An ‘awareness workshop on digital resources’ organised by University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh was held at a hotel in the capital yesterday, says a press release. UGC Chairman Abdul Mannan was the chief guest while UGC Member Mohammad Yousuf Ali Mollah and Senior Operations Officer,…

A police constable was injured as a pick up van carrying criminals crushed him under the wheels as he attempted to stop the vehicle at Banani in the capital city early yesterday. The injured constable Md Abbas Uddin is now undergoing treatment at National Institute of Chest Disease and Hospital with…

Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday arrested six members of a doping gang from Moghbazar area in the capital. Talking to The Independent, Additional Deputy Police Commissioner AKM Jahagir Alam of DMP (Media) said, the arrested were identified as Abdul Halim, Jewel, Liton, Sagor,…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a youth from FDC gate area in Tejgaon in the capital yesterday in connection with threatening DNCC mayor Annisul Huq, reports UNB. The arrestees was identified as SA Nahid Happy. Commanding officer of Rab-2 Lt. Col SM Masud Rana said Dhaka North City…

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Sunday night arrested alleged two drug peddlers along with 22,000 pieces of contraband yaba tablets from Jatrabari area in the capital. Talking to The Inde-pendent, Deputy Commi-ssioner of DMP(Media)  Muntasirul Islam  said, the arrested…

Korean business organisation, The Youngone Corporation, has expressed its willingness to provide financial assistance for restoration of over 200 year old Panam Nagar in Sonargaon of Narayanganj, reports BSS. The company is already providing  assistance to renovate, restoration and protection of…

KHULNA: A month-long de-worming albendazole tablet eating campaign began in the city yesterday, reports BSS. Mayor of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Moniruzzaman Mony launched the campaign around 9 am at City's 28 no-ward office as the chief guest. He stressed the need for bringing all the children…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a post-rally agitation meeting here yesterday called for protecting the Rajshahi's key establishments from erosion by the River Padma, reports BSS. They said erosion of the river Padma in different points of the district including Charghat and Bagha upazilas took a serious…

Speakers at a workshop yesterday said despite different government and non-government programmes to eliminate child marriage in the country, it remains at an alarming level mainly due poverty and the patriarchal attitude of society. This is affecting a large number of girls in the country and real progress…

CHITTAGONG: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-7 in a drive arrested three persons and seized pirated and porno CDs (compact disks) from two shops of Shah Amanat City Corporation Market in the city early yesterday. The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Sajjad, 25, Nayan Das, 23, Md Mustafa, 24. AB sources…

GAZIPUR:  A fire broke out in a jewellery shop in Kaliakoir Bazar of the city early yesterday, reports BSS. Fire service officials said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at Badan Jeweller’s in the dead of night and gutted some gold and silver ornaments, furniture and other…

RAJSHAHI: Detectives in a drive arrested a youth with 200 yaba tablets from Goljarbagh of Rajpara area of the city on Sunday, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Robin, 20. On secret information, a team of the Detective Branch (DB) of police conducted the drive in the area around 2:30pm and…

‘Peddler’ held with phensidyl CHITTAGONG: Members of the Narcotics Control Department (NCD) arrested an alleged drug peddler with 56 bottles of phensidyl from city's Bakalia area yesterday, reports BSS. The arrested was identified as Abdur Rahman, 42. Being informed, the members of NCD…

Passengers on different highways in the city suffered a lot as Auto –driver Shramik Kalyan Samiti an organisation of CNG-run auto-rickshaws drivers, brought out rally and staged demonstration yesterday protesting against the ban on running of auto-rickshaws on highways.   Later they…

Indefinite bus strike has been called off yesterday morning from all the internal and long routes after 22 hours. Sources said that after getting assurance from police administration both the group including Barisal district bus owners group and transport labor association called off their strike at…

Bijoy Ekattur Hall of Dhaka University (DU) is going to open for students of all religions from 2015-16 academic session, reports UNB. The DU syndicate has decided to allocate seat to all students irrespective of their religion, faith and creeds, said AJM Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan, provost of the hall, while…

Seminar on ‘media education’ today The Department of Journalism and Media Studies of Manarat International University will organise a seminar on ‘effective teaching and learning strategies in media education and profession’ on its campus at Mirpur in the capital today, says a…