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Home Adviser dismisses reports of Habibul Awal's arrest

Dhaka, June 23 -- Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday dismissed reports of former Chief Election Commissioner Habibul Awal's arrest, saying the news circulated on Sund... Read More


Firearms, mortar shells, grenades recovered in Teknaf

Dhaka, June 23 -- Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel seized firearms, ammunition, mortar shells, and anti-hand grenades in a special operation conducted in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district.... Read More


Two killed in separate incidents in capital

Dhaka, June 23 -- Two people were stabbed to death in separate places in the capital on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Md Rifat, 22, of Benarashi Palli area of Mirpur-11, and Md Rocky,... Read More


JU students lay siege to medical centre over peer's death

Dhaka, June 23 -- Students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Sunday night besieged the university's medical centre protesting the authorities' alleged delay in sending an ambulance following the dea... Read More


PC flags flaws in Tk 198b health projects

Dhaka, June 23 -- Two ambitious health-sector projects worth Tk 198.09 billion have hit a major scrutiny, as the Planning Commission (PC) has pushed back against their approval citing serious procedur... Read More


Ex-MP Sabina Akter Tuhin arrested

Dhaka, June 23 -- The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested former reserved seat MP Sabina Akter Tuhin from Nawabganj upazila of Dhaka. Joint Commissioner of DB (North) Moha... Read More


Ex-lawmaker Biplob arrested in Dhaka

Dhaka, June 23 -- Detective Branch (DB) of police tonight arrested former lawmaker of Munshiganj-3 constituency Mohammad Faisal Biplob from the capital's Monipuripara area. Deputy Commissioner of DB ... Read More


NBR officials begin pen-down strike again

Dhaka, June 23 -- Officials and employees started a sit-in and pen-down programme at the NBR headquarters in Dhaka on Monday morning, demanding logical reforms in the National Board of Revenue (NBR). ... Read More


DMC students head to Secretariat to meet health adviser

Dhaka, June 23 -- A seven-member group of protesting students from Dhaka Medical College is headed to the Secretariat to meet Nur Jahan Begum, the adviser to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.... Read More


16000 pieces Yaba seized in Teknaf

Dhaka, June 23 -- Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Sunday seized 160,000 pieces of yaba tablets in a raid in the Mirzajora area in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar. Acting on a tip-off that a large cons... Read More