RAJSHAHI: Muggers snatched away Tk three lakh from a GrameenPhone (GP) official after stabbing him at Pachmaria in Puthia upazila on Wednesday afternoon, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Shitanath Banik, 36, son of Shushil Banik, a resident of Raninagar upazila of Naogaon district. Shitanath…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday inaugurated two newly built dormitories of Chittagong University (CU) through video conferencing from Ganabhaban. The two dormitories are Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall for male students and Jananettri Sheikh Hasina Hall for female students. The Prime Minister…

Awami League senior leader and chairman of parliamentary standing committee on law, justice and parliament affairs ministry Suranjit Sengupta underwent cardiac surgery at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore yesterday morning, reports UNB. The operation started at 6 am (Bangladesh time) and ended…

Police arrested an accused in a case filed for the bomb attack on a bus near Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in the capital’s Paribagh area during hartal enforced by BNP-led alliance on January 3 in 2104, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Robiul Islam Nayan, a former Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD)…

RANGPUR: Superintendent Engineer (SE) of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) Md. Emdad Hossain has been temporarily suspended on alleged charges of corruptions and irregularities, reports BSS. City Mayor Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu yesterday passed the order by issuing a suspension letter in this connection,…

Speakers at a discussion yesterday urged the government to ensure a safe and congenial environment in the country for brining up girl children, reports UNB. They made the call at a discussion organised by Bangladesh National Woman Lawyers’ Association (BNWLA) at the National Press Club, marking…

Almost all of the 2,04,699 fishermen are getting equipped to net hilsa in the rivers of Barisal region with the ban on catching the silver fish coming…

NARAYANGANJ: The district administration here on Wednesday held a preparatory meeting to ensure peaceful celebration of Durga Puja festival of the Hindu community which kicks off on October 19, reports BSS. Chaired by acting deputy commissioner Siddiqur Rahman, the meeting was addressed by ADC (general)…

BARISAL: A court here yesterday sentenced one person to death for killing his wife at Lakhoraj-Kosba village under Gournadi upazila of the district in 2010. The court also fined him Taka 50,000, in default, to suffer two months more in jail. Additional District and Session Judge M Adib Ali handed down…

RAJSHAHI: Speaker at a discussion in Rajshahi observed that more public awareness has become an urgent need for debarring the growers and traders from…

US Embassy holiday The US Embassy including the Consular Section and the American Centre with the Archer K Blood American Centre Library and the Education USA Student Advising Centre will be closed on October 11, on the occasion of Columbus Day, an American holiday, a press release said yesterday. Emergency…

RAJSHAHI: Cage culture has bright prospects of yielding around 10,000 metric tons of additional fishes valued at around Taka 150 crore only in two rivers of Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts annually, reports BSS. Prospect of commercial fish farming in river and different other open water bodies…

Speakers at a press conference in the city on Wednesday called on the government to take steps for proper treatment and rehabilitation of the drug addicts as inadequate facilities are hampering their treatment and rehabilitation, says a press release. The number of drug addicts is rising at an alarming…

JnU 'B' unit admission test today The admission test for the first year honours courses under ‘B unit’ of Jagannath University (JnU) for 2015-16 academic session will be held today from 3pm to 4.30 pm. The admission seekers must have to carry SSC and HSC registration cards and two…