Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque on Monday asked all the police units to ensure foolproof security so that no unpleasant incidents occur centering on Eid-ul-Azha. He also directed members of law-enforcing agencies not to stop any vehicle…
Police recovered the body of a young man from Jessore General Hospital in the district town on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Rakib Raihan, son of Firoz Mollah, a resident of Ramnagar village in Abhoynagar upazila.Police said two…
A minor girl drowned in a pond at Satbaria village in Sujanagar upazila on Sunday evening.The deceased was identified as Dipa, 6, daughter of Satbaria union parishad chairman bul Hossain.
Two old men reportedly died from snake bites in different incidents in Poba and Charghat upazila of the city on Sunday.The deceased were identified as snake charmer Munjed Ali, 70, son Aroj Ullah, a resident of Holidagashi Moddapara village in…
A cell named Expatriate Help Cell (EHC), has been set up at the police headquarters to address the complaints of Bangladeshi expatriates. Inspector General of police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque disclosed this while briefing reporters at the police headquarters after…
Customs Intelligence officials seized huge illegal Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) equipment worth Tk 10 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday. Briefing reporters at the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) office, its Director General Mainul Khan said…
Police arrested three activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, while they were holding a ‘clandestine meeting’ in Nagua area of the district town on Sunday.The arrestees were identified as Masum Ahmed, 21, Mostakim, 18, and Al…
BNP yesterday alleged that law enforcers are once again resorting to extra-judicial killing and abduction of opposition workers. “After the killing of some ruling party men in crossfire, we feared that the opposition men will again be subjected to enforced…
Government earned revenue of around Tk 112 crore as 14,5,92 unregistered motorcycles were forced to registered during on going drive against unregistered motorcycles by police across the country till September 5 from July 1 5. It was disclosed by Inspector…
Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the “breathtaking” flow of migrants into Germany will “occupy and change” the country in the coming years. She said Germany would speed up asylum procedures and build extra housing, but called on other EU states…
By Thomas E. Franklin By now, you’ve probably seen the photo. A lifeless boy, body limp and legs dangling, is carried by a Turkish paramilitary officer from the water’s edge. The image is a powerful representation of the refugee crisis…
The Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) dissolved its Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) unit committee. Confirming the matter BCL central organising secretary Mobarak Hossain said that the committee was disbanded as investigation found that the tenure expired long ago. Besides the leaders…
Bangalore – Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus today inaugurated the new corporate head quarters of Grameen Koota (GK), one of the largest microfinance organizations in India reaching over one million women members in five states of the country. GK began…
People from the developing countries are adopting illegal, risky and dangerous ways and means to migrate to the advanced countries in hope for job plus better living condition. Many of these unfortunate people have already met with tragic end of…
In mega city Dhaka, traffic jam is a serious problem acting as retardation to our economic activities. In addition, blocking of footpaths by small businessmen is causing deceleration to our everyday movement. The law enforcers off and on conduct drives…
Bangladesh National Cricket Team player Shahadat Hossain and his wife Nitto Shahadat have been sued in court over torturing their housemaid early Monday. A journalist named Mojammel Hossain filed the case with Mirpur Model Police Station under the Women and…
Scientists say they have developed a way of testing how well, or badly, your body is ageing. They say it could help predict when a person will die, identify those at high-risk of dementia and could affect medicine, pensions and…
UN Shadow Conference of United Nation Youth and Student Association Bangladesh (UNYSAB) held at Rajshahi University (RU) for the third day on Sunday. The Conference consists of five divisions that are United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP), Human Right Council (HRC),…
A Dhaka court on Sunday fixed November 26 for hearing in a case filed against 130 BNP leaders and activists, including its Joint Secretary Generals, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and Amanullah Aman.
A Dhaka court on Sunday granted bail to detained Hummam Quader Chowdhury, son of war crime convict and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury (SQC), in a case filed for an attempt to murder seven years ago. Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan…
BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday staged demonstrations and bought out processions in different parts of the city and elsewhere in the country protesting price hike power and gas. However, police allegedly charged batons on 20-party leaders and activists in different places…
Russia’s State corporation- Rosatom with the support of Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) distributed a popular science book titled “Nuclear power: Q&A” among 30 schools in the town of Pabna, district town of…