President Abdul Hamid returned home yesterday after an 11-day visit to London and Germany for health check-up and treatment of eyes. "A VVIP flight (BG 202) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the President landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:26 am," President's Deputy…

Elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) yesterday said they enforced an intensified security vigil in and around Kamalapur Railway station ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr. RAB personnel set up a makeshift camp at the entrance of the station while their personnel were seen patrolling around the station.…

Detectives arrested five suspected members of a robber gang from Mohammadpur area in the city on Saturday night. The arrestees are - Md Nasir Sarder, 22, Md Kamal Madbar, 23, Md Shaheed Bepari, 35, Md Monirul Islam, 18, and Md Mahbub Mia, 30. “Acting on a tip-off, a team of DB's Serious Crime…

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said that action will be taken if the state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) buses realize extra fair from the home-bound people during the holy Eid-ul-Fitr. He stated this at BRTC’s preparatory meeting ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr…

A pangolin, locally known as Banrui rescued from a village of Kurigram district, is undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre. Local people chased and caught the pangolin at Kochakata village under Nageshwari upazila of Kurigram when it came to the locality on Thursday.…

A 140-member contingent of Bangladesh Formed Police Unit-1 (FPU) left Dhaka early Saturday for Darfur, Sudan to join the UN peacekeeping mission there. Superintendent of Police (SP) Mohammad Abdul Halim is leading the contingent as its commander while Additional SP Nazlee Selina Ferdousi is its deputy…

Probe report against Khaleda in murder case Sept 3 BSS, Dhaka A Dhaka court yesterday set September 3 to submit probe report in a murder case lodged against four including BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Tofazzal Hossain set the date as officer in-charge (investigation)…

Students of Rajshahi University (RU) along with their friends from other institutions break their fast by hosting Iftar parties on different fields on…

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia yesterday said legal actions would be taken if any vehicle is found taking extra fare from passengers.  “No vehicle can realise additional fare beyond the Bangladesh Road Transport Association chart,” he told a view-exchange…

Members of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) in a drive arrested an alleged snatcher from city’s Suvopur Bus stand area on Saturday night. The arrestee was identified as Abdul Halim alias Balliya, 35, son of Mohammad Liakat Ali, hailed from city’s Matherbari area. Nobel Chakma, Assistant…

Law Minister Anisul Huq left for Austria yesterday to join the 10th conference of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). The conference will be held on May 27-29 in Vienna. A delegation from Bangladesh, including the minister, representatives from Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs…

A man was electrocuted in Shitolpur Madonhat area under Shitakund upazila of the district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Md Shofi, 45, of the area. He was a worker of a shipyard. Local people said Shofi came in contact with a live electric wire this morning at his home as he was cleaning…

A three- day-long scientists training on “Improvement strategies & production technologies of oilseed crops in relation to changing climate” was held at the seminar room of Oilseed Research Center of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) in Gazipur yesterday. The Oilseed…

Yangzhou University scholarship for Bangladeshi students Staff reporter, Dhaka China’s leading education organisation Yangzhou University held ‘Free spot admission programme’ at BRAC University auditorium at Mohakhali in the capital yesterday, says a press release. Yangzhou University…