Dr Naser elected Unesco Asia-Pacific region CR body chairman

Senior Secretary of Public Administration Ministry Dr Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury was elected as the chairman of Unesco's committee
7 April 2016

Family meets Nizami at Kashimpur jail

Family members of death row war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami met him at Kashimpur jail in Gazipur, on the outskirts of the capital,
7 April 2016

Inspiration breeds success

Success is a journey that starts with inspiration, 25-year-old British entrepreneur of Bangladeshi origin Sabirul Islam said during a motivational speech at Dhaka University yesterday.
7 April 2016

Recording of testimony deferred to April 28

A Sylhet court yesterday deferred recoding of the testimony of witnesses to April 28 in the former finance minister SAMS Kibria murder
7 April 2016

SC upholds conviction of MKA Alamgir's son

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a three-year jail sentence of former Awami League home minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir's son Joy Alamgir in a corruption case.
7 April 2016

No fair polls possible under EC: Ershad

Describing the current Election Commission worse than the MA Aziz-led one during the last BNP government, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said no fair election was possible under it.
7 April 2016

Storm halts Sylhet's rail link for 10hrs

Thousands of commuters had to suffer as the train services of Sylhet with the other parts of the country remained suspended for ten hours as trees fell on tracks during a storm in Moulvibazar early yesterday.
7 April 2016

Road crashes kill 5, injure 7 cops

Five people were killed and seven cops injured in road accidents in four districts yesterday.
7 April 2016

Govt to scrutinise slain Nazim's writings: Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says that the write-ups of the slain secular activist Nazimuddin Samad are needed to be scrutinised to see whether he wrote anything objectionable about religion.
7 April 2016

20 gold bars seized at Dhaka airport

The Customs Intelligence seizes 20 gold bars weighing two kilogrammes from inside a toilet of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka this morning.
7 April 2016

Graft case: SC upholds 3-yr jail for Alamgir’s son

The Supreme Court upholds the three-year jail sentence of former Awami League lawmaker Dr Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir’s son Joy Alamgir in a corruption case.
7 April 2016

Nazim murder: JnU students threaten strike Sunday

Jagannath University students threaten to go for an all-out strike on the campus on Sunday demanding arrest of their fellow Nazim’s killers.
7 April 2016

DMP info collection: SC wants decision on legality by May 31

Supreme Court asks High Court to give its decision by May 31 on a ruling over the legality of collecting information from the tenants by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
7 April 2016

Mahmudur Rahman shown held in another violence case

Mahmudur Rahman, acting editor of Bangla daily Amar Desh, was shown arrested yesterday again in another case filed for creating anarchy and preventing police from discharging their duties in February 2013.
6 April 2016

Road crash kills three in Sylhet

A woman, her son and a relative were killed in a head-on collision between a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a truck in Shahporan area of Sylhet city yesterday around 8:30pm.
6 April 2016

SC upholds death penalty for JMB leader Masum

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death penalty of banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leader Masumur Rahman
6 April 2016

BUBT seminar on Shakespeare held

A seminar titled “Shakespeare: Our Contemporary” was held at the permanent campus of Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) in the capital's Mirpur recently, said a press release yesterday.
6 April 2016

Only one charged for killing five of family in Narayanganj

Detectives submitted the charge sheet to a Narayanganj court yesterday accusing only one person in a case filed for killing five members
6 April 2016

ACC sues Kazi Firoz of JP for 'land grabbing'

The Anti Corruption Commission has filed a case against lawmaker Kazi Firoz Rashid, also a presidium member of Jatiya Party, on the charge of grabbing a government land, reports UNB.
6 April 2016

Reckless driving kills 7-year-old girl in N'ganj

Reckless driving killed a seven-year-old girl on Demra-Kaliganj road in Bauliapara area of Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj yesterday.
6 April 2016