SYLHET: The authorities closed Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST) for indefinite period and asked students to leave the halls following a Chhatra League gunfight that killed one and hurt proctor among 9 Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sumon, a student of

SYLHET: A university student was killed here on Thursday during intra-party clashes of Chhatra League at Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST).Sources said that the deceased Sumon was a student of Sylhet International University.Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and

DHAKA: The High Court on Thursday ordered for going back to the provision of 7 year jail for road crash convict annulling the Criminal Procedure Code and Penal Code amendment-1985 that reduced penalty to 3 year imprisonment.An HC bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and

DHAKA: Chashi Nabanna Utsab, a 3-day festival highlighting the traditional cakes, which are usually made after harvesting new crops in Bangladesh, has begun on Thursday.The festival started in the morning at city’s Ramna Batamul and will remain open from 7:00am to 8:00pm daily till

DHAKA: Saida Muna Tasneem, recently appointed Ambassador of Bangladesh to Thailand and the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UNESCAP, handed over her Letter of Introduction to the Executive Secretary of UNESCAP Dr. Shamshad Akhtar Wednesday at the ESCAP Secretariat in

DHAKA: Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan on Thursday accorded a reception to the veteran freedom fighters and their close relatives ahead of the Armed Forces Day. General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan talked to three Bir Uttoms, six Bir Bikrims, 11 brave

NEW YORK: The Foreign Relations Committee of US Senate on Tuesday finalized the appointment of Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat as the new US Ambassador to Dhaka.Later, the decision was published in the Senate Gazette Executive Calendar. Senate Foreign Relations Committee sources

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama is poised to give relief from deportation to millions of undocumented immigrants who are parents of U.S. citizens or of permanent legal residents, according to a source familiar with White House deliberations.Obama has promised to lay out the details

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina donated Tk 20 lakh to poet Nirmolendu Gun, actress Amirunnessa Khanam alias Rani Sarkar and film actress Shahina Shikder Bansree each on Wednesday.The premier handed over the cheques to them at Ganabhaban, official residence of the PM, on Wednesday

DHAKA: The parliament on Wednesday unanimously passed the 'Bangladesh Hotels and Restaurants Bill 2014' making the arrangement of chemical test on foods dirking water mandatory. The bill was passed on voice vote after Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon placed it before

JATIYA SANGSAD BHABAN (DHAKA): Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque on Wednesday said the government is preparing a list of Al-Badar and Al-Shams men. The minister came up with the disclosure while addressing the parliament in response to a supplementary question from

SUNAMGANJ: Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) returned five Bangladeshi nationals after they were picked up from Lalghat border in Tahirpur upazila of the district on Wednesday. The five Bangladeshis are Shahidullah, 34, son of Abdur Rahim, Aminul Islam, 35, son of Anu Uddin, Ritan Mia,

LALMONIRHAT: A district Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 awarded life-term imprisonment to three people for violating a girl in Lalmonirhat.  Justice M Siddiqul Arefin Chowdhury of the tribunal passed the order on Wednesday noon. The convicts are Mansur Ali, 30,

DHAKA: Permanent Representative of Bangladesh, Saida Muna Tasneem, reaffirmed the commitment of Bangladesh to work closely with the UNESCAP. Tasneem, recently appointed Ambassador of Bangladesh to Thailand and the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UNESCAP, remarked this when

DHAKA: A tribunal on Wednesday awarded seven years imprisonment to a man and fined Tk 100,000 in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. Dhaka Cyber Crime Tribunal judge KM Shamshul Alam delivered the order. The tribunal also acquitted two other

DHAKA: US ambassador to Dhaka Dan W Mozena on Wednesday observed that women’s development means country’s development. A country enjoys development if there is women's development, he added. The US diplomat was addressing the launching ceremony of a campaign titled ‘Narir Joye

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emphasized connectivity between Bangladesh and Bhutan with a view to boosting up trade relations. The premier, also ruling Awami League president, came up with the observation when Bhutan ambassador to Dhaka Pema Choden paid a courtesy call at her

MUNSHIGANJ: A police constable received bullet injury was shot in a gunfight between police and terrorists in Ganakpara area of the district on Wednesday afternoon. The victim, identified as Zia (30), was admitted at Munshiganj General Hospital. Police also arrested two criminals, Kana

DHAKA: Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Kamalapur and Banani areas of the city on Wednesday. A worker Razaul Karim, 35, was crushed after falling between a lorry and a covered van while he was working at Kamalapur Inland Container Depot around 2:30pm. Rezaul’s

DHAKA: A Dhaka Court sent five including deputy general manager (DGM) of national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines on four-day remand over gold smuggling allegation. Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court judge Mohammad Erfan Ullah passed the order on Wednesday in response