Chikungunya spreading
Mosquito-borne viral disease Chikungunya is spreading afresh in the capital with early rainfalls this year after a break of about five years.
23 to die for killing 4 AL activists
A Narayanganj court on Wednesday handed death sentence to 23 people including the then Araihazar thana unit BNP vice-president, now a local Awami League leader Abul Bashar Kashu for killing four AL activists of Jalakandi, Araihazar, Narayanganj on March 12, 2001.
RAPE IN BANANI HOTEL Another suspect Nayem Ashraf arrested
The police arrested accused of rape of two university students in Raintree hotel at Banani in Dhaka Nayem Ashraf alias Hasan Mohammad Halim at Lauhajang in Munshiganj on Wednesday evening.
People in no region would remain neglected: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government has been working with an aim to give opportunity for every people irrespective of their creed, colour and caste and none would remain neglected because of topographic feature of any area.
HC changes trial court for Zia Charitable Trust Fund case against Khaleda
The High Court Division on Wednesday changed the trial court for the Zia Charitable trust fund embezzlement case against former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Severe water-logging looms large over Dhaka city
Urban experts and residents are in fear of massive water-logging in the capital this year again as the agencies concerned remain as indifferent to the perennial problem as ever.
HSC ADMISSION GUIDELINES Govt asked to explain legality
The High Court Division on Tuesday directed the government to explain its guidelines for admission to Higher Secondary School Certificate class for the 2017-18 session would not be declared illegal.
APAN JEWELLARS RAIDS 497kg gold, diamonds seized in two days
Two more suspects in the alleged rape of two university students in Banani hotel were remanded in police custody on Tuesday for interrogation while 497kg gold and 429gm diamonds were seized in raids on five Apan Jewellers showrooms in Dhaka in two days.
HC stays Khaleda’s trial in 3 more arson cases
The High Court Division on Tuesday stayed trials of former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in three more arson attack cases.
Suicide vest, explosives, equipment found at Jhenaidah ‘extremist dens’
Bomb disposal unit of Rapid Action Battalion started drives at the suspected hideouts of extremists at village Chuadanga in Jhenaidah sadar on Tuesday noon and so far recovered two sucide vests, four powerful bombs, four bomb makin circuits and 20 dynamite sticks.
