The High Court (HC) yesterday upheld the death sentences of two persons and life imprisonment for six others in the sensational student murder case. Kamrul Islam Momin, 22, a student of Dhaka Commerce College, was shot dead near his Ibrahimpur residence in the capital on September 13, 2005. After hearing…

Muggers snatched away Tk 40 lakh at gunpoint from the employees of a garments factory of Uttara in the capital, introducing themselves as DB police on Wednesday, reports UNB. Rasel Ahmed, commercial manager of “Tokyo Mode Ltd,” located at Road no-5 under Uttara Sector-5, told the news agency…

Wife of poet and columnist Farhad Mazhar on Thursday rejected the investigation report of Detective Branch (DB) that found no proof of Mazhar's abduction and sought time to file a no confidence petition in this regard, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Khurshid Alam adjourned yesterday’s…

Md Siddiqullah, former News Editor of now-defunct The Bangladesh Observer, passed away here early yesterday, reports UNB. He was 87. He breathed his last…

Savar: A couple was killed in a road accident on Tongi-Ashulia-Export Processing Zone (EPZ) road in Jamgora area of Ashulia early Thursday, reports UNB.  The deceased were identified as Solaiman and his wife Nurjahan, garment workers of Setara Group in Jamgora area. Officer-in-charge of Ashulia…

The local administrations will observe Barisal Free Day in the district today marking the 46th anniversary of the district’s liberation from Pakistani occupation army. On this day in 1971,  'Mukti Bahini' (freedom fighters) took control of the city, the then district headquarters…

Inter-college athletic competition begins at RU The 40th ‘Inter-college Athletics Competition’ was held at the Rajshahi University (RU) yesterday through prize giving ceremony. Around 260 athletes participated at the 41 events. RU Vice-Chancellor Prof M Abdus Sobhan handed over the prize …

Missing minor girl found dead A minor girl was found dead in Thangaon Bridge area in Keronkhal union in Comilla on Thursday morning a day after she went missing. The deceased was identified as Suborna Akter Mim, 7, daughter of Korban Ali, a former member of Bangladesh Police and a resident of Chandina…

PROGRAMME: Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi will organise a programme on Netrokona Tragedy Day in front of the National Museum at Shahbag at 4pm. CONFERENCE: Bangladesh Poets Club will organise 9th Jatiya Sahitya Sammelan (National Literary Conference) Bangladesh Shishu Kalyan Parishad auditorium at…