The Bangladesh government is ready to receive the prime accused in the Narayanganj seven murder case, Nur Hossain, who was arrested in Kolkata, India, for trial. A home ministry official said they will receive Nur Hossain from a border point after getting a date from the Indian authorities, much the…

The acting Chief Justice yesterday assigned a High Court (HC) bench for the final hearing of a writ petition, challenging the legality of Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya's continuing as minister and lawmaker. The Supreme Court had scrapped his acquittal in a corruption case. Justice MA Wahhab Miah,…

Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman yesterday said the government will award stipends for all students at primary level for encouraging them to continue study. “The dropout rate has been reduced since the introduction of stipend programme for the children of poor families. The…

An on-duty prison guard was reportedly injured in an attack by miscreants in front of Faridpur General Post Office in the town yesterday, reports UNB . Witnesses said prison guard M Asaduzzaman along with his colleague M Zahid were passing the street in front of the post office riding a motorbike in…

Armed criminals yesterday snatched Tk 11lakh from a man at Badda in the capital after shooting him in broad day light. The victim, identified as Shahin Sikder, 25, hailing from Patuakhali district, came to the city for finalising the purchase of a piece of land. He was admitted to Dhaka Medical College…

The High Court yesterday fixed November 16 for delivering its order on three separate petitions filed by BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir seeking bail in connection with three arson and vandalism cases. After concluding final hearing on the rules issued by it earlier, the HC…

The government has allocated 93,736.51 acres khas land among 1,94,302 landless families till June this year from 2009, reports BSS. Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif told this in the Jatiya Sangsad while replying to a tabled question from treasury bench member M Abdul Latif yesterday. “The government…

At least 14 migrants, including seven children, drowned on Wednesday when their flimsy boat sank off Turkey’s Aegean coast while trying to reach Greece, the latest fatalities in Europe’s refugee crisis, reports AFP, from Istanbul. The Turkish coastguard recovered the bodies from the wooden…

MOULAVIBAZAR: Five aspirants submitted nomination papers yesterday for upcoming by-election to Moulvibazar-3 constituency which fell vacant after the death of social welfare minister Syed Mohsin Ali on September 14, reports BSS. They are former social welfare minister Syed Mohsin Ali’s spouse…

Four people were killed and 20 others injured as a bus collided with a ‘laguna‘ human hauler on the Dhaka-Tangail highway at Charpara in Mirzapur upazila  yesterday. The deceased were identified as Dilip, 48, driver of the laguna, Sajal, 22, of Suvalla village, Simul, 22,  and…