike on Dhaka-Mawa route from yesterday protesting collection of Tk 40 as toll at the Shimulia Parking Yard by Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA). Following the transport strike,…