Rains stopped after Wednesday’s showers but the sky remained heavily overcast yesterday along with mist and fog shrouding the sun, indicating another cold spell, possibly the last of the winter bite before it fades slowly. A senior meteorologist yesterday explained that the sub-continental ridge…

A court here yesterday framed charges against 11 suspected militants in a case filed over the killing of eight people during a bank robbery bid in Ashulia in April last year, reports UNB. Judge of the District and Session’s Judge Court ASM Kuddus Zaman framed the charges against the accused and…

BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has been admitted to a hospital in the capital yesterday morning after he complained of chest pain. He was taken to the United Hospital around 9:00am after he felt chest pain, Shyrul Kabir Khan, a member of BNP chairperson’s media…

The government has appointed Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) chairman Rear Admiral Mohammad Nizamuddin Ahmed as the new chief of Naval Staff, reports…

Professor Emeritus Anisuzzaman yesterday said those who termed Bangladesh as a basket case in 1971-1972 had to admit now that the country has attained an unthinkable growth, reports UNB. He came up the remarks while addressing a seminar titled ‘Seven years of change’ at the Institution of…

Air pollution largely contributes to visibility reduction during dry season, causing accidents on the country’s roads and waterways, said environmental experts yesterday, reports UNB. According to them, a visibility reduction is probably the most apparent symptom of air pollution. Visibility degradation…

The 192nd birth anniversary of poet Michael Madhusudan Dutta will be observed at his birth place at Sagardari in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore on Monday, reports UNB. A weeklong festival titled ‘Madhu Mela, 2016’ will begin at Sagardari on Friday marking the day. The festival features discussions,…

Bangladesh Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) organised a three-day science fair on its campus in the capital yesterday, with slogan ‘in search of young scientists’. 770 young scientists from 80 schools, colleges and science clubs are participating in the fair with 265 projects.…

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday stayed a High Court order that had directed the officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur Police Station to accept the complaint of Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabbi, who was allegedly tortured by a policeman, as the first information report (FIR). In…

Bodies of two arson victims -- Nuruzzaman Paplu, 50, a contractor of Jessore town and his daughter Maisha, 15 -- were exhumed from their graves at Ghope Graveyard in Jessore town for post mortem yesterday afternoon.  At least seven people were killed and more than 30 injured in a petrol bomb attack…

President of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) Altaf Mahmood has been operated upon at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) yesterday after being detected with problems in his spinal cord, repor6ts BSS. The operation was conducted by Professors Kanak Kanti Barua and Dhiman…

The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined four factories a total of Tk 1.03 crore for harming environment and ecology in Dhaka, Gazipur and Narayanganj, reports UNB. The DoE summoned the authorities of the three dyeing factories and one food and beverage factory to its Dhaka headquarters,…