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The Kotwali police officer-in-charge Ahmed Nasir Uddin on Thursday was withdrawn from the post in the back drop of recent incidents of murder and robbery as well as his alleged failure to contain the law and order in the city. Sylhet Metropolitan Police commissioner Nibhas Chandra Majhi in the morning issued the order of withdrawal of ... Read more

Demonstrations were held in the Barisal city on Thursday demanding cancellation of the project to set up 1,320 megawatt coal-based power plant at Rampal in Bagerhut and ship-breaking industry at Patharghata coast in Barguna. Samajtantrik Chhatra Front and Bijnan Mancha Andolan jointly organised the programme that started with a protest

The Dhaka University authorities began the admission process of bachelor programmes under the academic session 2013-14 on Thursday. The DU vice-chancellor, AAMS Arefin Siddique, inaugurated the online admission process at a press conference, held at the old senate building of

The body of a boy, who went missing from Wednesday, was recovered from a canal in Sylhet city on Thursday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Rumel Miah, 14, son of late Kala Miah of Fazilchist area in Sylhet, sources in the police said. The police said the people of the area

The form fill-up for the admission tests of 2013-14 session at Chittagong University started on Thursday and it will continue till October 22, said a CU press release signed by the deputy registrar of academics, SM Akbar Hossain. The applicants now can apply by sending SMS via Teletalk mobile phone operator. For registration, the applicants have to ... Read more

Giving new gas connection for household use in the Rajshahi city has remained stalled since Sunday over an attack on the workers of the firm tasked with distribution of the connection, causing sufferings to the city people. Local people said some extortionists attacked the workers of Measures Industrial Technical Services at Kazihata in the city on

One thousand, three hundred and seventy students among about 80,000 who sought a review of their Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations results published on August 3 have now come out successful. The inter-education board coordination subcommittee chief, Taslima Begum, also the chairperson of the Board of Intermediate

HC asks govt to explain The High Court yesterday asked the government to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to take necessary steps for formulating a law named Formalin Control Act incorporating a provision of exemplary punishment for using formalin and other poisonous chemicals in food items. It issued the rule following ... Read more

Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Wednesday arrested three Nigerian citizens from Khilkhet and Kalabagan on charge of manufacturing fake dollars. The arrested were Adlaju Samul, Okoxe Cmeko Emmoruel and Okafor Chike. A team of DB, led by senior assistant

A minor girl was raped by two criminals at Shah Mirpur village under Boro Uthan Union of Patiya upazila in Chittagong. The victim’s family filed a case in this connection on Tuesday, three days after the girl was violated early Sunday. Family sources claimed two known criminals of the area — Didar, 22 and Solaiman, 23 — ... Read more

Death of 13-yr-old girl at DMCH She was ‘raped, tortured’  The 13-year-old girl, who died of multi-organ failure in Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday, was severely tortured and raped, reveals the autopsy. Morgue sources at Dhaka Medical College said her internal organs suffered heavy bleeding and there were injury marks in her body ... Read more

The Chittagong City Corporation organised a get-together at the Engineers Institute Chittagong on Wednesday, marking the third anniversary of the incumbent executives. People from all political parties and local elites attended the programme. The BNP central committee vice-president,

AC buses get good response The Barisal depot of the state-owned Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation has started operating 10 new air-conditioned buses on four routes, with a good response from the people using the service. At present, 40 vehicles of the depot are now carrying more than 3,000 passengers daily on 20 routes. Passengers, meanwhile, ... Read more

The fourth grade employees of Dhaka University on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the vice-chancellor, AAMS Arefin Siddique, demanding a rise in the current age limit for employees to 62 years from 60. DU pro-vice-chancellor Shahid Akhtar Hossain received the memorandum at his office. DU 4th grade employees’ association, earlier in the morning,

The majority inhabitants of three union councils became happy as they heard the district administration served public notice to include three union councils in the Narayanganj City Corporation while some political leaders differed with people’s opinion. A resident of Kashipur union council, Halim Shikdar,

Police on Tuesday afternoon arrested the prime suspect in the robbery in three jewellery shops and the killing of a night guard at Zindabazar in Sylhet. The arrested was identified as Manik Miah, 40, a technician of gold ornaments, the sources said. A team of Kotwali police arrested Manik Miah in

At least eight left-leaning student leaders and activists of Chittagong University were detained when they were on a strike on the campus to press home their demand of reducing the admission form price for undergraduate students in 2013-2014 session. Police attack on activists of Progatishil Chhatra Jote,

Acting mayor of the Barisal City Corporation will announce the 11th budget of the city corporation for the current fiscal today, more than 100 days after the schedule. The city corporation sources said the size of the budget would be around Tk 380-395 crore without imposing any fresh tax against the revised budget

A mobile court by Rapid Action Battalion sentenced 11 businessmen to one year imprisonment each and sealed two herbal shops and a warehouse in the capital’s Farmgate area on Tuesday. RAB executive magistrate Sharif M Farhad Hossain sentenced 11 ‘dishonest’ herbal businessmen to one year imprisonment each. The accused used

The Sylhet Metropolitan Police and businesspersons are on a move to set up closed-circuit cameras at main city points and in the shopping centers and markets for ensuring security of business establishments. The initiative has been taken following the robbery at three jewellery shops of Nehar Market at Zindabazar in the city. Armed robbers on