People’s cooperation and awareness are indispensable for making Dhaka a green, clean, traffic congestion and water logging-free city, said Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Annisul Haque. He made the observation while addressing a view-exchange meeting with Bangladesh Dokan Malik Samity…

A mobile court seized 1200 meters of fishing nets and three kilogram of hilsha fish from different areas in Padma River under Charghat upazila yesterday afternoon, reports BSS. Upazila Nirbahi Officer Abdus Samad accompanied by a BGB team conducted a combing operation and seized the huge net and fishes.…

Over one lakh people left Barisal for Dhaka on Friday after spending their Eid vacations leading to heavy rush in the port area throughout the day. All the 17 high-capacity launches were heavily overloaded. Some of the ferry services operated late into the night in violation of the orders issued by…

A teenage boy, who suffered burn injuries in a gas line explosion in the capital’s Mirpur area on Sunday, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Jahid Hasan, 14, son of Delwar Hossain of Senpara area under Kafrul police station of Mirpur…

Mia M Mansur Ali, a former BNP MP from Chuadanga-1 constituency, died at a hospital in the capital yesterday. He was 86, reports BSS. Mansur breathed his last at United Hospital while undergoing treatment, said a party press release. Party sources said the ex-MP had been suffering from various diseases…

Rajshahi Water and Sewerage Authority (RWASA) will set up a water purification plant at a cost of Tk. 3,000 crore to ensure supply of pure drinking water for city dwellers. According to WASA sources, to supply fresh drinking water to the city people, a mega project involving billions of taka will be…

Speakers at an international sanitation conference in the capital yesterday commended Bangladesh on its remarkable success in reducing open defecation and improving access to sanitation, while emphasising the need to prepare for future challenges, says press release. The inaugural session of the conference,…

RAJSHAHI: A man was sentenced to suffer six months behind the bars for his involved in trafficking and trading different kinds of drugs and narcotics in Bagmara upazila yesterday, reports BSS. On a tip-off, a police team conducted a sudden raid in Shikdary area under the upazila and arrested Shukur…

A day- long workshop on concept art and exhibition was held at American Corner, Rajshahi yesterday. The workshop was organised by AKC with the help of Dhaka Comics and Akantis in memory of a late concept artist Asif Kabir Chowdhuri, student of sculpture group in Fine Arts Department in Rajshahi University…

Farouk Chowdhury, eldest son of Prof MI Chowdhury and Feroza Chowdhury, passed away at a city hospital on Friday. He breathed his last at United Hospital in Dhaka at 5:35pm. Born on January 5, 1949, Farouk Chowdhury excelled in teaching profession but focused on Economics as his field.   He…

Participants in a press conference on Friday called for launching a national campaign to build awareness about importance of social harmony as a counter to violence. The press conference was held under the week-long nationwide awareness campaign styled as 'We should create a peaceful country by…

RANGPUR:  Every citizen should work with patriotic zeal for enhancing productivity in the industrial, agriculture, service and other sectors for realising the Vision 2021 to become a middle income nation, reports BSS. Discussants expressed the opinion while participating in a post-rally discussion…

Governor SAM Showket Hossain said at a programme yesterday said Rotary played a major role for Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) activities through out the world, says a press relase. He mentioned this at Officers's Club in the capital marking the Rotary International Anniversary. Former Governor…

International seminar held at DU A day-long international seminar on ‘Making Pluralism Possible: The Promise and Challenge of Religious Peace-building in South Asia’ was held at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban auditorium of Dhaka University (DU) yesterday. The Centre for Inter-religious…