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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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.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) will go ahead with its efforts to streamline private universities....
Marketing and preservation of fresh fruits and perishable vegetables are the major challenges for the agrarian economy of Bangladesh....
Bangladesh Centre for Development, Journalism and Communication (BCDJC) has postponed the 'Award Giving Ceremony 2003' for women in journalism, scheduled for today, says a press release.
The revised date will be announced later.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday recovered four bombs from Mirpur and arrested four people in this connection.
Tipped off, a team of Rab-4 found the bombs with narrow containers in a blue bag from a drain at Courtbari area some 150 yards behind Parbat cinema near Gabtali embankment at 1:30pm.
They also found four bottles of local liquor.
Rab explosive experts defused the bombs.
Rab members in an immediate raid arrested Mohammad Zafar, 25, Abdul Jabbar, 50, Khalil, 38, and Jahagir, 32, from Courtbari area half an hour into the recovery.
