A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to four employees of NGO ‘Adamya Bangladesh Foundation’ in a case filed on charge of human trafficking.   Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Yousuf Hossain passed the order and released Arifur Rahman, Jakia Sultana, Firoz Alam Khan and Hasibul…

A Rangpur court yesterday rejected the bail petition of Rashedun Nabi Biplab, an accused in Japanese national Hoshi Kunio murder case, and sent him to jail. Rangpur Senior Judicial Magistrate Safiul Alam issued the order after police produced Biplab before his court on completion of a 10-day remand.…

In face of teachers’ protests, Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities yesterday dismissed Faysal Hossain Dipu, Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) JU unit organising secretary, from his job. Using special power, JU Vice Chancellor Prof Farzana Islam issued the order dismissing Dipu from the registrar…

The BNP yesterday accused the ruling Awami League (AL) of hatching a conspiracy to establish a one-party rule in the country through the holding of local government polls on partisan basis. BNP Standing Committee member Brig Gen (Retd) ASM Hannan Shah made the allegation while addressing a special prayer…

A people’s investigation committee was formed yesterday to probe the allegations of question paper leak in this year’s medical and dental college admission tests, reports UNB. Eminent economist Prof Anu Muhammad has been made convener of the 17-member body. The probe body will come up with…

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the BRTA will continue its drive to force the transport workers to stop charging extra fares from passengers, reports UNB. “Though it may cause temporary sufferings to commuters, our drives will continue to stop charging extra fares…

Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL) president Kader Siddique yesterday claimed that Agrani Bank made him a loan defaulter with tricks to have his nomination paper filed for contesting Tangail-4 polls cancelled, reports UNB. “As per bank documents, I was not a loan defaulter on the day I submitted…

Muggers looted Tk 25 lakh from a jewellery shop employee after shooting him in old part of the city yesterday, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Partha Kumar, 31, an employee of ‘Swadh Jewelers’ situated at Tantibazar. Witnesses said a group of hoodlums intercepted Partha at Islampur…

Customs Intelligence yesterday seized 29 boxes of banned equipment of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) worth about Taka two crore from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, reports BSS. Director General of Customs Intelligence Dr Mainul Khan told BSS this evening saying, “The Metronet BD…

The World Statistics Day will be observed today with the theme ‘Better Data, Better Lives’ emphasising critical role of high-quality official statistical information in analysis and informed policy decision-making in support of sustainable development, reports UNB. This year, the member…

Bangladesh’s peacekeepers in UN mission is the largest troops-contributing country at present in the world with the strength of 8,420 peacekeepers out of 105,480 UN peacekeepers.  According to the UN data Bangladeshi peacekeepers until now have completed participation in 54 missions in 40…

Cyber Café owners yesterday threatened to enforce a countrywide ‘digital hartal’ and lay siege to the BTRC office in the capital on October 28 if their six-point demand is not met by October 27, reports UNB. Cyber Café Owners Association of Bangladesh (CCOAB) came up with the…

The present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has achieved glowing success in spreading female education to make girl students equally worthy citizens for leading the nation towards prosperity, reports BSS from Rangpur. Member of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Road Transport…

Observing that half of all road traffic deaths are among pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reveals that around 21,316 people were killed in road accidents across Bangladesh in 2012 alone. Almost half of all the deaths on the world’s roads are among those…

Development activists at a discussion here yesterday demanded formulation of a ‘right to food law’ to ensure adequate food and nutritional security for the country’s all people, reports. They said it is urgent to formulate a law to ensure people’s right to food and their nutritional…

All import and export activities through Sonamasjid Land Port, the second-largest land trade route with India in Chapainawabganj district, will remain shut for six days beginning yesterday on the occasion of Durga Puja and holy Ashura, reports BSS from Chapainawabganj. The import-export activities at…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested a man along with a touchstone statue worth of Tk 1 core from Sughor village of Sadar upazila of Habiganj district on Sunday, reports UNB from Sylhet. The arrested was identified as Md Ali Hossain, 56, son of late M Nur Hossain, a resident of…

Police recovered the body of an unidentified woman from Pikepara Kata river under Handial union in Chatmohar upazila yesterday, reports BSS from Pabna. Being informed, police rushed to the spot and recovered the body from the river this noon, aged about 30, Office-in-Charge of Chatmohar Thana Subrato…

A court here yesterday convicted a young man and sentenced him to death for killing his wife in 2010, reports UNB from Faridpur. The convict was identified as Mithu Dewan, 24, son of Shukur Ali Dewan, hailing from Kandi village in Sadarpur upazila. The court also fined the convict Tk 15,000. According…

Police in separate drives arrested two members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including a close associate of Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, its executed second-in-command, from Raninagar and Manda upazilas on Sunday and yesterday, reports UNB from Naogaon. The arrestees…

Film actor Riaz Uddin Ahmed Siddique, popularly known as Riaz, was admitted to the Coronary Care Unit of Apollo Hospitals in the capital last night following a heart attack. Riaz was taken to the hospital around 8:45pm as he suffered a cardiac arrest, duty manager of Apollo Hospitals Mafizul Islam told …