Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a junior executive of Kohinoor Chemical Company Ltd from the city’s Tejgaon area after he allegedly went into hiding misappropriating around Tk 31 lakh of the company, reports UNB. Sources at the Rab-2 headquarters said Advocate Palash Kumar Roy…

STAFF REPORTER The BNP is playing its ‘broken record’ of allegations against the government after being defeated in the politics of power, said ruling Awami League Presidium member and Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said. “Whenever the elections are close,…

Environmental activists at a discussion here yesterday demanded that the government take effective steps to ensure the supply of safe seasonal fruits to the consumers, reports UNB. They said seasonal fruits like mango, jackfruit, litchi, blackberry and pineapple will be available from local May next,…

Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has issued show-cause notices on 46 filling stations in 13 southern districts for violating rules by getting fuel from unauthorised private refineries, reports UNB. The alleged 46 filling stations in Khulna, Satkhira, Bagerhat, Jessore, Jhenidah, Narail, Magura,…

At least 10 people of the minority communities were killed and 9,566 individuals, families and institutions attacked in 732 incidents of human rights violation in the first three months of this year, said a report. Last year, the number of such incidents stood at 261, while the number of attacked individuals,…

Royal Challengers Bangalore secured an impressive 13-victory over the home team Rising Pune Supergiants in Pune last night, reports IPLT20.com. Boosted by a scintillating 155-run stand between captain Virat Kohli (80) and AB de Villiers (83) that took RCB to a challenging 185/3, RPS in their maiden…

A sub-inspector of Joydebpur Police Station has been suspended in connection with the torture of a bridegroom just before his marriage in Pubail, reports UNB. The police super of the district took the action against Ali Akbar. He has also formed a three-member committee, headed by additional police…