The parliamentary standing committee on Shipping Ministry yesterday suggested the ministry to take necessary steps for amending its old laws on an emergency basis to make the country’s river ports more active and maintain those smoothly, reports UNB. It also recommended engaging six dredgers round…

Gazipur: A housewife has been tortured by a local influential man at Chota Latifpur village in Kaliakoir upazila for refusing to give in to his illicit proposal, reports UNB. The incident has triggered an outcry after the video footage of the torture went viral on social networking site Facebook. The…

Five shops and two dwelling houses were gutted in a fire at Bottali in Ruangchhari upazila on Monday night.  Former UP chairman Aungsio Mong Marma said the fire originated from a kitchen of a house at 10 pm and soon engulfed the adjacent house and shops.  Fire fighters from sadar rushed to…

At least 15 Awami League activists were injured in a factional clash at Purinda in Araihajar upazila on Monday night.  Police quoting local people said there was a conflict between Abdul Wadud, chairman of Satgram union parishad, and Zainal Abedin, president of Juba League of Satgram union unit,…

The Election Commission (EC) has sought information over Rohingya refugees from three ministries with a view to keeping them out of the country’s voter list, reports UNB. The EC yesterday sent letters, signed by EC’s senior assistant secretary Mahfuza Akter, to the Home Ministry, the Foreign…

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld the High Court order granting bail to BNP leaders MK Anwar and Aman Ullah Aman in 29 arson and vandalism cases. The chamber judge of the Appellate Division, Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, passed ‘no order’ on the government petitions…

NAOGAON: The civil surgeon of Naogaon AKM Muzahar Hossain in an order closed down 15 private clinics in the district on Monday on different charges including non- renewal of license, admitting patients beyond capacity, unhygienic atmosphere and shortage of doctor and nurse, reports BSS. After issuing…

German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Dr Gerd Muller is now in the city on a two-day visit to Bangladesh, reports UNB. He is accompanied by a 10-member delegation, including Parliamentary State Secretary for Economic Cooperation and Development Hans-Joachim Fuchtel, said a…

Police yesterday sought a seven-day remand for quizzing cricketer Shahadat Hossain who surrendered to a Dhaka court on Monday in a case filed against him allegedly for torturing his domestic help. In response to the police plea, the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Nuru Miah fixed Thursday…

Instructing the police officers concerned to quickly hunt down the killers of two foreign nationals, Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque yesterday said there is no organisational existence of militant outfit IS in Bangladesh, reports UNB. “One may be inspired personally by IS…

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday extended till November 2 its earlier order that had granted bail to Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three vandalism and arson cases. Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Syed Mahmud…

The Awami League Parliamentary Board (ALPB) at a meeting yetserday interviewed party nomination seekers for the upcoming by-election to Tangail-4 constituency, reports UNB. ALPB President Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chaired the meeting held at her official residence Ganabhaban in the evening. After…

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) yesterday dissolved its Mymensingh district and Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) unit committees. The two committees have been dissolved to strengthen the organization’s activities, said a BCL press release. Talking to The Independent, BCL General Secretary…

A schoolgirl got one of her wrists blown off in an explosion allegedly while outlaws were making bombs at a house of Marufdah village in Jibannagar upazila yesterday, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Bristi Khatun, a Class-VIII student of Raipur High School and daughter of Aslam alias Tengra,…