A senior vice president of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit and an activist of BCL Dhaka University unit were arrested for cheating in JU admission test of the Drama and Dramatics department. The arrested were identified as Anwar Hossain, a student of the 35th batch…

Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday condemned the recent killing of and attacks on publishers and bloggers and said "Those…

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in an overnight raid arrested 17 alleged saboteurs from Pallabi area in the capital, reports BSS. "All the 17 people are activists and leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shirbir. They were involved in different destructive activities in…

The government has appointed Mizanur Rahman as the next Bangladesh High Commissioner to Canada, reports UNB. He will replace High Commissioner Kamrul Ahsan, said a Foreign  Ministry media release yesterday. Mizanur Rahman, a career diplomat, is serving as the Secretary (Bilateral & Consular…

In recognition of humanitarian activities, Mother Teresa Research Centre has been awarded 16 eminent personalities for Mother Teresa Memorial Award-2015, reports BSS. Golam Qader, Chairman of Mother Teresa Research Centre, declared the names of the recipients for this year, said a press release yesterday.…

UNAIDS Country Director in Bangladesh Leo Kenny called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique at his office yesterday, reports BSS. He was accompanied by Monitoring & Evaluation Officer of UNAIDS Pamela Kechter. During the meeting, they discussed matters of mutual interest,…

Flying in the face of all rules and regulations, fake and substandard beauty products have flooded Khulna city and rural markets in the district with unscrupulous businessmen making a killing out of selling them, allegedly with the help of law enforcers. That’s not all. According to experts, these…

Rajshahi: Speedy Trial Tribunal in Rajshahi yesterday awarded 11 people lifetime imprisonment for their involvement in killing of Awami League leader…

Narayanganj: A motorbike rider was killed and another injured in a road accident in Champaknagar area of Narayanganj district yesterday morning,reports BSS. The deceased was Mamun Mullah, 25, son of Awal Mullah, a resident of the same area. Police said the accident occurred when a motorcycle fell into…

Miscreants stabbed a rickshaw-puller to death in Adabor area of the capital yesterday, police and hospital sources said, reports BSS. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Adabor Police Station Sheikh Shahinur Rahman said the victim, Osman Gani, 35, was a rickshaw-puller and he was severely stabbed by a gang of…

Police recovered the body of an unidentified young man from Adabar area in the city yesterday morning, reports UNB. Sub-Inspector Kabir of Adabar Police Station said being informed from the loca people, a team of police went to Road no. 14 of Adabar at around 5:15 am and recovered the body of the young…

Teachers and students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology(SUST) on Monday protested the attracts and killing of writers, bloggers and publishers,…

Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive arrested two arms traders and recovered firearms and ammunition from their possession in the capital's Sabujbagh Thana area on Sunday night, reports BSS. The arrestees were M Sahidul and M Omar Faruq, members of an intercity arms traders group. On a tip-off,…

RAJSHAHI : Highlighting the aspects of ensuring child-friendly atmosphere in the society, speakers at a view-exchange meeting here yesterday mentioned that all the government and non-government organisations concerned should come forward to protect the legitimate rights of the distressed children in…

JnU 'A' unit admission test result published The results of admission test for the first year honours courses under ‘A’ unit (Science Faculty) of Jagannath University (JnU) for the academic session 2015-16 has been published yesterday, a press release issued by JnU Public Relation…