The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police on Monday afternoon submitted two separate charge sheets against 42 people, including owner Sohel Rana of Rana Plaza, in two cases filed after the factory collapse of the building and that left 1,136…
Members of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) separate drives arrested three suspected human traffickers from Ashkona of Dakkhin Khan and Fakirerpol areas in the city on Sunday night. DB officials said they also rescued 17 victims during…
The Duke of Cambridge has urged world football governing body Fifa to “show that it can represent the interests of fair play and put the sport first”. Prince William, the president of the FA, made his comments during a speech…
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury has criticised the Bangladesh media for what she termed “a motivated campaign” on the use by unscrupulous traders of the carcinogen, formalin, in fruits. “It is said in case of some people (in this case, the…
The Union Cabinet in Delhi, chaired by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval to the ‘Agreement on Coastal Shipping between Bangladesh and India’ to carry out coastal movement of goods between the two countries. Trade between India…
A seminar titled ‘Stop Illicit Trade of Tobacco Products’ was held at the Jatiya Press Club in the city on Saturday marking the World No Tobacco Day to be observed on Sunday. ADHUNIK (We Prevent Smoking), a national anti-tobacco organisation,…
The results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations were published across the country on Saturday, showing a pass percentage of 87.04 percent. A total of 12, 82, 618 students, out of the total 1,473,594, came out…
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources and Power and Ports on Friday again vowed to launch a long march towards Rampal Power Plant site in Bagerhat demanding cancellation of the project. National committee member secretary Prof…
Two days after seven FIFA officials were arrested by Swiss police on charges of corruption, and others were detained around the world, septuagenarian and incumbent leader Sepp Blatter — who has led FIFA since 1998 and weathered numerous calls to…
The 209 members of Fifa are to vote for their new president at a congress in Zurich, as football’s world governing body faces a major corruption scandal. Sepp Blatter, the favourite, is seeking a fifth term. He is being challenged…
Two youths, arrested in connection with the gang-rape of a Garo woman in the city, confessed to raping the indigenous woman in a moving microbus in the city on Wednesday, claimed Rab. “Both the accused confessed to raping the 22-year-old…
Amid the growing menace of human trafficking to some South Asian countries through risky sea routes, the government is preparing a new ‘work-plan’ to stop the crime as it may deal a severe blow to Bangladesh’s international labour market. The…
The High Court on Tuesday granted bail to sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique in seven separate cases filed in Dhaka and Narayanganj for his disparaging remarks on hajj and Tablig Jamaat. An HC bench comprising Justice Nizamul Haque and Justice…
The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan police conducted simultaneous drives in the Mohammadpur and Motijheel areas of the capital on Monday night and arrested 13 alleged robbers along with three pistols, two micro buses and equipment used to commit robbery.…
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday placed two suspected members of militant outfit Islamic State (IS) on a three-day remand.
Court correspondent The Divisional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka yesterday (Monday)fixed June 16 for submission of the arguments in the case filed against Jatiya Party Chairman and Prime Minister’s Special Envoy HM Ershad and others for corruption in connection…
Hundreds of social workers from around the world started a 4-day series of deliberations on different aspects of urban health with the start of the 12th International Conference on Urban Health in the capital on Sunday. Speaker of Parliament Dr.…
The 6th annual Social Business Day organised by Yunus Centre will be held on May 28 with the theme of “We Are Not Job-Seekers, We Are Job-Givers—Turning Unemployment into Entrepreneurship” at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), Dhaka. The gathering is…
An accountant of a private company in the Moghbazar area of the capital was shot and Tk 33.27 lakh snatched from his possession by muggers on Sunday. Police quoting witnesses said Md Selim Akhtar, 30, an accountant of Aqua Marine…
Strongly condemning the gang-rape of an indigenous woman in a moving vehicle in the city, Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) on Saturday alleged that the rapists are out on the prowl due to state instigation and patronage. In a statement,…
The students of Computes sciences and engineering (CSE) and Geological Sciences (GS) department on Saturday besieged the administrative building for the third consecutive day locking up all the main entrance of the building demanding the settlement of classrooms crises among…
A Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) mobile court here on Thursday night sentenced a owner of poultry feed factory of Khilgaon to one-year simple jail and fined of Tk 2 lakh, in default three months more in jail. Acting on a…
Students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) Geological Sciences and Computer Sciences Engineering departments brought out a torch procession on Friday evening demanding allotment of the second floor of a new science building to hold their classes.
The Pir Shaheb of Charmonai, Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim has called for an end to the politics of abduction, enforced disappearance and murder. Addressing a rally of teachers and students at the Charmonai Madrsah on Monday the Pir Shaheb…
A court of Dhaka on Monday again deferred submission of the probe report in a case filed against BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia for hurting religious sentiment of the people to June 18. The probe report was scheduled to be…
A Mumbai nurse who was in a coma for 42 years after being sexually assaulted while working in a hospital has died, hospital authorities said Monday. Aruna Shanbaug suffered severe brain damage and was in a vegetative state after she…
Migrants rescued from a sinking boat off Indonesia have told the BBC that about 100 people died after a fight broke out over the last remaining food. Survivors told of horrific conditions. Three men separately said people were stabbed, hanged…
The International Farakka Committee (IFC), New York at a discussion meeting commemorated the Farakka Long March of 16 May 1976 and urged the government of Bangladesh to take initiatives for integrated management of all common rivers including the Teesta. The…
The First Money Loan Court (Ortho Rin Adalat-1) of Dhaka on Sunday once again deferred the hearing on the replies from BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia and others in a case filed for a loan default of Tk 45.49 crore…
Hasina Ahmed, wife of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, finally left Dhaka for Kolkata last night on way to Shillong to visit her ailing husband, who is now undergoing treatment there at Civil Hospital, according to sources. Family and airport sources…