President Abdul Hamid left Dhaka for London yesterday morning for medical checkup there, reports UNB. A flight of Emirates Airlines carrying the President took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:15 am. Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, dean of diplomatic…

Experts yesterday said Bangladesh will have to face disastrous consequences, including environmental degradation, and a threat to geographical existence and people’s livelihoods, if India constructs 16 new barrages and dams in the upstream of the river Ganga.They also hailed the government for…

BNP former MP Syeda Asifa Ashrafi Papia’s children yesterday demanded the release of their ‘ailing’ mother from jail, reports UNB. “Our mother is sick. She has been kept in jail in false and baseless cases for over two months. We want justice from the government. We’re…

Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalist President Shawkat Mahmud was shifted to Kashimpur central jail in Gazipur on Saturday night. Jailor of Kashimpur Central Jail Mohammed Nasir Ahmed said Sawkat, former president of the National Press Club, was shifted here from Dhaka Central Jail at around 11 pm.…

At least nine people, including a policeman, were killed in separate road accidents in Rajbari, Barisal and in the capital yesterday. In Rajbari, four people were killed and 34 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Goalanda upazila. The accident took place at around 11-45am on the…

The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on yesterday pressed charges against two people for violating an indigenous woman in a microbus in the city on May 21, reports UNB. Ajmila Nasrin, ASP of Rab-1 and investigation officer of the case, submitted the chargesheet to the General Recording Officer (GRO) of…

Claiming that the Prime Minister’s observation over involvement of its chief Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman in the August-21 grenade attack unfounded, BNP yesterday alleged that a vested quarter is trying to mislead Sheikh Hasina only to widen the difference with BNP sand underpin the…

Violating a High Court  order illegal sand lifting with dredgers from the Meghna River at Lapang, Mohinipur, Mizarchar launch terminal, Saudagarkandi and  Chanpur  in Raipur upazila of the district has been going on unabated. Local people said a section of unscrupulous people has been…

Police arrested three persons, accused in the Awami League activist Rabiul Islam murder case, with 11 crude bombs and machetes in Shibganj upazila yesterday. The arrested persons have been identified as Saiful, 30, Tosiqul, 23, and Shukurdi, 35, of Mordana village under Shibganj municipality. Officer-in-Charge…

Barguna: Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive rescued two deer and seized around 200kg venison from Badurtola area of Patharghata upazila early yesterday, reports UNB. Tipped off, a team of Coast Guard conducted drive in the area adjacent to Bishkhali River around 3:30am and challenged a trawler,…

UK’s Minister of State for International Development Desmond Swayne yesterday said his country wants to see Bangladesh prosper and develop further and mentioned that both the countries enjoy very ‘healthy’ relations, reports UNB. “Bangladesh has performed very, very well in respect…

A man was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants at Dhaka Udyan in the city’s Mohammadpur area last night. The deceased was identified as Sohel, 35, who was also a businessman, said police. Police said a group of miscreants swooped on Sohel in front of ‘Four Brothers Garmen’t…

BNP Joint Secretary General Amanullah Aman was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) from the Dhaka Central Jail yesterday after he felt sick, reports UNB. Nesar Ali, jailer at the Dhaka Central Jail, said Aman complained of chest pain at noon and subsequently he was taken to the Bangabandhu…