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Housing minister gets bail in Ctg land case

CHITTAGONG, Feb 7: A court in Chittagong granted bail to Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain after he surrendered before it on Tuesday in connection with a land-related case filed during the post-1/11 caretaker government. The minister appeared before the court of Chittagong Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Shahe...

Army chief calls on President

Chief of Army Staff General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq made a courtesy call on President Md Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban in the city on Tuesday, reports BSS. During the meeting, the army chief apprised the President of the overall activities of Bangladesh Army, including development ones. General Huq highlighted...

ACC detains its tax official with bribe money

CHITTAGONG, Feb 07: A tax officer of the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) was detained on Tuesday for his alleged corruption. Officials at the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in Chittagong said the officer, Ali Akbar, was detained while taking bribe amounting to Tk 20,000 from one Jamal Uddin of Rupali Residential Area...

Muggers shoot trader in city

A tourism businessman sustained minor bullet injuries as miscreants shot him during a mugging bid on the Dhaka University (DU) campus on Tuesday, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Moniruzzaman Masud, 34, owner of 'Tourism Window'. Quoting witnesses, police said Masud along with one of his friends was going...

ACC chief says heightened vigilance raising bribe rates

The heightened vigilance from anti-graft watchdog, the Anti-Corruption Commission, has apparently thrown up the authorities to a paradoxical situation - more vigilance means more bribes, reports bdnews24.com. ACC Chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Tuesday said that raids by the Commission personnel had given bribe-takers an excuse to demand larger amounts of...

\'Gunfight\' kills pirate in Bagerhat

BAGERHAT, Feb 07 (UNB): The ringleader of a pirate gang was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Mrigamari in Mongla upazila on Tuesday. Deceased Shamsul Haq alias Shamsu (48), was the chief of a notorious gang 'Shamsu Bahini' of Arjunbahar...

Six to die for killing Kushtia van-puller

KUSHTIA, Feb 07 (UNB): A court here on Tuesday sentenced six people to death in a case filed over the killing of a van-puller in Sadar upazila in 2012. The condemned convicts are Sajjad, Majed, Shukchad, Rashidul Islam, Kalai and Monser. According to the prosecution, Sajjad and Majed called van...

HC issues rule on bail for 20 prisoners

The High Court (HC) issued a rule on Tuesday asking lower courts concerned to explain why it shall not grant bail to 20 people languishing in jail for more than a decade without trial, reports BSS. Two division benches of HC issued the rule acting suo moto. The HC benches...

Ex-UGC chief Prof Zahurul Huq dies

Prof Dr Zahurul Huq, former chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) and also a retired professor of the Department of Economics of Dhaka University (DU), died on Tuesday at Square Hospital in the city. He was 79, reports UNB. Prof Huq had been suffering from kidney problem and liver...

Jafar Ahmed’s poetry book hits Book Fair

Poet Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury on Monday unveiled the cover of his new poetry book 'Samakal Ekti Kabita Ekti Kabbay' in the ongoing Amar Ekushey Grontho Mela (Book Fair) in the capital. In the 18-page book released by Gyan Bitoroni Publications, the poet's writings speak for humanity with an earnest appeal...

News in Brief

DU student gets Suraiya Imdad Memorial Scholarship Humayra Binte Kabir of the Department of Islamic Studies of Dhaka University (DU) has been awarded "Begum Suraiya Imdad Memorial Scholarship" for securing the highest CGPA in BA (Hons) final examination-2015 among female students of all departments under the Faculty of Arts of...

Weather

Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday), reports UNB. Light to moderate fog may occur at different places over the river basins and adjoining area, Met Office said. The country's highest temperature of 31.0 degrees Celsius was recorded on Tuesday...

Ex-UGC chief Prof Zahurul Huq dies

Govt working tirelessly to change people\'s lot: PM

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said on Tuesday her government has been working tirelessly to change the lot of the mass people, reports BSS. "Our main aim is to improve the condition of the masses including farmers and workers and we are working ceaselessly to achieve the goal," she said...

Civil Fest-2017 ends at NSU

The concluding ceremony of the two-day annual festival Civil Fest-2017, organised by the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of North South University (NSU), was held at its auditorium in the city on Tuesday, according to a press release. Awami League General Secretary and Minister for Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul...