The High Court yesterday granted bail to BNP Standing Committee Member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah in a case filed against him for subversive activities during hartal and blockade programmes enforced by the BNP-led alliance in 2015. The HC bench comprising Justice Shawkat Hossain and Justice KM Kamrul…

Some 1.66 crore mobile SIMs across the country were not registered under the biometric method, according to a statistics placed by State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Division Tarana Halim in Parliament yesterday, UNB reports. “Now the number of mobile subscribers (SIMs) is 13,26,49,158…

The United States Embassy in Dhaka launched a new website yesterday in order to provide more user-friendly access to information about the US-Bangladesh partnership, embassy programs, and applying for visas. The new website address is https://bd.usembassy.gov/ and it features contents about on-going…

Sale of advance train tickets for Eid will remain suspended at Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka tomorrow (June 25) as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate a new train service between the capital and Chittagong at the station. Tickets for July 4 will be available on Jun 26 and tickets for July…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought cooperation of the country’s people to stamp out terrorism and militancy from the country to maintain a peaceful environment, reports UNB. "We're taking action against terrorism and militancy so that a peaceful atmosphere prevails in the country…

Accusing the government of working silently to sell out the country in a planned way, BNP yesterday said it is showing a knee-jerk policy towards India’s continued unjust activities against Bangladesh, reports UNB. Speaking at a press briefing at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office, BNP senior…

Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu yesterday said Awami League has a glorious role and record of success in every major mass movement aimed at ensuring political, economic, social and cultural emancipation of the people of this country, reports BSS. The industries minister made the remark while making…

Faridpur: Two people were killed in a collision between a human hauler and a pick-up van in Chhatra area of Boalmari upazila yesterday morning, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Zaber Farzi, 50, a resident of Babui Khola village of Saltha upazila and Yakub alias Aku Akhter 65, a resident…

A court here yesterday sentenced three people to life term rigorous imprisonment for possessing contraband heroin. The court also fined them Tk 25,000, in default, to suffer two years more RI.  The convicted persons are Abdul Karim, 30, Jahangir Hossain, 33, and Kawsar Ali, 34, of Hakimpur village…

Benapole: Eleven Bangladeshi young girls returned home through Benapole check post yesterday morning after serving two and a half year’s jail term in an Indian prison, reports UNB. Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed them over to Border Guard Bangladesh through Benapole check post in the…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested three alleged drug peddlers with 63 kilograms of hemp from Moharajpur Sheikhpara in Chapainawabganj sadar upazila early yesterday. The arrested persons were identified as Ismail Hossain, 31, of Uttar Uzirpur village in Shibganj upazila, Sheikh Saadi, 27, of…

A Dhaka court yesterday adjourned the hearing of Zia Charitable Trust graft case till August 11, deferring the date for placing BNP Chariperson Khaleda Zia’s self-defence statement for seventh time, reports BSS. Yesterday was fixed for submitting self-defence statement by the BNP chief. But Khaleda…

Muggers injured an NGO employee by firing gunshots and took away Tk 5 lakh from him in the capital’s Hazaribagh area yesterday, reports UNB.. The injured was identified as Saiful Islam Murad, 30, administrative officer of Manabik Sahajya Sangstha (MSS), an NGO. Sources at Dhaka Medical College…

Former senior cultural affairs secretary Dr Ranjit Kumar Biswas passed away at Chittagong Circuit House yesterday at the age of 61, reports UNB. Ranjit, also a prominent writer, reportedly suffered cardiac arrest while taking rest at the Circuit House after attending a family programme. Circuit House…

The Army has reiterated that like the people of the country, it was determined to see the killers of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, the Comilla student, brought to justice after they are arrested and identified. It added that it was extending all-out cooperation to the ongoing investigation in this respect. In…

A police officer was killed as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw hit his motorcycle at Bijoynagar in Sadar upazila of Laxmipur yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as M Kamal Hossain, an assistant sub-inspector at Laxmipur Police Lines, from Sidhuchi village in Sadar Dakkhin upazila of Comilla…