A joint team of Army and police arrested a man from Khoyaitupara area in Rajasthali upazila yesterday as he was allegedly involved with the killing of an Army man on August 18. The arrestee was identified as Kaiching Marma, member of Marma ethnic community. Acting on a tip off, law enforcers Kaiching…

The NGO Affairs Bureau, the state’s watchdog for NGO activities, has suspended six different projects being run out of the Cox’s Bazar branch of an NGO called Mukti - on allegations of making sharp weeding tools for distribution among the Rohingyas. Some 600 of these tools were allegedly…

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday found presence of the larva of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, that acts as the carrier of the dengue virus (as well as other deadly diseases), in 194 houses and establishments during its combing drive aimed at fighting dengue through vector control in 36 original…

A tribunal yesterday fixed September 1 for recording the testimonies of nine of the 18 witnesses who previously testified before a Sessions Court in connection to the Nusrat murder case once again. The nine witnesses, all aged under 18, are Nishat Sultana, Nasrin Sultana, Rashedul Hasan Rayhan, Tanzina…

The Dhaka University (DU) authority has suspended 69 of its students yesterday on the charges of involvement in fraudulent activities in admission test. The decision came from a meeting of disciplinary council yesterday which was chaired by DU VC Prof M Akhtaruzzaman. Earlier on August 6, an initial…

Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali yesterday said Bangladesh has emerged as one of the world's fastest growing economies thanks to the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He was speaking at IIMT Engineering College in Meerut at a function attended by about 800…

Prominent gynecologist and former principal of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) Prof Dr Syeda Nurjahan Bhuiyan passed away early yesterday.…

A Myanmar filmmaker was sentenced to a year in prison yesterday for criticising the military, as free expression advocates warned of "grave threats" to those who challenge the powerful armed forces. Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, an activist and founder of human rights film festivals, was detained in…