Bagerhat road crash leaves 4 dead
Four madrasa students were killed and another injured as a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Shyambagat in Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat on Sunday, police said. The deceased were identified…
12 DU students get Sitara Parvin Award
Twelve students of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism of Dhaka University (DU) were on Sunday given ‘Professor Sitara Parvin Award’ for their outstanding results in BSS (Hons.) MCJ…
Appellate Division gets four more judges
Four judges of the High Court were appointed judges to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday, raising the number of judges in the Appellate Division to eight.…
2 restaurants fined Tk 1.5 lakh in DMP drive
A mobile court of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) fined two restaurants a combined Tk 1.5 lakh for preparing food in an unhealthy environment by conducting raids in Kalabagan and Kataban…
Embattled Murad, wife hand over licensed firearms to police
Three licensed firearms of former State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Murad Hassan, and his wife Dr Jahanara Ehsan have been handed over to Dhanmondi Police Station. A day…
3 new Appellate Division Judges take oath
Three of the four newly appointed judges to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court took oath of office on Sunday. Those who took oath are Justice Borhanuddin, Justice M…
Himangshu’s death in ‘police custody’: 3-member probe body formed
A three-member committee has been formed to probe the death of 34-year-old Himangshu, who died allegedly in police custody at Hatibandha Police Station on Friday. District police formed the panel,…
Ex-Sylhet DIG (Prison) gets 8 years jail
A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced Partha Gopal Banik, suspended deputy inspector general (prisons) of Sylhet division, to eight years imprisonment in a case filed on bribery and money laundering…