DHAKA: Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus received the prestigious Equitas Award for Human Rights in Montreal Canada on May 28. The Chair of Equitas Board, Director in Residence at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management, Melissa Sonberg, presented the Award for

ASHULIA, SAVAR: A man was killed and at least 10 others were injured as a human hauler plunged into a roadside ditch at Ashulia, at the outskirts of the capital Dhaka, on Tuesday noon. The deceased was identified as Hossain Ahmed, 40, proprietor of Audik Source Buying House at Uttara in

NARANGANJ: Law enforcement agency arrested Jahagir Alam Ripon, a close associate of gruesome Naraynagaj seven-murder case prime accused Nur Hossain, from Siddirganjpool area of the city on Tuesday. Ripon, who reportedly controlled Nur’s waterway-extortion side, was detained in thana

DHAKA: Veteran journalist and former editor of Bhorer Kagoj, Benzeer Ahmed breathed his last early morning Tuesday at Ibn-Sina Hospital in the capital. Confirming the matter, family sources said that he had long been suffering from various complications. His body has been kept at BIRDEM

DHAKA: Detective Branch of Police nabbed 10 members of gold smugglers from different places of the capital on Monday night. Sources said that the law enforcers held 10-smuggler with 70 gold bars, Tk 35-lac and five thousands Saudi Riyal. Assistant Commissioner (Media and Public

DHAKA: The Jatiya Sangsad goes into budget session along with opposition party at 5 pm Tuesday. It is the 44th budget for Bangladesh. Earlier, President Abdul Hamid summoned the 2nd session of the new parliament, exercising the power bestowed upon him as per article 72 (1) of the

DHAKA: The fire which broke out at a residential building at Soarighat, situated in the old part of capital Dhaka on Tuesday morning is now under control. Five fire fighting units doused the fire after one and half hour long effort. The fire originated at 8:45am and reason behind the

DHAKA: A children who sustained injuries in a road accident at Ashulia on Monday died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday late night. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Juel, 5, of Ashulia. Juel’s uncle Mostafa said that on Monday noon a passenger bus knocked Juel

LAXMIPUR: A terrorist was killed in a suspicious gunfight in Kathalia area of Sadar upazila early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Khokhon, 38, son of late Ali Ahmed of Titarkandi village of the upazila and second-in-command of local terrorist gang ‘Didar Bahini’. Jillur

JHENAIDAH: A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Mohespur Hawladarpara border of the district early Tuesday. The victim was identified as Ripan Mia, 25, son of Raihan Uddin of Sarishaghata village under the upazila. BGB Srinathpur Camp

JESSORE: At least seven people were killed and three hurt in a road accident on Jessore-Khulna highway in Rajghat Ahad Jute mill area in Abhaynagar upazila of the district on Tuesday. The identity of the decease could not be known immediately. Jessore Assistant Superintendent of Police

DHAKA: Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was made specialist advisor of Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (MSD) of World Health Organization (WHO) for four years.Dr Margaret Chan, Director General of WHO, offered the responsibility to Saima Wazed

DHAKA: A woman was killed in a road accident in city’s Gendaria-Dhupkhola area o Thursday.The deceased was identified as Khorsheda Begum, 56, resident of the area.Locals said that a rashly driven passenger bus rammed the woman in the area around 10:00am, while she was going to hospital

FENI: The upazila Chairman and Awami League president of Fulgazi upazila was shot and burnt to death at his own car by miscreants in Academy area of the district town on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Ekramul Haque Ekram, 47, chairman of the upazila.Another three people

DHAKA: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday re-fixed June 3 for hearing the appeal filed by Jamaat leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman challenging the death penalty awarded to him for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.    The four-member SC

DHAKA: Six persons were killed and over a dozen injured in two separate road accidents in Tangail and Dhamrai districts on Thursday morning. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. In Tangail, Police sources said that two rashly driven trucks collided head on in

DHAKA: Around five hundreds intern nurses of Dhaka Nursing College started staging protest at in front of outdoor department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) from Tuesday morning protesting attack on intern nurse at Sylhet Osmani Hospital. The protest started from 9:30am with the

MEHERPUR: A man was killed and his 10-month old son Tanveer was injured critically as they fell from roof of their house in Bamundi area under Gangni upazila of the district on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Ahsan Habib Bakul, 35, son of Abdul Bari and resident of the

COX’S BAZAR: Coast Guard members detained 62 people including 8 Thai nationals, who were going to Malaysia illegally through waterway, near the Saint Martin's Island in the Bay at 7:00am on Tuesday. Coast Guard also seized the trawler, which was carrying them. Confirming the matter to

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank is concerned about newly established nine commercial banks as a central bank investigation reveals that the banks fell short of good governance since their inception.  “The managements of the banks, given permission on political consideration, are not being able