India and Bangladesh yesterday decided to hold a regular meeting from administrative level aiming to put an end to smuggling, human trafficking and terrorism in the bordering areas of the two countries, reports UNB. The decision was taken at a joint border conference on deputy commissioner level posts…

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 yesterday set December 22 to pass order whether to take the charges of crimes against humanity brought by the prosecution against Shariatpur Razakar duo Solaiman Mollah and Idris Ali into cognizance, reports BSS. Justice Anwarul Haque, chairman of the two-member…

Permanent Representative and Ambassador of Bangladesh to the UN Masud Bin Momen presented his credentials to the Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki-moon at the UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, reports UNB. While presenting his credentials, Momen conveyed the greetings of president and prime minister…

Aimed at building skilled manpower and offering better services to the burn patients, the government has launched a project to establish Institute of National Burn and Plastic Surgery, reports BSS. The world standard institute would plan to provide treatment to nearly 1.5 lakh burn patients as well…

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will not appear before the special court today to face the Zia Charitable Trust graft case hearing as she is not fit to stand the trial, reports BSS. “She is not fully fit and taking rest. So she will not going to appear before the court today,” said Advocate…

Despite forecast by the Meteorological Department that night temperatures would start falling from November-end, there are no such signs with only five days left. This has raised the question, how long would it take for the "real winter" to set in. The met office predicted that night temperatures…

A student of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) was jailed for one year after he was found appearing in the admission test of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University (JKKNIU) impersonating a candidate in Trishal upazila yesterday. The court also fined the convict Zaman Ullah,…

BOGRA: Two persons were killed and 10 others injured in a road accident in Kahalu upazila yesterday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Nadim Talukdar, 18, student of class XI at JK Degree College and an inhabitant of Mohismunda village in Dupchachaia  upazila and Joyanta Boshakh, 27, of…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion detained two suspected smugglers and recovered three kilograms of gunpowder from Hakimpur frontier area on Tuesday night. The arrestees were identified as Toukir Ahmed, 22, of Uttar Basudebpur and Samad Ali, 28, of Galpara village of the upazila.