Police recovered hanging body of a woman from a residential hotel at Kapasgola in Chawkbazar area of the city on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Shilpi Aktar, 29, daughter of Monsur Ali of Mirnagar Sheikhpura area in Dinajpur, reports unb. Officer-in-charge of Chawkbazar Police Station Nurul Huda said police recovered Shilpi’s body hanging from the ceiling fan in room no 208…

Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday stressed the need for taking appropriate plans and their implementation to properly utilise the country’s vast marine resources.   “Blue economy has created an important area in our economy. Making suitable plans and their implementation are inevitable to use the country’s huge marine resources,” he said.   The minister…

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday night visited the house of her party’s standing committee member ASM Hannan Shah, who died on Tuesday in Singapore, and paid last respects to him.   Khaleda along with BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, its standing committee members Khandker Mosharraf Hossain and Mirza Abbas, and Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal president Afroza Abbas went…

The government has asked the owners of buses, trucks and covered vans to remove unapproved bumpers and angles from their vehicles by November 30.   "Apart from the design of the vehicles manufacturing institution and Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), none will be allowed to change the shape of buses, trucks and covered vans . . . if it is done, no registration will be given,"…