Dhaka-Two suspected muggers sustained bullet wounds during a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in the city’s Azimpur area on Tuesday.
Category: Governance
4 N’ganj factories fined for polluting environment
Dhaka – The Department of Environment (DoE) on Tuesday fined four factories Tk 61.86 lakh for polluting the environment in Narayanganj.
4 get life term for possessing drug in Khulna
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Tuesday sentenced four people to life term imprisonment in a case filed for possessing drug.The convicts are Mohsin Sardar, son of Mozammel Sardar, Rabiul Islam, son of Abdul Malek in Debhata upazila in Khulna,…
HC rule against DU decision to send a teacher on forced leave
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Monday issued a rule on the legality of a Dhaka University (DU) syndicate decision that has been taken to send Assistant Professor Rushad Faridi on forced leave.
Death sentence of two JMB activists commuted to life in prison
Dhaka – The High Court on Monday commuted the death sentences of two activists of the banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh to life imprisonment in connection with a case filed for their involvement in the series bomb blasts in…
None takes responsibility for injuring college student Siddiqur
Dhaka – None is shouldering the responsibility of the attack on the National University student Siddiqur Rahman who is currently struggling for saving his eye injuries in a city hospital.
Two DCs withdrawan over harassment of Barguna UNO
The government today withdrew deputy commissioners (DCs) of Barguna and Barishal districts replacing them with two new administrative chiefs of the two southwestern districts. “They have been withdrawn from their current postings in Barisal and Barguna . . . two…
Polish President Andrzej Duda to veto controversial court laws
Polish President Andrzej Duda said Monday he will veto a controversial legislative package that would have given the government more control over the judiciary, in a surprise move that appears to have caught his own allies in the ruling Law…
India must pull back troops amid border standoff: China
Beijing, Jul 24 (AP/UNB) — China is warning India not to underestimate its determination to safeguard what it considers sovereign territory amid an ongoing standoff between the two neighbours over a contested region high in the Himalayas.
Man shown dead: Police OC exempted upon apology
Dhaka, Jul 24– The High Court on Monday exempted officer-in-charge of Akhaura police station Mosharraf Hossain Taraf when he apologised appearing before it for giving a report showing an alive man, who intends to go to hajj, as dead.
Trader’s hanging body found dead in Magura
Dhaka- Police here on Monday recovered body the of a trader hanging from a tree at Basho village of Mohammadpur in Magura.
5 robbers held with arms in Jessore
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested five robbers from different areas of the Sharsha upazila in Jessore on Sunday.The arrestees were Ali Hossain, 42, son of Omed Ali of Bonmandar village of the upazila, Sohel Rana, 27, son of…
bKash agent’s sales officer robbed in Rangpur
Dhaka – Muggers looted Tk 5 lakh from a sales officer of an agent of mobile money transfer window bKash after stabbing him at Shahebganj in Kaunia upazila in Rangpur on Sunday.The victim was identified as Shahrir Sumon.Mamunur Rashid, officer-…
Two killed at Israeli building in Amman
Two Jordanians have been killed and an Israeli wounded in an incident next to Israel’s embassy in Amman. Israel’s foreign ministry said a Jordanian attacked a security guard with a screwdriver in a residential building used by the embassy.
Sohel confesses to involvement in Gulshan Café attack
Dhaka – Sohel Mashfuz arrested from Chapainawabganj, a “Neo JMB” militant on Sunday made a confessional statement before a Dhaka court admitting his involvement in supplying bombs for July 1 Dhaka cafe attack.
SC allows another week for Judges’ conduct rues Gazette
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday again allowed the government one more week for issuing the gazette notification on the disciplinary and conduct rules of the subordinate court judges.
N’ganj 7 murders death reference hearing at HC on
Dhaka, July 23 – Describing the sensational seven murders of Narayanganj as a planned incident, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on Sunday said people’s confidence in the law enforcement agencies should be reinstated through the verdict in the cases filed over…
68.91 pc pass BD Higher Secondary exams: Girls do better
The results of this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations were published on Sunday, showing a pass percentage of 68.91. Of these, 66.84 percent passed the HSC examinations while 77.20 percent came out successful in Madrassah Board…
Defamation case against UNO Salman quashed
A court here on Sunday quashed the much-talked-about defamation case against UNO Gazi Tariq Salman filed for publishing a ‘distorted photo’ of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the invitation card issued on the occasion of Independence Day.
No conspiracy will work in BD, local or foreign: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Bangladesh will be built in such a way where there will be no local and foreign conspiracy and no room for bad governance.”Our aim is very much clear… we want to establish Bangladesh…
5 Jamuna Oil staff arrested over oil pilferage
Dhaka- Police arrested Chandpur depot superintendent of Jamuna Oil Company Khademul and four of its employees on Saturday on charge of stealing 7 lakh litres of diesel worth about Tk 4 crore.
30 gold bars seized at Sylhet airport
Dhaka- Customs officials seized 30 gold bars worth Tk 1.5 crore from a Biman flight at Osmani International Airport here in Sylhet on Sunday morning.
Man hacked to death in Dinajpur
Dhaka- A man was hacked to death by some unidentified miscreants here on Saturday night at Kamarerdanga in Chilirbandar of in Dinajpur.
‘Robber ringleader’ shot dead in Ctg
Dhaka – A suspected ringleader of a robber gang was shot dead ‘in a clash with his gang members’ at Churamoni in Banshkhali upazila in Chittagong early Sunday.
Withdraw case filed against students: BNP
Condemning the filing of an attempt-to-murder case against the demonstrating students of seven colleges here, BNP on Saturday demanded the government immediately withdraw it. “Police charged batons and fired bullets on the students of seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka University…
Egyptian court sentences 28 to death over prosecutor killing
An Egyptian court has sentenced 28 people to death for their involvement in the assassination of the country’s prosecutor general in 2015.Saturday’s sentences come after consultation with the Grand Mufti, Egypt’s top religious authority, over preliminary death sentences handed to…
6 killed as tensions over shrine turn violent in Israel
Jerusalem, Jul 22 (AP/UNB)- Three Palestinians were killed in street clashes in Jerusalem and three Israelis died in a stabbing attack at a West Bank settlement as tensions turned into violence over the Holy Land’s most contested shrine.
Iran inaugurates production line for missile
Tehran, Jul 22 (AP/UNB) — Iranian state TV is reporting the inauguration of a production line for a new version of an air defense missile.
Cops cordon off suspected ‘militant den’ in Meherpur
Dhaka, July 22 – Police cordoned off a house in Bamondi area of Gangni Upazila in Meherpur on Saturday morning suspecting it to be a militant hideout.
Defamation case against UNO: AL leader suspended
Dhaka, July 21 – Barisal Awami League leader Obaidullah Saju, who filed a defamation case against a UNO for publishing a ‘distorted’ photo of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in an official invitation card, was suspended from the party on Friday.