3 held with 50,000 Yaba pills in city
Detectives in a drive arrested three people with 50,000 pieces of Yaba pills from city’s Jatrabari area on Monday night. The arrestees were identified as Jamal Uddin Didar, 22, Rabiul…
Dhaka seeks Doha’s urgent step to help Bangladeshis return, join work
Bangladesh has sought urgent action from Qatar to help Bangladeshis return to the country and join work highlighting the difficulties including financial distress being faced by the stranded Bangladeshis. Bangladesh…
Rookie State Minister maintains: “Idols and sculptures not the same”
Still in his first week as State Minister for Religious Affairs, Md Faridul Haque Khan on Tuesday reiterated the point he pushed on his very first day: idols and sculptures…
19 varsities to follow cluster system in admission tests: UGC
Admission tests in 19 general and science and technology universities for the academic year 2020-2021 will be held under a cluster system. The tests will be held on Humanities, Commerce…
22nd Young Artist Fine Arts Exhibition begins at BSA
The 22nd edition of Young Artist Fine Arts Exhibition Biennale was inaugurated at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) on Monday. Presided over by BSA Director General Liaquat Ali Lucky over…
Life term means 30 yrs imprisonment: Appellate Division
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday said the duration of life term imprisonment will be considered as 30 years from now on. But, if any court delivered…
Man to die for killing wife in Natore
A Natore court on Tuesday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for killing his wife for dowry, three months after getting married in 2017. The convict Rubel Hossain was…
Bangladesh records 31 new Covid deaths, 2,293 cases
With the gradual rise in Covid-19 caseloads in recent weeks, Bangladesh on Tuesday reported 2,293 new virus infections in the past 24 hours, pushing up the country’s total tally to…