Gazipur: Shafik Rehman, former editor of Bangla daily Jaijaidin, was released from Kashimpur jail on bail on Tuesday. He walked out of the part-2 of Kashimpur Central Jail around 12:50pm after his bail order reached the jail authorities, said jail…
Category: Governance
Make biometric attendance mandatory, Minister asks hospitals
Dhaka: Health Minister Mohammad Nasim on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to make the biometric attendance system mandatory at all public hospitals to ensure the presence of doctors, nurses, officials and employees. UNB News Agency Reported.
70kg hemp recovered in C’nawabganj
Dhaka – Police in a drive seized 70 kg hemp from Shyampur area in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj early Tuesday.Nur-e Alam Siddiqi, sub-inspector of Shibganj Police Station, said on secret information, a team of police conducted a raid on the house…
‘Mugger’ shot dead by cops in city; 2 held
Dhaka -An alleged mugger was killed in police firing and his two associates were arrested, one with bullet wounds, after a chase by the law enforcers from the city’s Dhanmondi area Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Sagor, 27, hailing from…
BCL activist held with weapons, Phensidyl in Chuadanga
Dhaka – Police arrested a local activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) along with sharp weapons and contraband Indian Phensidyl syrup from Akondabaria village of Sadar upazila on Monday night.The arrestee was identified as Sabbir Ahmed, 25, son of Abdul…
Missing businessmen found dead in Keraniganj
Dhaka -A businessman was found dead at Nurundi area under Keraniganj Model thana on Monday five days after his going missing.The deceased was identified as Md Baser Rony, 35, son of Abdul Barek, a resident of Jinjira Model Town area…
‘Mugger’ shot dead by cops in city, 2 held
Dhaka –An alleged mugger was killed in police firing and his two associates were arrested, one with bullet wounds, after a chase by the law enforcers from the city’s Dhanmondi area Tuesday morning, UNB news agency reported.
Dr. Amin lands in jail
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday sent Dr Mohammad Abdul Amin, a deputy secretary of the Public Administration Ministry to the jail in a case filed against him on the charge of amassing wealth illegally and…
DMP asked DMCH to remove militants’ bodies from morgue
Dhaka-The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has told the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) that it cannot take the 13 bodies of militants killed in Kalayanpur,Narayanganj and Mirpur as it was yet to receive reports of different tests on the bodies…
Medical coaching centres to be shut from Sept 25
Dhaka: The government has directed all the medical admission coaching centres to keep suspended their activities from September 25 until the admission tests for medical and dental colleges are over. The Health Ministry issued the directive at a meeting on…
15pc income tax on private varsities illegal: HC
Dhaka: The High Court on Monday declared illegal the government’s two gazettes imposing 15 percent tax on private universities, private medical, dental and engineering colleges. An HC bench comprising Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty passed the order…
IOs to take steps about bodies of 19 militants: DMP
Investigation officers concerned of the cases filed over Gulshan attack, Kalyanpur, Mirpur and Narayanganj drives will take necessary steps about the bodies of 19 militants kept in different mortuaries.Deputy Commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Masudur Rahman came up…
Writ filed against Qamrul, Mozammel for violation of oath
A writ petition was filed with High Court against two ministers — Qamrul Islam and AKM Mozammel Huq– challenging the legality of holding their respective posts even after the Supreme Court’s observation that they violated the oath of office.Supreme Court…
One held with 1,410 yaba tablets in C’nawabganj
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested an alleged drug trader along with 1,410 pieces of yaba tablets from Bakher Ali area in Sadar upazila in Chapainawabganj on Sunday evening.The arrestee was identified as Aminul…
Valuables looted from house in Sylhet city
Dhaka – Miscreants looted valuables from a house of former councilor of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) in Tilagarh area of Sylhet on Sunday evening.Shahjalal Munshi, officer-in-charge of Shahporan Police Station, said a gang of 15-20 miscreants equipped with pistols and sharp…
Israel targets Syrian army after errant fire hits Golan
Jerusalem (AP/UNB)- The Israeli military says it has fired at Syrian army cannons in the Syrian Golan Heights in response to mortar fire from Syria that hit the Israeli-held Golan Heights. The army says that the mortars appeared to be…
Pen factory worker gang-raped in Dhaka outskirt
Dhaka – A female worker of a pen factory has been gang-raped allegedly by her boyfriend and his three cohorts in South Keraniganj, UNB news agency reported. Police arrested two of the alleged rapists — Mohammad Arif, 20, and Mohammad…
DoE warns 109 industries to improve environment
Khulna – In a bid to ensure eco-friendly industrial atmosphere, the Department of Environment (DoE), Khulna office has given notices to 109 industries in the last one month to improve their processing system otherwise they may face closure. “We have…
5 sentenced to death for killing businessman in Gazipur
A court here today sentenced five people to death and one to life term imprisonment for killing a businessman in Gazipur in 2008.
Dipon’s killer on remand
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday placed Abdus Sabur, who was arrested from Tongi on Saturday in connection with the murder of publisher Faisal Arefin Dipon and murder attempt on blogger Ahmedur Rashid Tutul on a…
Hearing on charge framing against 25 BNP-men
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday deferred the hearing in a case against BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 24 others to December 29.
Youth held with 6,000 Yaba pills in Bandarban
Dhaka – Police arrested a young man of a tribal community along with 6,000 pieces of Yaba tablet from Baraitali village in Naikhangchhari upazila in Bandarban on Saturday night.The arrestee was identified as Uthaila,25, a resident of the village,UNB news agency…
2 held with 1,500 bottles of Phensidyl in C’nawabganj
Dhaka -Police arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 1,500 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Noyagola Uttar Bhabanipur area in Sadar upazila in Chapainawabganj on Saturday. ,The arrestees were identified as Sentu,42, son of Shafiq, a resident of Jatrabari in Dhaka’s…
Hanged Mir Quasem buried in Manikganj
Manikganj – Mir Quasem Ali who was hanged on Saturday night for the crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971, was buried at Chala village in Harirampur upazila of Manikganj district early Sunday, UNB news agency reported.
Mir Quasem hanged at Kashimpur Jail Saturday night
Gazipur – Mir Quasem Ali was hanged on Saturday night for crimes he had committed against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. The was convicted for the crimes by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) and the conviction confirmed by…
Family members meet Mir Quasem at Kashimpur jail
The family members of death-row war crimes convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali met him Kashimpur Jail on Saturday as his execution looms following his decision not to seek clemency.Thirty-eight family members of Mir Quasem coming in six vehicles reached…
Family members meet Mir Quasem at Kashimpur jail
Gazipur: The family members of death-row war crimes convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali met him Kashimpur Jail on Saturday as his execution looms following his decision not to seek clemency. Thirty-eight family members of Mir Quasem coming in six…
“They don’t want me to live!” Bangladeshi women said before death
Jamaica Hills (NY) — The aunt of my neighborhood was fatally stabbed as she walked home with my uncle (husband) in Queens on Wednesday night.
Suspected militant killed in the city
A suspected militant was killed and three policemen, including the officer-in-charge of Rupnagar Police Station, suffered wounds in a reported gunfight during a raid on a ‘militant den’ in the city’s Rupnagar area on Friday night.
Journalist Siddiqur’s bail rejected
Dhaka-A Dhaka court on Friday rejected a bail application for journalist Siddiqur Rahman Khan, who was arrested in a case under the ICT Act on Thursday.