Bangladesh
IU ICE department gets new chairman
Islamic University (Kushtia), June 18 (UNB) - Associate Professor M Ashek Raihan Mahmud has been made chairman of the Information and Communication Engineering (ICE) department of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia.
Recovery of Hundi money: 3 Benapole cops suspended
Benapole, June 18 (UNB) – Three constables, posted at Benapole immigration, have been withdrawn after they along with a local were reportedly detained by Border Security Force (BSF) of India with ‘Tk 12 lakh Hundi money’ at the no-man’s land.
Additional Superintendent of Police Salahuddin Shikder took the action against constables SK Azam, Ruma Bepary and Trisha Biswas.
Officer-in-charge of Benapole Immigration Police Station Abul Bashar said the three policemen entered India without passports for purchasing fruits.
While returning, Ruhul Amin, a native of Sharsha upazila in Jashore, stood by them at the no-man’s land, he said.
At that time, BSF men from Petrapole camp searched them and recovered Tk 12 Hundi money from Ruhul Amin’s bag, the OC said.
The BSF members, however, handed over the three policemen to Bangladesh in the evening, he said, adding that he heard that they kept Ruhul Amin under their custody.
Bashar said three policemen were withdrawn and attached to the Jashore Police Lines at the order of Salahuddin Shikder, also acting superintendent of police, for entering India without informing the office.
Billions globally lack water, sanitation, hygiene: UN
Dhaka, June 18 (UNB) - Some 2.2 billion people around the world do not have safely-managed drinking water, according to a new report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Premiere of ‘Voice of Conscience’ held in Washington
Dhaka, June 18 (UNB) - The Embassy of Bangladesh in Washington, DC organised the premiere of documentary ‘Voice of Conscience’ by eminent journalist and human rights activist Shahriar Kabir in the USA on Monday.
The premiere was held as a part of the public diplomacy initiative to realise the recognition of Bangladesh’s genocide of 1971 and build awareness thereof.
Youth murdered in Madaripur
Madaripur, June 18 (UNB) - A young man was killed by his rivals at Kolchar Sostal village in Kalkini upazila on Monday.
Man held with ‘2.3 kg heroin’ in Rajshahi
Rajshahi, June 18 (UNB) – Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members detained a man reportedly along with 2.3 kg heroin in Tanore upazila on Monday.
Minor girl ‘raped’ in Cumilla
Cumilla, June 17 (UNB) – A minor girl was allegedly raped by a neighbour at Hugulia village in Daudkandi upazila on Sunday.
Deal signed with Indonesian firm to import coal for Payra Power Plant
Dhaka, June 17 (UNB) - Bangladesh-China Power Company Ltd (BCPCL) on Monday signed a contract with an Indonesian company to import coal for operation of its 660 MW capacity Unit-1 of 1320 MW Coal-fired Payra Power Plant in Patuakhali.
Writ seeks compensation for families of Mediterranean boat capsize victims
Dhaka, June 17 (UNB) – A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking Tk 1 crore as compensation for each of the families of 37 Bangladeshis who died in a boat capsize in the Mediterranean Sea on May 9 last.
Trafficked to India: Six Bangladeshi girls return home
Benapole, June 17 (UNB) - Six Bangladeshi teenage girls who were trafficked to India, returned home through Benapole check post on Monday afternoon.