SYLHET: Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith yesterday expressed satisfaction at the recovery of large parts of Jallar Khal (Canal)that runs through the city and expressed the hope that rest of the canal would be recovered soon, reports BSS. The minister said once the entire recovery process was…

There will be no refuelling of CNG-run vehicles from 5pm to 9pm every day at all the CNG refilling stations across the district from today (Friday) till further notice, reports UNB. The Sylhet divisional unit of the Bangladesh CNG Refilling Station and Conversion Workshop Owners' Association took…

Customs officials seized gold bars, weighing 14 kilograms, from a flight of Regent Airways at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital yesterday, reports UNB. Assistant Commissioner of Customs Santosh Surol said a flight of Regent Airways from Kuala Lampur landed at the airport around 8:16…

A mobile court awarded two admission seekers one month’s jail each on charge of cheating through mobile phones in the 'Gha’ unit admission test of Dhaka University (DU) held yesterday. The mobile court led by executive magistrate Sarwat Mehjabin arrested Abdus Salam from Sher-E-Bangla…

Most of the private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres housed in high-rise complexes across the district lack adequate fire protection and other safety measures, running high risk of accident. There are a total of 243 such healthcare centres in the city, according to the Khulna Divisional Office…

Police yesterday arrested two members of a fraud gang along with four smart watches and mobile phone sets for supplying answers to admission seekers in admission test via SMS (Short Messaging Service) during examination of ‘E’ unit (Law) at Chittagong University. The arrestees were identified…

The seat plan for the admission test for the first year honours courses of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) for the academic year 2015-16 has been published on Thursday. President of SUST Admission Committee-2015 Narayan Saha informed the correspondent on Thursday. He said the seat…

CHITTAGONG: Police arrested an alleged drug peddler and seized six bags of phensidyl from Dewanhat area of the city yesterday, reports BSS. On information, police searched a microbus in the area and seized several thousand yaba tablets and six bags of phensidyl. Later, police held t the microbus driver.…

Ninia Farhan Reza has obtained the Bar- at- Law degree from City University in London, England this year says a press release. Earlier, she completed her LLM course at Brunel University, London.  She is the eldest daughter of the late Dr. SAL Reza, Professor of the Department of Economics, University…

Khulna hospital catches fire KHULNA: A fire broke out at a hospital in Sonadanga area of the city yesterday morning. Tareque, assistant director of Khulna fire service, said the fire erupted at the laboratory of ‘Fortis’, a local hospital, in the area around 10.30am. On information, three…