According to a press report, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has sent a Demi-Official Letter (DO) to several government secretaries to form a separate pay scale for public university teachers. The DO has been sent following a demand of the…
Year: 2015
DRU resents GP’s inability to offer best reporter award
Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU), the only organisation of reporters working in different print, electronic and online media, and news agency based in Dhaka, yesterday alleged that Grameen Phone authority has cheated with DRU in its inability to provide its prestigious…
Warrant arrest against actor Sharif
A Dhaka court on Monday issued arrest warrant against film actor Ahmed Sharif in a case filed in connection with irregularities over a cheque. Magistrate Mustafizur Rahman of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court of Dhaka passed the order as…
Warrant against Rafiq, 32 Bnp leaders in bomb case
A Dhaka court on Monday issued arrest warrant against 33 BNP leaders including Standing Committee Member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah and Joint Secretary-General Amanullah Aman in a case filed for hurling petrol bomb on a bus in Mirpur area of…
Bnp leader Papia’s bail petitions rejected
A Dhaka court on Monday rejected the bail petitions of BNP leader and former lawmaker Syeda Asifa Ashrafi Papia in nine cases filed in connection with the alleged arson attack and sabotage during the BNP-led 20 party alliance’s countrywide shutdown and…
Khaleda hosts iftar for professionals in city
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday hosted an iftar party for the professionals and eminent personalities of the country. The programme was held at Bashundhara International Convention Centre in the city. Before iftar, Khaleda exchanged greetings with the invited guests,…
Bnp decries charge-sheet against Anee
Voicing concern over the pressing of a chargesheet against its leader Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee in a graft case, BNP on Monday alleged that the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) cannot work dispassionately ignoring the ruling party’s influence. “We’re observing with…
86th social business design lab held in city
The 86th Social Business Design Lab took place today 22 June 2015 at the Grameen Bank Auditorium. About 150 participants and observers, from national and international organizations with diverse background attended the program, including a large number of international visitors.…
107 Yaba tablets seized in Sherpur
Police in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 107-piece Yaba tablets from in front of Sribordi Government College Hostel in Sribordi upazila on Sunday.
Drug peddler sentenced jail
A mobile court here on Sunday sentenced six people to six months imprisonment and another to one year for their involvement in drug peddling.
KU student drowns in uni pond
A student of Khulna University (KU) drowned in the pond of Khan Bahadur Ahsanaullah Hall on the campus on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Shahriar Hossain Shanta, a first year student of Physics Department of the university and son of…
3 women held with 50k Yaba
Police arrested three women, including two from the Rohingya community, with 50,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Najirpara village of the bank of Naf River in Teknaf upazila early Monday.The arrested were identified as Nasima Akter, 20, wife of Abdur…
5 got life imprisonment for acid attack in Netrakona
An Acid Crimes Control Tribunal here on Monday convicted five people and sentenced them to life imprisonment for hurling acid on a housewife and her two daughters on May 19, 2007.
Journo sued for torturing wife
A case has been filed against daily Prothom Alo’s Jessore correspondent Monirul Islam for torturing his wife over dowry.Jahanara Khatun, wife of Monirul, filed the case with the court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Abu Ibrahim on Sunday.
Garment worker killed in accident in Manikganj
A garment worker was crushed under a human hauler on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Muljan area of Sadar upazila on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Morzina Begum, wife of Motiur Rahman, a resident of the area and a garment worker…
28 houses gutted in Nilphamari
At least 28 houses were gutted in a fire which broke out at Tangnagar Purbeshwar Para village in Sadar upazila early Monday.
Jamaat leader held in Satkhira
Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Debnagar village in Sadar upazila on Monday morning.
Eight businessmen fined in Ctg
An anti-adulteration mobile court on Sunday fined eight businessmen TK 45 thousand for different reasons.
RAB held drug peddler in Jamalpur
Members of Rapid Action Battalion-14 (RAB) in a raid arrested a drug peddler along with contraband drugs at Bakshiganj upazila of the district Saturday evening.The alleged drug peddler was identified as Md. Sujat, 22, son of Md. Joyenuddin, hails from…
Mobile to punish even if guilt not confessed to?
The Cabinet on Monday approved the ‘Mobile Court (Amendment) Bill 2015’ to empower such court to punish offenders even if one does not confess to the offence. The approval, subject to the Law Ministry’s vetting, came from the Cabinet’s weekly…
Cricket – Bangladesh snatch series win against India
Bangladesh teenager Mustafizur Rahman became only the second player in One Day International history to take five wickets in each of his first two matches as he inspired his country to a shock series win against India. India slumped to…
Hearing on police’s 10-day remnd plea for Rony Wednesday
A Dhaka court yesterday fixed Wednesday to hear on the pleas of the detectives to place Bakhtiar Alam Rony on a 10-day remand in a case filed in connection with the shooting incident in Dilu Road of the city on…
Khalerda hosts iftar for political leaders
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday hosted an iftar party at Basundhara Convention Centre in the city in honour of political leaders. Leaders of different political parties and allies of BNP-led 20-party alliance took part in the iftar mahfil. Senior BNP…
JU BCL protests alleged death threat
Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chattra League (BCL), student wing of ruling Awami League, of Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit on Sunday protested the reported death threat by banned Islamic organisation Ansarullah Bangla Team on its central general secretary Seddiqiue Nazmul…
Rights group wants curbing graft before spreading tax net
Speakers at a human chain programme on Sunday urged the government to increase allocation for the service sector as well as to stop money laundering to abroad and corruption before spreading the Tax Net. Pay special attention to the education…
Shop-owners demand withdrawal of rise in VAT proposed in budget
Shop-owners have demanded withdrawal of a Value Added Tax (VAT) hike proposed in the budget for the 2015-16 fiscal.Bangladesh Shop-owners’ Association organised a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity to press for their demand on Saturday.
The Empire strikes back … at a secret London location
Hooded jawas search for treasures and stormtroopers patrol the streets on the lookout for suspicious activity.Nearby, R2-D2 trundles alongside C-3PO while Chewbacca makes his way past huts and tents.
Advanced Micro Devices mulling breakup, spinoff: sources
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc is at the initial stage of reviewing whether to split itself in two or spin off a business,seeking to reverse its fortunes and take on rival Intel Corp, according to three people familiar with the…
Maksimovic late goal gives Serbia U-20 World Cup
Nemanja Maksimovic scored an 118th minute goal on the counter attack to give Serbia a 2-1 victory over Brazil in extra time in the under-20 World Cup final at North Harbour Stadium on Saturday.
Racist manifesto linked to Charleston shooting suspect
Dylann Roof, the suspect in Wednesday’s church massacre in Charleston, appears to have written a racist manifesto, posing in photographs with a handgun and standing in front of a Confederate military museum and plantation slave houses.The photos and text surfaced…