Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque yesterday accorded a reception to foreign diplomats working here on the occasion of Bengali New Year, reports BSS. Diplomats and dignitaries attended the function arranged at the Diplomatic Security Division compound of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)…

Bangladesh will organise a program to commemorate the International Day for Monuments and Sites 2017, otherwise known as World Heritage Day, today at the Lalbagh Fort, reports UNB. The Department of Archaeology and Friendship Centre will jointly organize the program to celebrate the Day to raise awareness…

The Election Commission (EC) is set to collect information of the citizens aged 14 during the update to the voter list, reports BSS. "The commission will collect information of the citizens who will be 18 years on January 1 in 2021," Secretary Mohammad Abdullah of EC Secretariat told the news…

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives arrested three alleged Yaba traders of Myanmar, including one with bullet wounds, and recovered 6.5 lakh pieces of Yaba inTeknaf upazila early yesterday, reports UNB from Cox’s Bazar. BGB sources said a patrol team challenged a gang of…

Six policemen, including two with bullets, were injured in a reported gunfight between a gang of robbers and police on Chakaria-Lama road at Kumari Bridge in Chakaria upazila early yesterday, reports UNB from Cox’s Bazar. Police said tipped off that a gang of robbers were taking preparation to…

Veteran Journalist Anisur Rahman Selim died yesterday at the age of 75 at his home in the capital due to old-age complications. Born in Comilla, he worked with The Financial Express from its inception until 2013. He had served as the chief sub-editor of the daily for a long time. He had also worked…

Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) yesterday fined mobile operator Robi Tk 4.10 lakh for ‘deceiving consumers’ through its internet packages. The consumer rights regulatory body slapped the fine after it found proof against allegations by three Robi subscribers over…

American public-and private-sector firms' interest in Bangladesh's burgeoning energy and power sector is said to be 'growing day by day'. US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia S. Bernicat said this when she called on State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid at his office in the…