DHAKA: Government Sunday formed a one-member probe committee to investigate the alleged links of some officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines with gold smuggling.The body comprised of Civil aviation and tourism ministry secretary Abu Hena Mohammad Rahmatul Munim will submit its report

DHAKA: The forensic report of Dr Samarukh Mehjabeen Sumi, daughter-in-law of former MP Tipu Sultan, said she committed suicide.Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) authorities handed over the report to constable Humayan of Dhanmondi Thana on Sunday.Assistant Professor Sohel Mahmud of

DHAKA: A team of Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) quizzed former energy adviser Mahmudur Rahman on Sunday in a case relating to taking money over Niko Resources contract in Bangladesh.Mahmudur, also Bengali daily Amar Desh editor, was taken to the Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan

DHAKA: An opening 158-run partnership propelled Bangladesh to set a 252-run target for Zimbabwe in the second One Day International (ODI) of five-match Bashundhara Cement ODI series in Chittagong Sunday afternoon .Bangladesh scored 251 runs losing seven wickets in the match at Zahur

DHAKA: Police recovered a body of a teenage girl from a house in Mohammadpur area of the city on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Khadija, 17.Police sources said that the reason behind her death could not be known immediately.However, law enforcers held her ‘husband’ in

BRAHMANBARIA: Four people were killed and three others injured as a private car collided head-on with a truck in Sohagpur area under Ashuganj upazila of the district on Sunday afternoon.One of the deceased was identified as Nuruzzaman, 30. The rest of deceased could not be identified

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 has adjourned the hearing for presenting arguments supporting Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Abdus Subhan on legal points till Monday.A three-member tribunal led by Justice Obaidul Hasan passed the order on Sunday. Subhan’s lawyer Advocate

DHAKA: A court here placed four JMB militants including its women wing chief Fatema, wife of Burdwan blast main accused Sajid, on different terms of remand in two cases.Metropolitan Magistrate Maruf Hossain passed order when police produced them before the court with remand plea

DHAKA: War crimes convict Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami challenged death penalty handed down by International Crimes Tribunal-1 for crimes against humanity during Liberation War in 1971.   Defense lawyer on Sunday submitted an appeal, consisting of 6,252 pages, to

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detained six people including the mastermind of killing of Rajshahi University professor AKM Shafiul Islam on Saturday. The detainees are mastermind Ariful Islam Manik, organizing secretary of Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal (JCD) Katakhli unit of the district,

BOGRA: At least two persons were killed and two other injured in a road crash in Sujabad Dahapara area under Shahjahanpur upazila of the district early Sunday. The deceased were identified as Ziaur Rahman, 32, a CNG-run autorickshaw driver and its passenger Jagadish Kumar Kundu, 60.

KATHMANDU, NEPAL: The 41st Session of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Standing Committee started in Kathmandu, Nepal on Sunday morning. Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque is leading the Bangladesh delegations while foreign secretaries from other SAARC member

DHAKA: European Union (EU) ambassador and head of delegation to Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon on Saturday said EU will keep its commitment to support to government to implement the Children Act-2013. Mayaudon was addressing a high-level discussion on the implementation of the Children Act

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) set to deliver its verdict Monday on former Bbaria AL leader Mobarak Hossain for his crimes against humanity in 1971 Liberation War. The tribunal led by Justice M Enayetur Rahim fixed the date Sunday. On June 2, ICT kept the case on CAV

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) police detained four JMB militants including its women wing chief Fatema, wife of Burdwan blast main accused Sajid, from the capital. Confirming the matter, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) deputy police commissioner (Media) Masudur Rahman said they were

JESSORE: Miscreants gunned down a pro-Awami League (AL) municipality councilor, Molla Oaliar Rahman, 55, in Guakhola village under Abhaynagar upazila on Sunday morning. Oaliar was the joint secretary of the upazila AL unit and president of the upazila Sramik Parishad unit. He hailed from

KATHMANDU (NEPAL): Both the government and the opposition Nepal have agreed to make the 18th SAARC Summit successful. In this regard, both the party is considering the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit, to be held on November 26-27, as a national festival of

DHAKA: The government is likely to introduce digital method in preparing and distributing the question papers for next primary teachers’ recruitment test, said authorities concerned. The Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) has already formed a committee comprised of technology

THAKURGAON: At least three persons were killed and three others injured in a road crash on Thakurgaon-Panchagarh highway in Bhulli area under Sadar upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Montu, 22, Habib, 26, and Juran, 30. All of them hailed from Lauthupi village of

DHAKA: An eight-member parliamentary delegation met India’s West Bengal chief minister (CM) Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna Bhavan in Kolkata on Saturday afternoon, says a press release.Lt Col (retd) Faruk Khan led the eight-member delegation while the others were 10th Parliament whip