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July 28, 2022

BNP blames AL’s internal feud for Narail communal violence

A BNP-constituted probe committee has blamed the internal conflicts in the local Awami League for the recent communal attacks on Hindus and their houses, shops and temples at Digholia village in Narail district.”Based on our field-level investigation a…

Russia attacks Kyiv area for the first time in weeks

Russian forces launched a missile attack on the Kyiv area for the first time in weeks Thursday and pounded the northern Chernihiv region as well, in what Ukraine said was revenge for standing up to the Kremlin.Ukrainian officials, meanwhile, announced …

ACC sues police inspector, wife in Chattogram

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against a police inspector and his wife over corruption charges.They are Md Shahjahan, an inspector of industrial police Chattogram region and ex-OC of Lohagara police station, and his wife…

23rd Young Artists’ Fine Arts Exhibition begins at BSA

The 23rd edition of the Young Artists’ Fine Arts Exhibition, one of the flagship art events of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), began on Wednesday at the National Art Gallery of BSA in the capital.The month-long biennale exhibition, organised by BS…

Mamata sacks tainted Bengal Minister over school jobs scam

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday sacked one of her senior ministers from her Cabinet as well as from all posts of her ruling Trinamool Congress party, days after he was arrested in a school jobs scam.Partha Chatterjee held the portfoli…

BdREN to get low-cost bandwidth for digital education

The Ministry of Post and Telecommunication will provide internet bandwidth at a low cost to Bangladesh Research and Education Network (BdREN,), an education network of the University Grants Commission (UGC), to provide easy internet facility to the stu…

Six Khulna men to die for war crimes

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Thursday sentenced six Khulna men to death for their involvement in crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.The three-member tribunal, led by Justice Mohamamd Shahinur Islam, handed down the punish…

Rickshaw puller killed in city road crash

A 55-year-old rickshaw puller was killed when a truck knocked him down at Bashabo in the city early Thursday, said police.The deceased was identified as Halim Bepari, son of Momin Bepari of Madaripur upazila. He was a resident of Kadamtala area.Faruk H…

College student ‘ends life’ in Chuadanga

A 17-year-old college student allegedly ended his life by consuming poison over his parents’ refusal to buy him a bike in Chuadanga.The deceased was identified as Sabbir Hossain, a resident of Sadar upazila of the district. He was a Class XII student o…

Sexual assault on running bus: Driver placed on one-day remand

A Dhaka court on Thursday placed Md Mahbubur Rahman, driver of a Bikash Paribahan bus, on a one-day remand for sexually harassing a college student on a running bus.Judge Syed Mostafa Reza Nur of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court passed the order aft…

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