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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Adviser Shafiqual Huq Chowdhury yesterday said Prof Yunus' proposal to form all-party committee in all polling centers is not acceptable, as it will create various problems
"I don't agree with him, it will create problems, this is not possible in any country of the world," he told reporters at a press conference in the PIB conference room.
The press conference was arranged on the occasion of National Youth Day.
Nobel laureate Prof Yunus at a function here on Monday proposed forming all-party committee in all polling centers of the country, which will announce whether the polls were free and fair.
A father donated his deceased daughter's eyes to Sandhani International Eye Bank yesterday, says a press release.
Abdul Jalil, father of Halima, 30, who died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday, has set an example by donating her own daughter's eyes.
Sandhani authorities expressed gratitude to and thanked Halima and her families for this noble gesture.
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) is going to organise the first ever anti-corruption concert in the country on December 29 with a view to inculcating anti-corruption values in younger generation....
Speakers at a workshop here yesterday underscored the need for formulating a specific law on domestic violence....
A gang of robbers looted about Tk 3 lakh from cattle traders who were travelling in a bus near Jatrabari in the city yesterday....
Three unidentified people were killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka city and Comilla yesterday....
Former Awami League lawmaker from Narayanganj AKM Shamim Osman returns home tomorrow after living in self-exile in India for more than five years....
Today is the third anniversary of the Benin tragedy.
On this day in 2003, 15 Bangladesh Army officers, on UN peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone and Liberia, were killed in an air crash in Benin.
To mark the day different socio-cultural organisations have taken various programmes.
Rhythm Cultural Society will mark the day as 'World Peace Keepers' Day' and organise a discussion at the National Press Club.
Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka will attend the programme as the chief guest. Prof Anisuzzaman and Maj Gen (Retd) Amin Ahmed Chowdhury will attend the function as guests.
Coalition of Local NGO's Bangladesh organised a discussion at its office yesterday marking the day.
Issues relating to agriculture, land and farmers' rights are largely neglected in the discussions in parliament although 80 percent of the country's population is engaged in agriculture, speakers at a meeting said yesterday....
The Asia-Pacific region, a global production centre, is exceeding its ecological capacity, the United Nations said Friday, calling on the region to take better environmental protection measures....
