7 hurt on CU campus as BCL activists clash with cops
At least seven were injured including police during a clash between the ruling party’s student front Bangladesh Chhatra League and police at Chittagong University campus on Sunday morning.
CUMILLA ARSON CASE AD upholds Khaleda’s bail
The Appellate Division on Sunday dismissed a government’s petition seeking stay on the bail granted to former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case of arson attack on a bus at Chauddagram, Cumilla in February 2015.
Kamal refutes US security alert for Bangladesh
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday refuted the US security alert saying Bangladesh does not pose any security risk to anyone.
Deadlock continues at Barishal Univ
Barishal University students on Sunday denied withdrawing their agitation programmes without written assurance from the authorities concerned about the decisions, including sending vice-chancellor on leave, taken in a tripartite meeting on Saturday afternoon.
Madrassah girl set on fire at exam centre in Feni
A madrassah girl was set on fire after being doused with kerosene on the roof of an examination centre at her two-storey madrassah building at Sonagazi upazila in Feni Saturday morning, nine days after her mother lodged a case accusing the madrassah principal of harassing the girl sexually on March 27.
12 high-risk DNCC market buildings still in place
At least 12 buildings of seven markets owned by Dhaka North City Corporation are still in place and are at high risk of fire and collapse as the authority did not take any action even after six years since the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology identified the hazards.
Sammilita Forum sweeps BGMEA election
Sammilita Forum led by the Mohammadi Group managing director Rubana Huq has swept the biennial election to Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, bagging all 35 director posts.
Khaleda’s proper treatment not possible at BSMMU: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said that he did not believe that their chairperson Khaleda Zia would get proper treatment at the state-controlled Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.
Road accidents kill 7 in 3 dists
At least seven people were killed and 16 others injured in road accidents in Gaibandha, Bogura and Natore on Saturday.
Rohingya repatriation halted with no progress in Rakhine
There is no progress in repatriation of Rohingya people of Myanmar to their home in Rakhine State after the first attempt to transfer them from Bangladesh had failed five months ago.
