JU students stage sit-in for 2nd day
The students of Jahangirnaar University on Tuesday continued their indefinite sit-in programme in front of the university's administrative building for second consecutive day to press their four-point demand including the withdrawal of case filed against 56 students for vandalism and attempt to murder.
24-hour operation at Benapole from today
Benapole land port will be kept open round the clock for seven days a week from Tuesday in a bid to expedite trade facilities with India
Indian doctors see no hope of recovering Siddiqur’s eyesight
The Indian doctors treating Titumir College student Siddiqur Rahman, whose eyes were grievously damaged in police action at Shahbagh in Dhaka on a student demonstration on July 20, said on Monday that there was almost no hope of recovering the eyesight of Siddiqur, according to his family.
Hajj office embarrassed as pilgrims travel to Jeddah without visas
At least two pilgrims have travelled to Saudi Arabia without visas from the host country, causing tension among the Bangladeshi officials in Jeddah. The Saudi immigration authorities have spotted two cases recently and criticised poor hajj management by the Bangladeshi authorities.
SC stays Justice Fazlul Haque’s trial in graft case
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the trial proceedings in a corruption case against former adviser to caretaker government Justice Md Fazlul Haque, also a former Appellate Division judge.
BOGRA RAPE Seven more remanded in police custody
Seven more people were remanded in police custody by a Bogra court on Monday in connection with the rape incident in which the victim was promised admission in a local college.
BNP denies Khaleda meets ISI in London
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia had no meeting with any foreign intelligence agency in London, said the party’s secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday.
Fourth rice shipment from Vietnam docks at Ctg port
A shipment of 25,300 tonnes of rice from Vietnam reached Chittagong port on Monday morning. It is the fourth consignment of a total of 250,000 tonnes of rice that the government is buying to augment supplies.
Former MP’s son shot dead in Gazipur
The son of former Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker Mokhlesur Rahman was shot to death at Bhatgati of Kaliganj upazila in Gazipur on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Habibur Rahman Faisal Mia, 25.
BOGRA RAPE Three taken on remand, two more arrested
A Bogra court on Sunday allowed police to question in their custody three men, including the district unit Awami Shramik League convener, arrested in connection with raping a girl after promising her admission in a local college.
