Parliamentary speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday said the Internet services must be expanded to reach the messages of development to the peoples doorsteps as Bangladesh aimed to earn the status of the middle income nation by 2021, reports BSS. "The digitisation campaign will have to…

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday interrogated two top officials of Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited, including a former managing director, in connection with a graft case. ACC deputy director Abdus Sobhan quizzed former managing director of the gas distribution company Sanwar…

Police suspect that Mehedi Hassan Badal, a former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), was shot to death in the city as a sequel to enmity over establishing supremacy in the locality. Also listed as a top terrorist by Bayezid police station, Mehedi was gunned down by a gang of miscreants in front…

Specialised physicians advised teachers, students and guardians not to worry over mass hysteria in schools, reports BSS. Nothing to worry over mass hysteria as there is any risk of death from this, experts said, adding that this disease could be cured with simple treatment. They said mass hysteria may…

The Minister for Disaster Management and Relief, Mufazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, said that it is hard to develop a strategy to address all types of disasters in the country, especially earthquakes. “We have strengthened our institutional capacities and developed related strategies and action…

More than 100 families of Char Khidirpur and Khanpur villages under Harian union of Paba upazila have been rendered homeless as erosion by the river Padma…

Speakers at a day-long seminar yesterday said that it would not be possible for the country without active participation of women and keeping them aloof…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a closing ceremony of training programme said leadership training always plays pioneering role towards flourishing latent talent and moral values among the students, reports BSS. So, they stressed the need for arranging such training for the students of higher seats of learning…

A 10-day art exhibition of five contemporary artists titled ‘Ropbandho’ will begin at Gallery Cosmos-2 in the capital’s Mohakhali area today, reports UNB. Bhutanese ambassador to Bangladesh Ms Pema Choden, Managing Director, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Bangladesh Limited M Azizul Huq, and…

Two killed in road accident Two passengers of an auto-rickshaw were killed and its driver injured when a passenger bus hit the vehicle in the capital’s Kakrail crossing early yesterday. The victims were as Asif, 25, and Rubel 28. The injured driver was known as Firoz. Police sources said the incident…