Police yesterday arrested Ansar member Rafiqul Islam from Chongrachari Moner Manush area in Dighinala upazila for his alleged involvement in the killing of his superior Nayek Amir Hossain on Friday afternoon. Khagrachhari Superintendent of Police Mozid Ali said “He was spotted by local people.…

Comilla: An Awami League leader, who was allegedly hacked by a group of Chhatra League in Monohorganj upazila on June 29, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Tongi of Gazipur yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Yakub Ali, former general secretary of Keari village unit of AL…

Former election commissioner Sohul Hossain yesterday said the goodwill and sincerity of the Election Commission is enough to arrange elections in a free and fair manner, reports UNB. “If the Commission wants, the polls must be held in a fair manner because the constitution bestowed unlimited power…

Some 83 formal primary schools were closed down this month as they ran out of fund. All the schools were being run with the funds provided by the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP). The chairman of the Bandarban hill district council, Kyasoihla, said the UNDP had been funding 83 formal primary…

A student of the Dhaka University was killed and four people were injured in a road accident at Shibnagar-Gulshanmour in Kaliganj upazila yesterday afternoon. Deceased Aminur Rahman, 25, of Churamonkathi-Baghdanga village in Jessore sadar upazila, was a master’s student of Peace and Conflict Studies…

Residents of Bhowanipur village in Wazirpur Upazila held a demonstration in the area yesterday demanding the arrest of killers of Shahidul Alam, 40, a van puller. Shahidul was killed on Thursday allegedly by his cousin Alauddin Hannan alias Hannan Mahori over a land dispute. According to neighbours,…

Railways Minister Mazibul Hoque yesterday said more coaches would be added to the fleet of Bangladesh Railway (BR) to ferry the homebound people ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr, reports BSS. "Officials and employees of Bangladesh Railway are working relentlessly to offer quality and hassle-free services…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday hosted an Iftar for judges, diplomats and government officials at her official residence Ganobhaban, reports UNB. The Prime Minister went round different tables set for the guests, exchanged pleasantries with them and enquired about their wellbeing. A special munajat…

Justice Sultan Hossain Khan, a former chief election commissioner and also an ex-chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission, passed away at a hospital in the capital yesterday at the age of 91, reports a news agency. He left behind his wife, two sons, two daughters and a host of relatives and admirers to…

Claiming that ‘education is not a product, but a right’, students of private universities have threatened to intensify their movement demanding cancellation of value added tax (VAT) on education.   The agitators will organise demonstrations to press their demand in front of the Jatiya…

Claiming that their party joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi is seriously ill, BNP yesterday demanded the government immediately release him on bail considering his deteriorating health condition. In a statement, party spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon said, “Rizvi has long bee suffering from…