Newly appointed Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam took over the responsibility yesterday, succeeding Muhammad Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, who has been appointed an Alternate Executive Director to the World Bank (WB) for three years from November 1 this year. Before joining as Cabinet Secretary,…

A Pabna court yesterday placed a suspected leader of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a five-day remand in a case filed for the attempt on the life of church priest Luke Sarkar, reports UNB. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Rezaul Karim passed the order after officer-in-charge…

The Detective Branch (DB) of Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP) arrested four persons for their alleged involvement in question paper leak from the city’s Jhautala area yesterday. The arrestees were identified as Liton Chakrabartee, Eynal Haque, Aziz Rari and Yunus. However, the main accused named…

BAGERHAT: Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon yesterday stressed the need for infrastructural development in the Sundarbans to promote…

Two passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed and four others injured when a truck hit the auto-rickshaw  in Kalihati upazila yesterday afternoon. Akheruzzaman, OC of Bangabandhu Bridge (East) police, said the accident took place at 3 pm, leaving a man dead on the spot and five others injured.…

Detective Branch (DB) of Police seized 240 cans of beer from Bhagiratpur village in Sadar upazila early yesterday and held wo persons in connection with the incident. Acting on a tip-off, a team of DB police conducted a raid at a house and arrested Shah Alam and Sabuj Mia. Following their statement…

Netrakona: A court yesterday sentenced four people to life term imprisonment for killing a man in 2009, reports UNB. The lifers are Rahim Uddin, 45, Sabuj Miah, 40, Kazimuddin, 35, and Diren Sangma, 48, all hail from Baromari village in Durgapur upazila of the district. The court also fined the convicts…

Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya  said the national polls would not be held prior to schedule whatever might be the conspiracy of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia abroad to organise midterm elections, reports BSS. “Staying in London, she ( Khaleda Zia) and…

An alleged top-terrorist was shot to death by miscreants on Khulna- Jessore highway in Shiromoni intersection area of Khulna city yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Shahidul Islam alias Hoji, 38, son of Shawkat Ali, a resident of Pabla Hoji Bari under Daulatpur Police Station…

The Awami League-led 14-party alliance yesterday threatened to take legal action against Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) if it does not apologise for calling ‘Jatiya Sangsad a theatre of puppet show’, reports UNB. “Through its comment, TIB insulted every member of parliament.…