Khulna: A court will record on October 28 the deposition of defence witnesses in a case filed in connection with the killing of 12-year-old boy Rakib in torture by his former employer over quitting job, reports UNB. Metropolitan Sessions Judge Dilruba Sultana fixed the date yesterday after completing…

RANGPUR: Extensive self-employment opportunities could be generated among the rural youths by boosting the country’s dairy sector that would in turn bring about revolutionary changes in the rural economy. The observation came in the concluding ceremony of a 10-day training course on ‘Rearing…

Kushtia: Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive arrested eight activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir along with 10 hand bombs from a boarding house in the district town yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. The arrestees were identified as Khaled Hossain, 21, Sagor, 17, Mehedi Hassan, 20, Mohsin, 20, Mehedi…

A supercentenarian man was burnt to death after unidentified people torched the house of Robin, an accused in Juba League activist Swapan murder case, yesterday morning. The deceased has identified as Siddiqullah, 112. Local people said at around 10am they rescued Siddiq, grandfather of Robin, from…

After Nepal, the next major earthquake could occur in and around Bangladesh. "The tremor in Afghanistan, Pakistan and northern India, with its epicentre in the Hindukush region, has sounded the alarm bell for us to get ready," Moqsud Kamal, a disaster management expert and professor of geology…

Meter Readers and Bill Distributors of Power Development Board (PDB) Oikya Parishad of northern region formed a human chain at Satmatha in Bogra town…

Joint General Secretary of the ruling Awami League (AL) Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif yesterday rubbished foreigners’ claims that there is an IS presence in Bangladesh and alleged that international quarters were trying to spread such falsehoods about the IS being involved in recent killings of two foreign…

The UK unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has postponed its London rally scheduled today. It was to be addressed by party chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now staying there for treatment since September 16. The rally is now likely to be held on November 2 in a larger hall with a capacity to accommodate…

BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan yesterday alleged that they cannot hold party councils across the country due to government obstruction. “Police are not allowing us to hold party councils across the country. They are arresting party leaders and activists, and filing false cases…

A total of ten people were killed in separate road crashes in four districts yesterday. In Jamalpur, six people were killed and another injured as a speedy train hit a battery run auto-rickshaw at Nayanagar Digholbari level-crossing in Melandaha yesterday. The victims were identified as auto-rickshaw…

KHULNA: Speakers at a discussion yesterday stressed the need for ensuring environment-friendly sanitation and safe water for the people to remove public health hazards, reports BSS. To this end, natural supply of safe water must be ensured, they said, adding that there is no alternative to effective…

A two-day international seminar on “Role of SAI (Supreme Audit Institution) as an Institution of Accountability" began yesterday with the participation of ten Asian countries who would share views on optimizing the role of their respective SIA in keeping authentic public accounts audits,…

Police arrested a man with 40 packets of heroin in Syedpur upazila town yesterday. The arrested person has been identified as Ekram Hossain, 45. SR Sayed, inspector of the narcotics control department of Syedpur circle, said Ekram was nabbed at his residence in Chini mosque area of the town.

The much-anticipated 2015 edition of Who’s Who Publication Awards will be held at the Meridian Grand in London on November 5. This was confirmed by Bangla Mirror Group, publishers of British Bangladeshi Who’s Who, at a press conference held last Thursday. Several dignitaries, celebrities…