A court in Pabna yesterday sent 11 people, including Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif's son Sirhan Sharif Tamal, to jail in a case filed for vandalism, reports UNB from Pabna. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Rezaul Karim sent them to jail rejecting their bail petitions. The other accused…

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday arrested an official of Satkhira's Civil Surgeon Office from Satkhira in a graft case, reports UNB. ACC assistant director Mahtab Uddin of its Khulna zila office arrested storekeeper Md Fazlul Haque from his office, ACC public relations officer Pranab…

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday proposed creation of a global alliance for genocide studies and justice saying remembrance of mass atrocities was crucial to prevent future genocides, reports BSS. "We urge all to remember repeatedly what happened in the past not only in Bangladesh, but also in…

Heat waves continued across Dhaka, Khulna and Barisal divisions for third consecutive day yesterday, with the day’s highest temperature soaring to 38° C in Khulna and Jessore. Met office sources said there is no chance of the heat abating in the next two or three days. The day temperature…

North Korea Sunday test-fired a ballistic missile, the latest in a series of launches which have sparked international condemnation and threats of tougher UN sanctions, reports AFP from Seoul. South Korea described the launch, the second in a week and the eighth this year, as “reckless and irresponsible”…

The family members of a visually impaired man who died falling into an open manhole in the capital, has received Tk 50 lakh in compensation from the Dhaka Wasa and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), reports UNB. Talking to reporters, deputy attorney general Taposh Kumar said Dhaka Wasa informed the…

A local Juba League leader was hacked to death by some miscreants at Upashahor in Jessore yesterday, reports UNB. Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Police Station, AKM Ajmal Huda said some miscreants hacked Kajol, 32, son of Ashraf Ali of the area, as he arrived at the Upashahar Union Parishad office around…