At least five passengers of a human hauler were killed and eight others injured when a train collided head on with it at Pagla rail crossing in Narayangan yesterday. The identities of the deceased could not be ascertained immediately. “When a Narayanganj bound train reached at Pagla station at…

Comilla: A court yesterday asked sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique to appear before it by August 25 in a case filed for his disparaging remarks on hajj and Tablig Jamaat, reports UNB. Acting judge of Comilla Senior Judicial Magistrate (Cognisance court-7) Mun­tasir Ahmed passed the order. On…

Students of some private universities yesterday demanded that the proposed 10 percent value added tax (VAT) in the upcoming budget for 2015-16 fiscal on the country’s private universities, medical and engineering colleges be rescinded, reports UNB. They also threatened to wage a tougher movement…

Satkhira: Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Debnagar village in Sadar upazila yesterday morning, reports UNB. The arrested was identified as Maulana Zafarullah, president of Debnagar ward unit of Jamaat. Officer-in-charge of sadar police station Emdad Sheikh said on a tip-off, a…

BNP yesterday demanded the government carry out a neutral and fair investigation into the allegation of rotten wheat import from Brazil, reports UNB. Addressing a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan central office, its spokesman Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon also urged Food Minister Qamrul Islam to…

A man allegedly strangled his wife to death in Madhupur upazila of the district yesterday morning. The victim was identified as Monira Begum, 24, daughter of Ishaque Mia, of Roktipara village in Madhupur upazila. Shafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Madhupur police station, said Monira was married off…

Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) yesterday launched a campaign for ensuring hygiene of iftar items, cooked by the food vendors on the streets in the capital. “We have launched the campaign as lots of Dhaka city dwellers used to and love to buy their iftar from street small vendors but the…

Two Bangladeshi nationals returned home from India through Benapole check-post on Sunday night after languishing in an Indian jail for four years. The returnees were identified as Shadin, 35, and Nizamuddin, 34, of Sunam­ganj district. Indian police handed them over to the Bangla­deshi immigration…

The 17th council of the Bangladesh Press Council has been formed with fourteen persons nominated as its members including two from the parliament, said a press release of the Council here yesterday, reports BSS. As per the press council act of 1974, the government has published a gazette notification…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday received the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Award, which Bangladesh won at a summit in Geneva, reports UNB. PM’s Principal Secretary Md Abul Kalam Azad handed over the award to the Prime Minister at the Cabinet Room of Sangsad Bhaban. The Project…