“The effort to pass off militants and criminals in the name of democracy is the biggest act of corruption,” Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said, adding “Corruption should not be tolerated anywhere, neither in the administration nor in politics,” reports BSS. The minister…

COX’S BAZAR: Police arrested a human trafficker from Jaliapara area in Teknaf of district yesterday, reports BSS. The arrested was identified as M Harun, hailed from Jaliapara area under Teknaf sadar union. Officer-in-Charge of Teknaf police station M Ataur Rahman Khondakar said on the basis of…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a workshop asked the officials and others concerned to discharge their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty for protecting the interests of poor and distressed people rightly, reports BSS. They also urged them to reduce system loss in project implementation that needs careful…

NARSINGDI:Narsingdi-4 (Monohardi-Belabo) lawmaker  Nural Majid Mahmud Humayun said no village in the 20 unions under his constituency will remain without electricity, reports BSS. The MP said this while inaugurating  a power connection line to 30 houses at Kirtinibash village in Doulatpur…

Supreme Court’s Registrar Syed Aminul Islam has been appointed the first Registrar General to the Supreme Court to speed up secretarial activities. The court said is a media statement yesterday that Chief Justice SK Sinha appointed Aminul Islam to the post until further order. Aminul told reporters…

Police recovered three dead bodies in three districts yesterday. Our Chapainawabganj correspondent says: The body of a young woman was recovered from a roadside ditch at Moharajpur in sadar upazila yesterday morning. She was identified as Ayesha Khatun, 20, daughter of Mofizul Islam of Bablabona village…

Describing the BNP-Jamaat relationship as an ‘illegal affair’, Awami League Publicity And Publications Affairs Secretary Hasan Mahmud yesterday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia should sever ties with Jamaat to drum up support from the people. “The people of Bangladesh and the world…

Pharmacies in Rajbari sadar upazila stopped selling medicines yesterday when they enforced an indefinite strike protesting against an action by a mobile court that had fined a shop Tk one lakh and tortured its owner. Drug Traders Association formed a human chain in front of Rajbari Press Club yesterday.…

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader told the Jatiya Sangsad that some 2,967 posts have remained vacant with postal department. “Of the total vacant posts, 64 are first class, 31 second class, 1,927 third class and 945 fourth class,” he said while replying to a question from…

Today is the first day of Ashar, the Bangla month when the flower of the Kadombo tree (Neolamarckia cadamba) blooms, heralding the season of rains and of love. Its glories were sung by the ancient poet Kalidas, who celebrated it in his verse. Though those days are now long gone, with climate change…

A case was filed against seven people, including six policemen, yesterday in connection with the murder of two students of Jessore Polytechnic Institute recently, reports UNB. Billal Uddin Sheikh, father of one of the deceased Ismail Hossain, filed the case at the court of Senior Judicial Magistrate…

A schoolgirl was strangulated to death allegedly after gang-rape by three youths at Boalmari village in Roumari upazila of Kurigram yesterday, reports UNB. The victim was a resident of the village. Locals said Ayiub Ali, son of Abdul Baten of the same area, along with his two friends went to the victim’s…