A Chittagong court today issued warrant of arrest against five officials of Al Arafah Islami Bank Limited (AIBL) for forgery, cheat and breach of trust by misusing bank cheques. The judge of Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate M Nazmul Hossain Chowdhury issued the warrant of arrest against AIBL's Agrabad Branch manager Aktar Kamal, Operation Manager Nahid Hossain, Head of Investment Section Imtiaz…

Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury today inaugurated the high-powered closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera surveillance in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) area at a function at Gulshan Youth Club playground here. "The CCTV surveillance programme would monitor different activities in the city corporation area like traffic-jam, criminal activities and garbage disposals…

LAHORE: Punjab Assembly on Tuesday passed two resolutions – one against drone attacks in Pakistan while the other strongly condemning executions of Jamaat-e-Islami leaders in Bangladesh.   The resolution against the drone attack was tabled by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) legislator and leader of the opposition in Punjab Assembly Mian Mehmood-ur-Rasheed.   It condemned the drone strikes…

Marking the 45 years of Japan-Bangladesh friendship, a discussion meeting and a cultural function was held at the Kita-Ku Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 22nd of May. The gala event was organized by Non-Resident Bangladeshi in Japan (NRB Japan), an organization for expatriate Bangladeshis in Japan.  The Director General of JICA Dr. Takao Toda attended the function as a chief guest and former Japan ambassador…

Two people, including a policeman, were arrested on Monday for allegedly attempting to violate a widow in Daganbhuiyan upazila of Feni. The arrestees were identified as Delwar Hossain, an assistant sub-inspector of Daganbhuiyan Police Station, and Abdul Mannan, news agency UNB reports. Quoting police UNB said the widow went to the police station on Sunday morning to lodge a complaint over her family…

Khaleda Ekram, vice chancellor (VC) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) passed away today at a hospital of Bangkok in Thailand.   She served as Dean, Faculty of Architecture and Planning and Head, Department of   Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering   and Technology (BUET) in Dhaka.   Professor Ekram was Gender Advisor for 12 years…

Five people, including four members of a family, remained untraced for the last 13 days till Tuesday as they were picked up by some people in black clothes from Faridpur uapzila in Pabna and Ullahpara upazila in Sirajganj.   Those who remained missing are three siblings-- Tikka Sarder, 30, Irshad Sarder, 25, and Saddam Sarder, 20,-- their brother-in-law Mostak Aziz alias Dulal, 45 and Hafizur…

The members of Civil society in Comilla on Monday demanded that the report of the 2nd autopsy conducted on the body of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu be made public soon to put the killers on trial.   The demand came from a human chain programme formed in front of the Town Hall at Kandirpar in the district town in the afternoon, UNB reports.   Speakers said there have…

A homeopath doctor has been hacked to death and a teacher of Islamic University (IU) critically wounded at Shishir Para Math in Kushtia on Friday. This is the latest of several similar attacks in Bangladesh against atheist bloggers, minorities and others who promote liberal views. The deceased was homeopath Sanwar Rahman, 60, a resident of East Mazampur area of the district town. He had been providing…

Due to the gusty wind along with heavy rains as Cyclonic storm Roanu takes into, the Shah Amanat International Airport, Chittagong has suspended all of its flight operations due to.   The last flight that left the airport was at 10:43am, airport sources said.   Quoting Wing Commander Riajal Kabir popular English daily The Daily Star said all aircrafts have been taken to safe shelter.  …

Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist community, is being observed across the country today. Buddha Purnima marks Gautam Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death. It falls on the day of the full moon in May. On this day in 563 BC, Buddha was born as Siddhartha Gautam in Kopilabostu at the foothill of the Himalayas. He attained supreme enlightenment at the age of 35 and…

At least five people were killed in Bhola, Chittagong and Patuakhali districts and over 100 people injured as cyclone 'Roanu' makes its impact across the country from early Saturday. Of the five, in Bhola, Akram Hossain, 45, and Rekha Begum, 35, were crushed under fallen trees. They both were residents of Shashiganj village of Tajumuddin upazila. Another deceased is Naya Bibi, 50, resident…

In a fresh move to counter terrorism, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has released photographs and identities of six suspected militants of banned Ansarullah Bangla Team involved in the spate of targeted killings recently.   Media and Public Relations Division of DMP released the information of the six militants along with their photos on its website Thursday evening, with the aim of drawing…