A new icddr,b study has found a significant association between prenatal arsenic exposure and drowning in children aged between one and five years of age, although the mechanism of the association remains unclear, reports UNB. Scientists from icddr,b along with collaborators from BRAC and McMaster University,…

RAJSHAHI: A trial court here yesterday sent Nurun Nahar Begum, Panel Mayor-3 of Rajshahi City Corporation, in an explosive case, reports BSS. After hearing both the sides, Judge of Metropolitan Session Court Altaf Hossain passed an order for sending her to jail rejecting her bail prayer. Earlier in…

A mobile court yesterday fined five medicines shops Tk 45,000 for selling government medicines, physician samples, unapproved foreign medicines. The court also seized huge amount of government medicines from the drugstores. The court led by Chittagong administrative magistrate and deputy revenue collector…

The Anti Corruption Commission ACC) will hold a public hearing on services provided by Assistant Commissioners (Land) and Sub-registrars’ offices in the capital on December 10 next, reports UNB. The ACC made the announcement at a views-exchange meeting with reporters at its Dhaka Divisional office…

CHITTAGONG: Police in separate drives arrested 12 leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) from the city and Satkania Upazila of the district on Wednesday night and yesterday, reports BSS. Bakalia police arrested a leader and three activists of Shibir from a student mess near B. Ed College…

UNFPA Representative to Bangladesh Argentina Matavel Piccin met Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid and discussed areas of collaboration of the UN agency in Bangladesh, reports UNB. While exchanging views, the Education Minister thanked UNFPA for its efforts, especially for uplifting the women and…

A fire broke out at the House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC) at Purana Paltan in the capital yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. The fire originated from a burning cigarette in a stockpile of dustbin on the first floor of the three-storey HBFC building at 22 Purana Paltan around 1.28 pm, fire brigade…

Special Task Force of Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC) yesterday in a drive in Fatullah of  Narayanganj detected 10.54 lakh units electricity pilfering and fined Faria Fashion Tk 2.5 crore. The meter of the factory showed only 70,000 units per month, though the monthly expenditure…

Mizanur Rahman Khan, a senior photojournalist of  The Independent, was robbed of hisbelongings, including his still camera and cell phone by a group of men who waylaid his rickshaw near the Tejgaon truck stand in the capital on Wednesday evening. He was dragged out of his rickshaw and assaulted…

NARAYANGANJ: A woman was killed allegedly by her husband and co-wife following a dispute over his second marriage in Bhuighor Chowrbari area of Fatullah upazila on Wednesday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Asma Begum, 28, wife of Monir Hossain, hailing from Tilarknada village of Saltha…

GAZIPUR: Workers of a readymade garment factory staged demonstration in Dakhshin Salna area of the city yesterday morning demanding payment of their arrears, reports UNB. Police said the workers of Huda Wintry Fashion Limited took position in front of the gate of the factory in the morning and demanded…

RAJSHAHI:  Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has sought all-out cooperation of media both print and electronics to make its next November 14 National vitamin 'A' plus campaign-2015 a total success to prevent all the vitamin A related deficiencies disorders among babies, reports  BSS.…

Department of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) yesterday fined 13 organisations Taka 86,500 during market monitoring in the country, reports BSS. Three divisional and district officials of the department led market monitoring drives in Dhaka, Kushtia and Kurigram, said a press release. They…

RAJSHAHI:  Speakers at a seminar said the youth forces should come forward towards attaining IT knowledge under 'Learning and Earning Training Programme' to earn money from online outsourcing for becoming themselves as economically self-reliant, reports BSS. They viewed any person would…

DUJA delegation meets president A delegation of Dhaka University Journalists' Association (DUJA), led by Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique, met President Abdul Hamid on Thursday. During the meeting, the delegation apprised the president of the association’s activities…