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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AKM Faizur Rah-man has been appointed chief engineer on current charge of Roads and High-ways Depart-ment (RHD) on Sunday.
Faizur Rahman replaced Sheikh Rabiul Islam, who retired from the service the same day.
He joined RHD as assistant engineer in 1973 after graduating from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He has special training on bridge engineering from Japan in 1982 and traveled several countries, including Finland, Philippines and the United States.
The parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Environment and Forest at a meeting yesterday underlined the importance of preventing 'noise pollution' near the hospitals, schools and colleges....
President Iajuddin Ahmed yesterday said any heinous conspiracy or any destructive activity against the nation should be faced unitedly by the government and the opposition parties to ensure democratic rights of the people....
At the end of a 60-hour country-wide hartal yesterday, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) announced a series of fresh programmes to protest the killings and arrests of opposition leaders by the government....
Bangladesh will receive 14.5 million euro equivalent to about Tk 105 crore as Mixed Credit from Denmark.
Economic Relations Division (ERD) and the Nordea Bank, Denmark A/S of Denmark, signed an agreement to this effect at ERD office here yesterday, an official handout said.
The Mixed Credit includes 11 million euro (Tk 85 crore) as loan and 3.5 million euro (Tk 20 crore ) as grant.
The amount will be utilised for procurement of equipment for the Joydevpur-Kabirpur-Tangail 1.32 KV transmission line project, the release said.
Nargis Islam, joint-chief of ERD and Jan-Olaf Letman, vice-president, Nordea Bank Denmark A/S, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective sides.
More organisations yesterday condemned the killing of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria and four Awami League (AL) activists in a grisly grenade attack at Boidder Bazar in Habiganj on Thursday evening....
Police arrested 1,701 people, including five listed criminals, on various charges from different parts of the country till 6.00am yesterday.
During the period, the law enforcers recovered 10 firearms, and 22 bullets and filed four cases against three people under Arms Act, says a police headquarters press release.
Left leaning 11-party alliance yesterday declared a dawn to dusk countrywide hartal on February 3 demanding independent inquiry of the brutal killings of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria and four other Awami League (AL) activists in a grenade attack at Boidder Bazar in Habiganj on Thursday....
The Bogra district administration has banned all nighttime social and cultural programmes there because of fears of bomb attacks....
The presence of mind of a teenage boy helped a packed commuter train narrowly escape a serious accident at Jhikargachha yesterday....
