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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Police are yet to arrest the killers of a Jubo Dal ward unit leader who was murdered inside a hotel room at Mugda in Sabujbagh on Wednesday....
Four JCD leaders were beaten up and injured seriously in an attack by the members of their rival faction at Muktijoddha Ziaur Rahman Hall of Dhaka University on Wednesday night....
City Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader Abdullah-el-Kafi alias Shakha has been admitted to 'Gerib Newaz Clinic' in the city as he fell sick during interrogation in DB office here.
Shakha, joint secretary of the JCD, was arrested at 11-30 am yesterday at Royal Hotel Square under Khulna thana.
He has sustained severe injuries due to beating, attending doctor said.
The JCD leader has a link with an underground organisation, DB sources said. He is yet to be shown arrested in any case.
A scheduled rally organised by local people protesting the rape and killing of Fatema Khatun Kohinoor could not be held at Pallabi in the city yesterday for what locals said was the fear of reprisals from the criminals who are still eluding arrest....
The preliminary test for the posts of Upazila Education Officer (UEO) under the Public Service Commission (PSC) begins today as the Supreme Court yesterday stayed Wednesday's High Court interim order barring the PSC from taking the exam....
Outlawed Janajuddha activist Mahbub Hossain arrested by the joint forces at 10-30 am yesterday at Khalishpur Industrial area succumbed to his fatal injuries at 12.00 noon at the Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) prison cell.
He fell sick during interrogation in the joint forces camp, it is learnt.
Son of Sultan Hossain, Mahbub was an activist of Janajuddha faction of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) , police said.
State Minister for Youth and Sports Fazlur Rahman on behalf of Information Minister Tariqul Islam yesterday told the Jatiya Sangsad that the present government has given declaration to 65 dailies so far....
Three persons including a woman were given life-term imprisonment yesterday in a case of rape of eight young girls in Panchagarh district....
Speakers at a seminar called for appropriate security measures in multi-storied buildings to prevent crimes.
They also suggested installing CCTV, access control system, burglar alarm, motion sensor and panic alarm with a round-the-clock central monitoring system to step up security for high-rise buildings.
The Securex Pvt. Ltd. organised the seminar on 'Modern concept of apartment and multistoried building security' in the city recently. Members of the Real Estate Association of Bangladesh (Rehab) and apartment owners attended the seminar.
Group Captain (retd.) ATMA Quddus, managing director of the Securex and president of Bangladesh Professional Security Service Providers' Association spoke at the seminar.
Litterateur Mamun Hussain has been selected for the Kagoj Literary Award - 2004.
An assistant professor of Rajshahi Medical College, Mamun won the award for his book, Koyekjon Samanya Manush, a collection of short stories published in 2003.
The award, instituted by the Daily Ajker Kagoj, carries Tk one lakh, a crest and a certificate.
Salma Bani, an expatriate Bangladeshi living in Canada, won the Kagoj Nabin Literary Award - 2004 for her manuscript 'Nil Upakkhyan O Annanyo Golpo'. She will receive Tk 25,000 in prize money.
