Faridpur: A court yesterday exempted journalist Probir Sikdar from appearing before it in a case filed against him under the Information and Communication Technology Act, reports UNB. Senior Judicial Magistrate Hamidul Islam passed the order after Probir filed a petition seeking exemption from appearance…

Senior Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Abdul Baset Majumder has been made the Vice-Chairman of Bangladesh Bar Council by its executive committee for next three years. Members of the council, who were elected in an election on August 26, nominated Majumder for the post at a meeting of the council presided…

Narsingdi: A court yesterday sentenced a man to death and seven others to life imprisonment for killing a madrasah student in 2011, reports UNB. The condemned convict was identified as Farid Miah while the lifers were Mostafa Hossain, Jakir Hossain Babul, Siam Miah, Touhid Miah, Sanaullah, Dulal Miah…

Three days after they were closed to the district police lines, six policemen of Pirganj police station were suspended on Monday over extortion charges.  Superintendent of Police of Thakurgoan Farhat Ahmed took the action against sub-inspectors Nur Alam and Mamun, and constables Geof Ahmed, Abdul…

A man, who went missing from Narail about one year ago, has sent a letter from India’s Dum Dum Central Jail to his father through Indian Red Cross Society. The letter written on August 22, 2015 was received by the Narail district unit of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society yesterday.  Red Crescent…

Satkhira: Doctors of both public hospitals and private clinics in the district went on an indefinite strike yesterday, demanding the withdrawal of a murder case filed against doctors and Ekota Hospital, reports UNB. Bangladesh Medical Association’s Satkhira unit acting general secretary Dr Manowar…

The Teesta has started flowing above its danger level yesterday, following heavy rains during the past 24 hours in and around the Dalia point of its barrage in Nilphamari. The river was measured as flowing over 20cm above the danger level after rising by 50cm following 212mm rains overnight till 6am,…

Although the infrastructure of Lohagara fire station was completed about nine months ago it has remained inoperative for want of vehicles and manpower. Uncertainty still hangs over its operation in near future. This has disappointed the inhabitants of Lohagara as their long cherished desire of a fire…

Spain will take steps soon to sign a cultural agreement with Bangladesh for exchanging cultural activities between the two countries. Spanish Ambassador to Bangladesh Eduardo de Laiglesia said this when he paid a courtesy call on Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor at his secretariat yesterday…

Parbatya Chattagram Mahila Samity and Hill Women’s Federation, the front organisations of Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS), yesterday…

Condemning the killing of four people in police firing in Tangail, Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad yesterday said now killing people is much easier than killing a fly, reports UNB. “People only staged demonstrations protesting the assault on a mother in front of her son. Why were bullets sprayed…