The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday fixed June 28 for delivering its order on an appeal filed by the government against a High Court order granting bail to BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three violence cases. After concluding hearing on the government appeal,…

As many as 3,393 posts of doctors including principals, vice-principals and professors remain vacant in public medical colleges and hospitals, Health…

Savar: Police in a drive rescued a union parishad chairman who had been abducted from Manikganj and arrested four alleged abductors from Jaleswar area of Savar municipality on Wednesday, reports UNB. The rescued was identified as Abdur Rashid, 73, chairman of Shimulia union parishad of Shibalaya upazila…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) yesterday called for increasing women representatives in local level councils, which will help develop their rights.   The UNICEF with the help of National Institute of Local Government (NILG) organised a workshop on raising the women empowerment…

Sunamganj: Three people, including a teenage boy, were killed in lightning during a storm that swept through Tahirpur upazila of the district yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Jamaluddin, 35, of Manigaon village, Abdur Razzak, 40, of Puranghat village and Al Amin, 14, of Khadirkhola…

Jhinaigati Upazila Chairman Aminul Islam Badsa has been suspended temporarily after filling of several corruption cases against him by the Anti- corruption commission (ACC). Lotfun Nahar, senior assistant secretary for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives has officially suspended him…

An alleged robber was killed as a crude bomb, which he attempted to throw at a police vehicle, exploded in his hand at Velua Bridge on Rangpur-Dhaka highway in Mithapukur Upazila early yesterday. The deceased was identified as Nurul Islam, 32, an accused in six cases. Police also arrested five alleged…

Chevron Bangladesh has awarded scholarship to some 1,668 students from 41 educational institutions near its Bibiyana, Jalalabad and Moulvibazar natural gas fields recently, reports UNB. Chevron Bangladesh awarded the scholarships at separate events in Habiganj, Sylhet and Moulvibazar as a part of its…

The parliamentary standing committee on Transport and Bridges Ministry yesterday asked all concerned to take necessary measures for ensuring safe and hassle free road journey of homebound passengers ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr, reports BSS. The 9th meeting of the body was held at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban…

At least four people were killed in a number of road accidents in Chandpur, Thakurgaon and Joypurhat districts yesterday. Our Chandpur correspondent reports: An unidentified old man, aged about 70, was killed at Enayetpur in Hajiganj upazila on Chandpur-Comilla highway early yesterday. OC of Hajiganj…

University Grants Commission (UGC) yesterday approved a budget of Tk 2,178.84 crore for the 2015–16 fiscal for 37 public universities across the country. The budget was approved at its 141st Full Commission Meeting and UGC Chairman Professor Abdul Mannan chaired it. The chairman also approved…