The easy availability of AK-22 rifles has become a cause of concern for the law enforcement agencies. As many as 13 AK-22 rifles have been seized in the last eight months in Chittagong. Of these, nine were seized by the Rapid Action Battalion-7, three by the Chittagong Metropolitan Police and one by…

A colourful rally was brought out at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka University area yesterday marking the World Teachers’ Day, reports UNB. Teachers, students, different NGO’s including UNESCO, Campaign for Popular Education (Campe), ActionAid and Ahsania Mission attended the programme organised…

A man, who suffered burn injuries in a gas line explosion in the capital’s Mirpur area on Sunday, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Monday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Delwar Hossain, 60, of Senpara area under Kafrul police station of Mirpur in the capital. Delwar,…

The cabinet yesterday approved the drafts of the 'Chittagong Medical University Act, 2015' and the 'Rajshahi Medical University Act, 2015' to establish two more medical universities in the country, reports UNB. The approval was given at the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet held…

Most of the private clinics and diagnostic centres of Barisal city allegedly neither have licences nor the required facilities. There has allegedly been…

Youth killed in road accident An unidentified young man was killed in road accident in Shah Amanat Bridge area under Bakalia police Station of Chittagong city on Sunday. Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) police outpost Nayek Abdul Hamid said, “A micro-bus hit an unidentified youth in…

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-7) detained two women along with yaba tablets, cannabis and mobile phone sets from Moddom Halishahar of the Chittagong city on Saturday. The arrestees were Swapna Begum, 40, and Ranu Akhter, 27. In a press release RAB-7 said that acting on tip-off RAB conducted a drive at…

Two students of Chittagong University sustained injuries as they jumped from shuttle train at Baluchara area near Cantonment Railway Station of the city on Monday. The injured were identified as Sharmin Sultana Riza, third year student of Dramatics department and Arefin Kabyo, a second year student…

RAJSHAHI: A mobile court of the Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institutions (BSTI) in cooperation with the district administration in drives fined the owners of five food factories Tk 1.01 lakh in Rajshahi yesterday for manufacturing of substandard and adulterated food items, reports BSS. The court,…

RAJSHAHIL: Instead of the conventional approach, services of field level administrative officials should be pro-people and need-oriented for welfare of the public in general, reports BSS. Besides, emphasis should be given on reaching the public services towards doorsteps of the masses so that they could…

NARAYANGANJ: A court here yesterday sentenced four persons, including father and son, to death for killing a man at Sonakanda Bazaar under Bandar upazila of the district in 2012, reports BSS. Additional District and Sessions Judge Miazi Shahidul Alam Chowdhury pronounced the verdict. The court official…

A preparatory meeting was held yesterday at the conference room of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) here aimed at successfully holding Airport Emergency Exercise (AEE), reports BSS. Air Traffic Services (ATS) and Aerodromes Director M Nurul Islam presided over the meeting where civil aviation…

A mobile court conducted by Chittagong District Administration at Chaktai Bazaar and Jalalabad of Bayazid area of the city fined two edible oil companies and sealed off two for manufacturing edible oil in squalid environment yesterday. During the drive, members of Rapid Action Battalion were present.…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a discussion in Rajshahi mentioned that necessary steps must be taken to make the computer laboratories in educational institutions proper functioning for familiarising and disseminating the knowledge of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) among the students effectively.…

The British Council is celebrating the Customer Service Week (CSW) in the country from the October 5 to 9. This event is devoted to recognising the importance of customer service and to honoring the people who serve and support customers each day, says a press release. Nazmul Hassan Papon, president…

A workshop on impacts of climate change on agriculture and adaptation to extreme events in Bangladesh was held at the VIP conference room of the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute in Gazipur  on Monday. The objective of the workshop was to report the outputs of joint research work on ‘Impact…

Orientation programme held at UIU A two-day orientation programme for the newly admitted students of Fall-2015 of United International University (UIU) was held at university auditorium on Saturday, says a press release. Newly admitted students in the School of Business and Economics and School of Science…