The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday arrested three graft suspects from various parts of the country in separate graft cases, reports UNB. ACC investigators of its Noakhali Zila office held accountant of Noakhali Zila Parishad Tarique Hasain from Noakhali, ACC public relations officer Pranab…

Chief Justice SK Sinha yesterday underscored the need for having a strong bar in order to ensure the rule of law and the freedom of judiciary in the country, reports UNB. The made the remarks while addressing a discussion marking the death anniversary of Shamsul Haque Chowdhury, a bar leader during…

World No Tobacco Day will be observed in the country today as elsewhere around the world, aiming to make people aware of the adverse impacts of tobacco…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited ailing Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital last night, UNB reports. "The Prime Minister visited the CMH tonight to see the ailing Speaker. She stayed there for some time," PM's Deputy Press Secretary…

A man, accused of his wife’s murder, has died in police custody in Sarishabari Police Station of Jamalpur early yesterday, hours after he was arrested from Dhaka.. The deceased was identified as Hashem Ali, 35, a resident of Shimlapalli Tariapara under Sarishabari municipality.  Billal Uddin,…

Pabna: Fifty workers of Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) fell sick after inhaling toxic gas while processing paddy seeds in a farm at Tebunia in Sadar upazila yesterday, reports UNB. Sources said the workers of Tebunia Agricultural Farm under BADC fell sick one after another while…

Comilla: A court here yesterday convicted 14 people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing a youth in 1999, reports UNB. According to the prosecution, a group of criminals intercepted a bicycle carrying Matiur Rahman Babul, 25, son of Nazimuddin at Lalbagh in Sadar upazila, and stabbed…

A schoolteacher has been suspended in Sherpur upazila of Bogra for allegedly making derogatory comments on Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) and Islam, reports UNB. The managing committee of Kalyani High School took the action against Biplab Kumar, a mathematics teacher of the school, yesterday. A probe…

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directives on the authorities concerned to immediately submit the two autopsy reports of slain Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu to the court, reports UNB. Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) filed the writ yesterday, also asking…