RAJSHAHI: The wife of Rajshahi Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) managing director Dhirendranath Sarkar was found hanging at their official residence in the city’s Collectorate area yesterday morning. Police recovered the hanging body of Chandana Rani around 10am. Quoting the Wasa MD,…

The Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) began the hearing on the appeal of BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury for the fourth consecutive day yesterday against his death penalty given by the tribunal for crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation, reports…

NARAYANGANJ: A police vehicle plunged into a roadside field after being dashed by a looted truck a gang of robbers was fleeing with at Fatullah in Sadar upazila on Monday morning, leaving five policemen of Fatullah model police station injured, reports UNB. Later, the law enforcers arrested a bullet-hit…

The executive engineer of Dhalpur mechanical engineering department of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and one of his assistants have been suspended on charge of irregularities and mismanagement. They were suspended following an order of DNCC mayor Annisul Haque during his sudden visit to the workshop…

Anti-tobacco campaigners yesterday said they find no government measure of imposing tax on smokeless tobacco products in the proposed budget for the 2015–16 fiscal year. During a discussion styled ‘Post Budget Discussion on Tobacco Tax Issue’ jointly organised by Progga, Anti Tobacco…

Master’s first semester students of the Department of English of Dhaka University (DU) on Monday boycotted the semester final examination for incompletion of their admission process and inadequate preparation for the examination. The examination was scheduled to begin at 9:00am but none of the…

Student drowns in KU pond KHULNA: A student of Khulna University (KU) drowned in a pond of Khan Bahadur Ahsanaullah Hall of the university on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Shahriar Hossain Shanta, a first year student of Physics department of the university. Witnesses said Shanto along with…

A total of 45,395 people were killed and 38,770 others suffered injuries in as many as 55,316 road accidents across the country in the last 15 years, reports BSS. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader told this in the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday while replying to a tabled question from treasury…

Prices of all essential commodities skyrocketed on the 3rd day (June 21) of the Ramzan sandwiching consumers despite adequate supply to local markets as traders have thum their nose at KCC’s monitoring committee formed to control price spiral. The surveillance by the KCC monitoring committee has…

CHITTAGONG: A youth was killed allegedly by his brother-in-law over a family feud in the city's Badurtala area under Chawkbazar thana early Sunday, reports BSS. Police in cooperation with locals detained the victim's brother-in-law Mohammad Jahangir Alam, 45, from the place of occurrence. The…

RAJSHAHI: College and school students will get smart ID cards for the first time in the city very soon and the city dwellers are adjudging the initiative as epoch-making. Fazley Hossain Badsha, MP, who took the initiative, told BSS that five government schools and colleges are bring brought under the…

New chairman of NSF Endowment Committee  Benajir Ahmed, immediate past chairman of North South University (NSU) Trust and founder life member of the North South Foundation (NSF), has been unanimously elected as the chairman of the NSF Endowment Committee. He was elected at its 23rd Annual General…

RAJSHAHI: All the officials and others concerned should put in their best efforts for substantial and sustainable promotion of e-government public services to get its benefits properly, speakers at a discussion here said, reports BSS.They defined that e-government helps simplify processes and makes…

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed a case against five officials of Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited, including itstwo former managing directors, on graft allegations, reports UNB. ACC deputy director Rytik Saha filed the against them with Panchlaish Model Police Station…

Movement of small types of vessel on all the river routes of Barisal has been suspended for the ongoing inclement weather. During Ramadan, rain coupled with thunderstorm has come as a relief for the city dwellers from Sunday night till filing this report. The river port of Barisal has been asked to…

With locals rushing to different stalls for diverse delicacies, city’s makeshift iftar markets have become popular since the beginning of Ramzan. Though most residents prefer to have homemade iftar, some go to the market to shop for special items like jalebi, piajoo, firni, haleem, chicken tikka,…

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has invited applications for Netaji Subhas-ICAR International Fellowships (ICAR-IFs) for the year 2015-16, reports BSS. ICAR-IFs are available for pursuing doctoral degree in agricultural and allied science for Indian and overseas candidates, said a…