Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) has honoured nineteen journalists from both electronic and print media with the Journalist of the Year Award-2014. Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu as the chief guest handed over the crests and the checks to the winners at the award giving…

A woman was injured in an acid attack by miscreants at West Matuail in the capitals Jatrabari area on Friday night, reports BSS. The victim was identified as Piya Pakhi, 50, wife of Ruhul Amin of Bishadpur village in Ataikula upazila of Pabna district. She resides at West Matuail in the capital’s…

A Sylhet court here on Friday placed two suspected siblings Mannan Yahiya and Mohimin Noman on a seven-day remand in connection with the killing of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das. The judge of a Metropolitan Magistrate Court passed the order when Criminal Investigation Department (CID) police super Abdulla-Al-Baki…

The city life in Sylhet has almost come to a halt for the last one week due to heavy rainfall. The incessant rainfall has caused water logging, traffic jam and also crises of transport. A large part of the city, especially the low lying areas, went under knee-deep water. Several areas in the city, including…

KHULNA: A teenager was stabbed to death and four others were injured at Ula village in Dumuria upazila of the district on Friday night, reports BSS. The deceased was identified as Foysal Malik, 13, son of Abdur Rashid Malik, of the area. Police said there was a relationship between Mizanur Rahman Mizan,…

Gazipur Rotary Club of Bhawal in a programme distributed more than one thousand tree saplings among high school and primary school students yesterday. The programme was held on Bhawal Baria Union High School premises in the city. President of Rotary Club of Bhawal Moslem Uddin presided over the programme…

RAJSHAHI: A long-term plan to solve the existing problems of the region's ethnic community was stressed at a discussion yesterday for their self- reliance and peaceful existence as the conventional development programmes and approaches yield less desired results for the disadvantaged communities,…

The governing body election and 26th annual general meeting of Population Services and Training Centre (PSTC) was held at the conference room of PSTC at Niketon, Gulshan in the capital yesterday, says a press release A new governing body has been formed consisting of seven members, who have been elected…

Madrasa student found dead A madrasa student found dead at Jamila Darul Ulum Madrasa in capital’s Motijheel area early yesterday, police and hospital sources said. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Motijheel police station Forman Ali confirmed the news saying, “Police recovered the body of Abdur…

Nat’l Environment Olympiad begins at DU DU Correspondent   A two-day long National Environment Olympiad started at Dhaka University (DU) yesterday with an aim to motivate students for saving environment to overcome the challenges of climate change. Dhaka University geography and environment…

Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor yesterday said the government would renovate and preserve the historic places of religious worships for highlighting the county's past heritage before the new generation, reports BSS. "We will take initiative to renovate and preserve past heritage…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a participatory view-sharing meeting in the city have unequivocally called for reopening the Rajshahi Silk Factory and Thakurgaon Silk factory, two state-owned factories belong to Bangladesh Sericulture Development Board (BSDB), for revitalisation of the traditional silk sector.…

2 drug peddlers held Police arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 525 yaba tablets from a bus in Natun Bridge area of the city early yesterday. The arrested was identified Md Rasel Mia, 35, and Md Atikur Rahman, 38, hailed from Tangail district. Police sources said that Rasel is a vegetables…

A seminar on modern certification label for seed quality confirmation was held at the auditorium of Seed Certification Agency in the city yesterday. Seed Certification Agency organised the seminar under “Modernisation and strengthening programme of seed certification label” project for protect …

Tree plantation programme kicks off   Green University of Bangladesh in collaboration with Bangladesh Air Force organised a tree plantation programme at Old Airport  in the capital recently. Green University of Bangladesh donated 1,400 saplings of coconut, lychee, amrapali, mehagoni, neem,…