Jatiya Oikyafront Convener Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is eligible to get bail from the apex court in the corruption cases…

The authorities of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) have issued a notice outlining different types of punishment for students to be found involved in ragging or any organisational politics. The university authorities issued the notice on Monday night. The notice says students…

Two police officers were withdrawn from Monohardi Police Station in Narsingdi on Monday over the burial of a freedom fighter without state honors. The police officers are Sub-Inspector Masud and Assistant Sub-Inspector Bazlur Rahman. Monohardi Upazila Freedom Fighter Commander Matiur Rahman said a freedom…

Police recovered two bodies including a teenage girl from a flat in city’s Mirpur-2 area in the evening yesterday. The deceased were identified as domestic help Sumi, 15, and landlady Saheda Begum, 65. Mostak Ahmed, deputy commissioner (Mirpur division) of police, said on information, they recovered…

Eleven people, including a mother and her daughter, were killed in accidents in eight districts on Tuesday. According to reports reaching the UNB news desk, two people -- Rehena Khatun, 31, and her daughter Anika -- were killed as a truck hit their three-wheeler from behind at Chakripara intersection…

Rakibul Islam Regan, a death-row convict in the Gulshan café attack case, yesterday (Tuesday) claimed that someone from the crowd passed him the Islamic State logo-emblazoned cap while he was going to court for the verdict on November 27. He made the claim when produced before the Dhaka Anti-Terrorism…

A two-day Bangladesh-India shipping secretary-level joint committee meeting will begin in Dhaka from today with a view to fixing transshipment fees, ensuring seafarers’ shore leave facility and discussing other issues. “Bangladesh will place 14 agendas at the meeting including transshipment…

Both Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BERB) and the technical evaluation committee (TEC) of Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (Berc) are of the same opinion that if the bulk supply tariff is not increased, it will not be required to raise the retail tariff of electricity. This identical…