Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) will launch a month-long mass signature campaign on March 15, demanding the arrest of the killers of journalist couple Sagor and Runi, reports UNB. On completion of the campaign, the DRU will submit a memorandum with the signatures to the Prime Minister’s Office to…

The images containing damages caused for tobacco use and written texts are better known as Graphical Health Warning (GHW) are going to implement from March 19, reports BSS. The government has amended the Smoking and Using of Tobacco Products (Control) Act, 2005 by incorporating strong provisions removing…

Jhenidah: An accused of two drug cases allegedly committed suicide in police custody at Shailkupa Police Station yesterday noon, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Kajal Mandal, 28, son of Julhas Mandal, a resident of the Rajapur village of Kushtia district. He is an accused of two drug cases…

BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed, who has been in the custody of Meghalaya police in India since last year on charges of trespassing, was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Haryana’s Gurgaon yesterday on court permission. Salahuddin left Meghalaya on Thursday and reached Indira Gandhi…

International Affairs Adviser to the Prime Minister Gowher Rizvi yesterday said culture has the greatest contribution to the relationship between Bangladesh and India, reports UNB. He made the remarks while addressing a function marking the 6th founding anniversary of Indira Gandhi Culture Centre at…

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members arrested two customs sepoys along with 6,000 Indian rupees while collecting toll from goods-laden trucks at Bhomra land port in Satkhira on Thursday night, reports UNB. The arrestees were identified as Firoj Hossain and Motin, sepoys of Bhomra land port customs.…

The ‘Save the Sundarbans’ long march of the National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas, Natural Resources and Power-Port reached Jessore yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. On the way, demonstrators held two rallies in Magura and Jhenidah protesting the government’s decision to build a 1320…

Eight people suffered burn injuries in an LP gas cylinder blast at Kuttapara village in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria yesterday evening, reports UNB. Witnesses said the gas cylinder went off at the house of expatriate Rasel Miah after someone struck a match. The blast left eight people, including women…

At least nine people were injured in separate clashes during electioneering ahead of the UP elections in Pirojpur and Pabna districts yesterday, reports UNB. In Pirojpur, five people were injured in a clash between the supporters of two chairman aspirants of Shialkathi Union Parishad in Kawkhali upazila…