The officials and the staff of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) who lodged cases against their own organisation promised to newly elected mayor AJM Nasir Uddin to withdrawal the cases. A total of 89 staff and officials of CCC lodged at least 23 cases against the corporation for different reasons, which…

Despite the authorities’ sincere efforts to supply electricity to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) through four small transformers from the neighboring areas, it could not be fully possible till yesterday afternoon. All the services of the hospital were yet to be as usual while still…

The first death anniversary of Mahbubul Alam, a former editor of The Independent, was observed with due solemnity and respect yesterday. The Independent family organised a ‘Dua Mahfil’ at its office in the capital’s Tejgaon area on the occasion of its former editor’s death anniversary.…

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said the government is making a specific policy for educational institutions in the Monthly Payment Order (MPO) to groom the new generation as worthy citizens, reports BSS. “We will have to attain this goal by 2030. For this, enhancing quality of…

At least six activists, including a leader, were injured yesterday in a clash between two rival groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Chittagong University (CU) unit over establishing supremacy. The injured are --- former organising secretary Nazmul Hossain, Niyaz of Physics department, Mithul…

The development of people with autism has been hindered with the budget viewing such people from the point of welfare rather than of their rights, Albert Molla, Executive Director, Access Bangladesh Foundation, said in his reactions to Abul Maal Abdul Muhith’s Budget at a press conference held…

Expatriate beaten dead over land Gazipur:  A Saudi expatriate was beaten to death allegedly by his uncle at Rathura Belun village in Kaliganj upazila on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Zillur Rahman, 35, a resident of the village. Witnesses said Zillur, who had come to his village home…

Institution of Journalism and Communication (IJC), a newly launched media body, arranged an interaction programme on journalism with college and university students on Friday, aiming to encourage them to take up journalism as their profession, reports UNB. The two-hour programme that began at 4:30pm…

District police in separate drives arrested 82 people, including three Jamaat-Shibir activists, from different upazilas of the districts on Friday night. During the drive police recovered 140 pieces contraband yaba tablets from Chandanish and 117 litre of liquor.  Naimul Hasan, additional superintend…

RAJSHAHI: People of the metropolis in a post-rally meeting have called for immediate implementation of the Ganges Barrage Project and North Rajshahi Irrigation Project to protect country’s south-western region, including the Sundarbans, reports BSS. They viewed that proposed Ganges Barrage will…

Nearly 10,000 permanent and casual workers of the state-owned jute mills of Khulna-Jessore industrial belt and other areas of the country continued their agitation for the five-point demand. The workers under the banner of Collective Bargaining Agent (CBA) and Non-CBA Oikya Parishad jointly staged demonstrations…

Confce on materials, electronics begins at RU RAJSHAHI: A two-day long International Conference on Materials, Electronics and Information Engineering (ICMEIE) began at Rajshahi University (RU) on Friday with the aim of networking and collaboration among the people working in this field. RU Vice-chancellor…

At least two hundred people of Rangunia Upazila of Chittagong District formed a human chain in front of Chittagong Press Club (CPC) in the city yesterday demanding immediate release of Tasfiq Uddin Sabur a teenage boy who was sent to jail by police in a ‘fabricated’ case accusing him of…

KHULNA: Speakers at a workshop here yesterday have stressed the need for joint and sincere efforts of all stakeholders to bring an end to domestic violence against women for revitalising social values and building a peaceful society, reports BSS. They also underscored the need for showing cooperative…

RAJSHAHI: Paediatric surgery, though in its early stages of development, is now progressing very well in Bangladesh, some renowned Paediatric Surgeons in a seminar here said, reports BSS. They mentioned that the country could develop Paediatric surgery further to provide treatment to children with congenital…