A Tangail court on Monday rejected a bail plea filed by ruling Awami League MP Amanur Rahman Khan Rana, accused in freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case.   Judge Abul Mansoor Mia of Tangail additional district and sessions judge court 1 sent the lawmaker to jail after rejecting the plea, police official said.   According to Ashok Kumar Singh, OC of Tangail Detective Branch of Police, Amanur’s…

Galiba Hayat, the much talked about Faridpur newborn baby girl, has been buried at Alipur graveyard after Asr prayer on Monday after a Namaj-e-janaja held at local Eidgah in Kamalapur area.   She died on Sunday night at capital's Square Hospital after being flown to Dhaka on Saturday afternoon for better treatment.   Earlier, she was declared dead by the doctors of the specialized Dr.…

Robbers looted gold ornaments and cash money from a jewellery shop at Jinjira in Keraniganj on Monday night.   Sub-inspector of Keraniganj Model Police Station Shahadat Hossain said a gang of hoodlums swooped on ‘Gobinda Jewellers’ at Kalachand Market of Jinjira around 8:30 pm, UNB reports.   The bandits took away gold ornaments worth Tk 50 lakh and Tk 40,000 in cash from the…

Awami League publicity and publication secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday said the Unesco report on Rampal power plant was prepared being influenced by those who are on a movement against its construction near the Sundarbans.   “I’ve read the report published in various newspapers. Some funny issues have been raised in it. The report, for example, says rivers will lose their navigability…