Businessman, 5 Power Division engineers sued for ‘misappropriating Tk 2.6 crore’

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against five engineers of Power Division and a businessman on charges of misappropriating around Tk 2.6 crore.
3 November 2020, 08:21 AM

ACC seeks wealth statements of BIWTA engineer, 3 others

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has asked BIWTA additional chief engineer Mohammad Saidur Rahman and three others to submit their wealth statements.
3 November 2020, 07:16 AM

Lalmonirhat mob attack: 6 more arrested over killing of Jewel

Six more have been arrested in connection with the brutal killing of Abu Yunus Md Shahidunnabi Jewel in Lalmonirhat.
3 November 2020, 04:47 AM

College boy found dead

Police recovered the body of a college boy from Madhupur forest area yesterday.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Rangamati sees rise in malta production

Malta is gradually winning hearts of farmers in Rangamati as a growing number of them are seeing continuing profits from the fruit, which was introduced to them only several years ago.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Torture of Ctg journo an attempt to threaten independent journalism: TIB

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has said that the indescribable torture of Chattogram-based journalist Golam Sarwar was a bid to threaten independent journalism.
2 November 2020, 17:32 PM

Child-marriage free union's chairman marries 9th grader

Photos of Buraburi Union Parishad chairman Abu Taleb Sarkar marrying a ninth-grader went viral on social media resulting in much discussion and criticism among locals. He married the girl, a class-nine student of Bakshiganj High School, in Kurigram’s Ulipur upazila on November 1, reports our Lalmonirhat correspondent.
2 November 2020, 17:28 PM

Father brings bodies of newborn twins to High Court seeking justice

Abdul Kalam Azad brought the bodies of his newborn twins to the High Court premises today seeking justice for their death after failing to get treatment at three different hospitals.
2 November 2020, 17:24 PM

UGC allows in-person practical classes, exams for final semester students of pvt univs at ‘limited scale’

The University Grants Commission has allowed private university students who are in their final semester to attend practical classes and examinations in person.
2 November 2020, 16:34 PM

Justice for Jewel: Human chain in Lalmonirhat demands

A human chain was formed today in Lalmonirhat’s Patgram demanding justice for Abu Yunus Md Shahidunnabi Jewel, who was lynched and set on fire in Burimari in the upazila on Thursday.
2 November 2020, 15:23 PM

Strictly execute ‘no mask no service’ policy: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today directed the authorities concerned to strictly implement the "no mask no service" policy at every government and private offices in the wake of the second wave of Covid-19 in many countries in Europe and in America.
2 November 2020, 15:18 PM

‘In past two years, 63 migrant workers have returned mentally ill’

In the last two years at least 63 migrants, of them 58 female workers, returned to the country in a “mentally ill” state, according to Brac Migration Programme.
2 November 2020, 14:24 PM

Don’t pay heed to rumours, call 999 to verify truth: Police

Police Headquarters (PHQ) today asked the country inhabitants for not to pay heed in any propaganda, lies and rumors and suggested to verify the truth by calling on national emergency number 999.
2 November 2020, 14:02 PM

20 hurt as RMG workers, Ansar members clash in Savar

At least 20 people of A-One BD Ltd inside Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) were injured in a clash between the agitating workers of the factory and the security guards in Savar today.
2 November 2020, 13:49 PM

Municipalities elections to begin in December: CEC

The Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda today said that elections to municipalities would be held in phases from December.
2 November 2020, 13:36 PM

CNG driver sent to jail for raping 8th-grader in Bogura

A 27-year-old CNG driver was sent to jail in a case filed over the rape of an eighth-grader in Bogura today.
2 November 2020, 13:01 PM

Biman extends flight suspension on five routes till Nov 30

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has extended suspension of regular flight operations on five routes till November 30 due to the global Covid-19 pandemic.
2 November 2020, 12:43 PM

Murder, rapes rising for lack of law and order: GM Quader

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader today said injustice and the number of murders and rapes have gone up in the country due to a lack of rule of law and good governance.
2 November 2020, 12:00 PM

BGB arrests Rohingya youth with 31 gold bars

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a Rohingya youth with 31 gold bars at Palongkhali area under Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday evening.
2 November 2020, 11:22 AM

Petition filed challenging legality of marital rape

Four human rights organisations -- BLAST, BRAC HRLS, Manusher Jonno Foundation and Naripokkho -- have filed a writ petition challenging the legality of the marital rape exception clause in section 375 of the penal code.
2 November 2020, 09:57 AM