Inspector General of Police Hasan Mahmud Khondker yesterday denied allegations of torture on detained BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury under police remand.
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Chittagong Dock Bandar Sramik Karmochari Oikya Parishad held a rally on Bandar Bhaban premises yesterday to protest the attack on its leader....
As many as 28 students of East West University have received Full Tuition Merit Scholarships and 16 Medha Lalon Fund Scholarships under the Merit Award Scholarship Programme of the university....
The Centre for Mass Education in Science (CMES), a voluntary organisation, will celebrate its silver jubilee in the city on February 7 and 8.
On this occasion, two seminars will be held at the auditorium of the Institution of Engineers Bangladesh.
Prof Muhammad Yunus, managing director of Grameen Bank, and Taherunnesa Abdullah, a development personality, will preside over the seminars.
Besides, an exhibition of technology with the participation of young members of the organisation will be held, said a press release.
The CMES has been providing deprived adolescents with effective and technical education for 25 years.
Mohiuddin Jintu, who was awarded death sentence 22 years ago in a double murder case, got presidential amnesty within 10 days of his surrender before the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court on January 3....
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday greeted Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga on the occasion of her country's Independence Day today.
The ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party's student wing yesterday accused Awami League (AL) and India of killing former finance minister SAMS Kibria....
Gradual drying up of vast wetlands with infrastructural expansions in marshy lands exposes deltaic Bangladesh to immense economic and ecological losses posing a threat to sources of livelihood as well as culture, experts said in the city on Wednesday....
The Chittagong University (CU) authorities have deferred the schedule of admission test of the first year honours courses for 2004-2005 academic session due to the three-day countrywide hartal....
A daylong cake festival begins at the DC Hill in the port city today amid festivity.
Pitha Utsab Udjapan Parisad is organising the festival for the second time.
A total of 25 stalls with different types of traditional cake will take part in the festival.
Prof Dr Anupam Sen, a social scientist, will formally inaugurate the festival by lighting flambeau at 6.00am.
A cultural function will be held soon after the inaugural session.
A discussion will be held in the afternoon with Journalist Nasiruddin Chowdhury in the chair.
Begum Mushtari Shafi, widow of a martyr, will attend the meeting as chief guest while Prof Dr Hamida Banu and Journalist Obaidul Quader will be the discussants.
A top cadre of the outlawed Gono Mukti Fouz (GMF) was killed in 'crossfire' between police and members of the extremist outfit in Sailkupa upazila in Jhenidah yesterday....
