Dhaka, Feb 12 – The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to form an independent commission to formulate a guideline for the physicians to conduct their private practices. Responding to a writ petition filed by five Supreme Court lawyers,…
Category: Governance
People calling what happened on Dec 30 a drama: Dr Kamal
Dhaka, Feb 12 – Jatiya Oikyafront leader Dr Kamal Hossain Tuesday said 16 crore people have been deprived of their rights through holding what he said a farcical election on December 30. “December 30 election has deprived the 16 crore…
Stay alert against drugs, militancy, terrorism: PM to Ansar, VDP
Gazipur, Feb 12 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked all concerned, including the Ansar and VDP members, to always remain vigilant against drug abuse, militancy and terrorism in the country. “We must remain alert in resisting drug…
Don’t reveal children’s identity in criminal cases, HC to media
Dhaka, Feb 12 (UNB) – The High Court on Tuesday directed all media including the Daily Star to remain alert while publishing name, address and photo of a child in any under-trial criminal case. A HC bench of Justice Sheikh…
BNP leader Dulu sent to Natore jail
Natore, Feb 12 (UNB) – A court here on Tuesday sent BNP central leader Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu to jail in a case filed over a double murder. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Mamunur Rashid passed the order rejecting his bail…
BGB firing in Thakurgaon ‘clash with cattle smugglers’; dead
Thakurgaon, Feb 12 (UNB) – Four people, including a Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinee, were killed and at least 16 others injured after members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) opened fire during, what the paramilitary force claimed, a clash with…
Fake female doctor held in Chittagong
Chattogram, Feb 12 (UNB) – Police arrested a fake female doctor from New Market area in the port city on Monday evening on charges of taking huge money from several women luring them of providing nurse job at Chittagong Medical…
Two cops held for rape in Manikganj
Manikganj, Feb 12 (UNB) – Police arrested two officers of Saturia Police Station early Tuesday on charges of gang-raping a young woman after keeping her confined to the upazila Duck-bungalow here. They were arrested around 2 am after the victim…
Dhaka, Feb 12 – A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Gopibagh Railgate area here early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Shanto, 18. Being informed that a gang of robber was taking preparation to…
2 MPs want probe why pregnant UNO made OSD
Dhaka, Feb 11 – Two ruling party MPs on Monday demanded departmental probe into why Sadar Upazila Nirhabi Officer (UNO) of Narayanganj Hosne Ara Begum Bina has been made an officer on special duty (OSD) during her pregnancy for unknown…
Eden college ex-principal Mahfuza was strangulated
Dhaka, Feb 11 – Former Principal of Eden Mohila College Mahfuza Chowdhury Parvin was found dead on Sunday. Autopsy confirmed that she was strangulated. Dr Sohel Mahmud, head of Forensic Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), said Monday, two…
Crescent Leather Chairman on remand in graft case
Dhaka, Feb 11 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Mon day placed MA Kader, Chairman of the Crescent Leather Products and Crescent Tanneries, on a three-day remand in a case filed in connection with laundering Tk…
AL names 43 candidates for women’s reserved seats
Dhaka, Feb 11 – The ruling Awami League has submitted the list of its 43 candidates names to contest the election for 50 seats exclusively reserved for women in the 11th parliament. The polls are scheduled to be held on…
HC orders assessment of cow fodder, milk contamination
Dhaka, Feb 11 – The High Court on Monday directed the authorities concerned to conduct a survey to determine how much cow milk, dairy products and cow fodder containing bacteria, antibiotic, lead and pesticides are supplied across the country, which…
Young man narrates how TV show coexed him to kill in-law
Chattogram, Feb 11 (UNB) – A 22-year-old man, who killed his sister-in-law for refusing to give him money, confessed to investigators that he planned the murder watching Indian television series ‘Crime Patrol’ that narrates real-life stories of kidnappings and homicides.…
Saraswati idol vandalised in Narayanganj: 4 arrested
Narayanganj, Feb 11 (UNB) – Four youths were arrested on Monday for vandalising an idol of Hindu goddess Saraswati at Tingao village of Bandar Upazila. Police identified the youths as Sujon, 22, son of Abdul Karim Mia; Shafikul Islam, 25,…
5-year-old girl ‘gang-raped’ by teenagers in Panchagarh
Panchagarh, Feb 11 (UNB) – A 13-year-old boy was detained on Monday following the alleged gang rape of a five-year-old girl in Hakimpur Jendapara village in Debiganj Upazila. The accused is a resident of Jendapara village. Debiganj Police Station’s in-charge…
Hajj to cost minimum Tk 344 thousand this year
Dhaka, Feb 11 (UNB) – The cabinet on Monday approved the draft Hajj Package, 2019, fixing the minimum cost for a pilgrim at Tk 3,44,000, up by Tk 24,645 from the previous year under package- 2 of the government management.…
Dhaka University student-union elections March 11
Dhaka, Feb 11 – The elections to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) and its hall unions for 25 posts will be held on March 11. Chief Returning Officer Prof Mahfuzur Rahman announced the schedule of the election at 10:40…
Eden College Ex-principal found dead in city house
Dhaka, Feb 10 (UNB) – Mahfuza Chowdhury Parvin, former principal of Eden Mohila College, was found dead at her residence in the city’s Elephant Road area on Sunday. Police recovered the body from her apartment at Sukanya Tower at night,…
AL announces 122 Upazila chairman candidates
Dhaka, Feb 10 – The ruling Awami League on Monday announced names of its 122 chairman candidates to contest the upcoming second phase of Upazila Parishad (UZ) elections scheduled to be held on March 18. Elections to 129 Upazila Parishads…
Bangladesh Bank Heist: Court again seeks CID report
Dhaka, Feb 10 (UNB) – A court here on Sunday asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) again to submit its report by March 13 on a case filed over the incident of cyber heist of $101 million from Bangladesh Bank’s…
Indian Air chief in capital
Dhaka, Feb 10 (UNB) – Indian Air chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa arrived here on Sunday evening on a five-day visit at the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat. The IAF chief is accompanied by his spouse, Kamalpreet…
Speech-impaired girl ‘raped’ in Satkhira
Satkhira, Feb 10 (UNB) – A speech-impaired girl was reportedly raped by the driver of Shyamnagar Upazila Nirbahi officer in the government quarter premises in upazila headquarters on Saturday. Police arrested driver Abdul Gaffar, 57, son of Gahar Gain of…
Alleged thief lynched in Noakhali
Noakhali, Feb 9 – A suspected thief was killed in a lynch mob-attack at Char Uria village in Sadar Upazila early Saturday. The identity of the deceased could not be known yet. Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said…
3 held with 250000 Yaba drug pills from Ctg Bd picnic bus
Chattogram, Feb 9 (UNB) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested six people along with s 2.5lakh Yaba tablets from a picnic bus near Karnaphuli Shah Amanat Bridge early Saturday. The arrestees are—Md AtiarRahman, 55, Md…
2 Police ASIs held for ‘kidnapping’ 3 in Gazipur for ransom
Gazipur, Feb 8 – Two assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs) of police — one from Gazipur and other from Tangail -– have been arrested reportedly for kidnaping three friends from here and demanding Tk 30 lakh threatening to kill them on crossfire.…
3 Army men killed in Noakhali road crash
Noakhali, Feb 8 (UNB) – Three army personnel were killed and nine others injured in a road accident in Subarnachar upazila here on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as sepoys Mamun, Foyez and Firoz of the Engineer Corp-21 of…
Apple releases update to prevent FaceTime eavesdropping
San Francisco, Feb 8 (AP/UNB) — Apple has released an iPhone update to fix a software flaw that allowed people to eavesdrop on others while using FaceTime. The bug enabled interlopers to turn an iPhone into a live microphone while…
‘What hell feels like’ – Acid violence in Cambodia
Sitting on a thin mattress on the floor of their home in a Phnom Penh slum, 3-year-old Molita delicately touches the scars that cover her mother’s back. In November 2014, when Molita was an infant, the owners of a neighbouring…