DNCC authorities demolish 300 illegal billboards

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday demolished over 300 illegal billboards and signboards in Gulshan-2, Banani-11 and Pragati Sarani areas.
15 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Bay of Bengal matters

As the world economy is shifting towards the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh should play a role in deepening ties among the seaside countries to harness the potential of marine resources instead of allowing confrontations that can destabilise the region, said foreign relations experts yesterday.
15 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Battery-run rickshaws still rule the alleys

Although plying of battery-run rickshaws and rickshaw-vans in the capital is illegal, no one gets surprised when they see these vehicles parked at the corner of a street or moving throughout the alleys in full speed.
15 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Three held with 2.65 lakh yaba

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) arrested three people in possession of 2.65 lakh yaba pills in separate drives in Chattogram early yesterday. The drives were conducted at the port city’s Bakalia area and Anwara upazila.
15 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Enamul, Rupon denied bail

The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to suspended Gendaria Awami league leaders Enamul Huq Enu and his brother Rupon Bhuiyan in two separate corruption cases involving Tk 36 crore.
15 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Three killed in road accidents

Three people were killed and two others injured in three separate road accidents in Dinajpur and Joypurhat in the last two days.
15 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Two bodies recovered from Khilgaon, Bosila

Police recovered bodies of two unidentified persons in Dhaka’s Khilgaon and Bosila areas yesterday morning.
15 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Accused Raju gets HC bail

The High Court has granted ad-interim bail to Md Raju, an accused of a case filed for killing Taslima Begum Renu in a mob beating in Dhaka’s Badda area in July last year.
15 September 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Rastrachinta’ activist Didarul gets bail

The High Court yesterday granted six months’ ad-interim bail to Didarul Islam Bhuiyan, an activist of a platform called “Rastrachinta”, in a case filed against him under the Digital Security Act, clearing the way of him to walk out of jail.
15 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Woman stabbed dead at home by ‘thief’

A woman was stabbed to death allegedly by a thief as she recognised him while stealing in their house in Dhaka’s Sabujbagh area on Monday night.
15 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Compensation for victims of wrongful conviction: a review

Earlier this week, death-row convict Sheikh Zahid was acquitted by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, after 20 years of his languishing in prison.
15 September 2020, 18:00 PM

10yr-old raped by security guard in Tejgaon

A ten-year-old girl was raped allegedly by the security guard of a house in Dhaka’s Tejgaon industrial area.
15 September 2020, 16:34 PM

Badda mob beating: Renu murder accused gets bail

The High Court has granted ad-interim bail to Md Raju, an accused of a case filed over the murder of Taslima Begum Renu in a mob beating in Dhaka’s Badda area in July last year.
15 September 2020, 15:41 PM

Sweets for taxpayers, fines for defaulters: Atiqul

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) today demolished over 300 illegal billboards and signboards in Gulshan-2, Banani-11 and Pragati Sarani areas.
15 September 2020, 13:18 PM

Police recover 2 bodies from Dhaka’s Khilgaon and Bosila areas

Police recovered two bodies from Dhaka’s Khilgaon and Bosila areas this morning.
15 September 2020, 12:44 PM

All 25 accused indicted in Buet student Abrar murder case

A tribunal in Dhaka today framed charges against all 25 accused in connection with the murder of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad.
15 September 2020, 06:40 AM

Housewife stabbed dead in her flat by thief in Dhaka

A housewife was stabbed to death allegedly by a thief as she recognised him while stealing in their house in Dhaka’s Sabujbagh area last night.
15 September 2020, 05:50 AM

Nobel Peace Prize: Bangladeshi-American Dr Ruhul Abid, his org HAEFA get nomination

Dr Ruhul Abid, a Bangladeshi-American professor at Brown University Alpert Medical School in USA, and his nonprofit organisation Health and Education for All (HAEFA) were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, by University of Massachusetts Boston.
14 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Vendors are back, but their luck yet to arrive

After six months of staying indoors due to the coronavirus fallout, 56-year-old Aleya Akter is back with her weighing machine on the pavement right across a Badda supermarket.
14 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Another worker dies

Another worker who sustained severe burns while melting iron at a steel mill factory in Gazipur’s Tongi area early Friday, died at a hospital yesterday morning. The deceased is Ripon Chandra Mahanta (30).
14 September 2020, 18:00 PM