The 6th Annual National Conference and 1st International Glaucoma Meeting organised by Bangladesh Glaucoma Society (BGS) was held at Bangabandhu International…

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday said justice would have to be established in the society with concerted efforts of all, reports BSS. “It’s possible to get rid of corruption, bribery, terrorism and conflicts in the society through the awareness of all,” he said, speaking…

GAZIPUR: A man was burnt to death after he allegedly set fire to his own house in the city’s Tongi area yesterday afternoon over a family feud, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Ajit, 30. Mohammad Selim, station officer of Tongi Fire Service Station, said Ajit set afire his house at…

CHITTAGONG: Police in an overnight drive arrested 47 people and seized 462 litres of liquor and 2,700 yaba tablets from different upazilas of the district on Thursday night on various charges. Kazi Abdul Awal, additional superintendent of police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district police, said police…

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested three suspected members of an international human trafficking gang from different areas of the capital on Thursday night. The arrestees were Krishna Gopal Dey, Al Azad and Firoz. Mirza Abdullahel Baqui,  Special Superintendent of Police (Organised…

Compounds of most of the hospitals and clinics in Khulna city and district and their nearby places remain littered with medical wastes, posing threat to the environment and public health. While rules make it mandatory for clinics and hospitals to have their own incinerators to dispose of medical wastes…

RAJSHAHI: More than 82,000 people most of them are women received legal services free of cost in 11 upazilas under seven districts in Rajshahi division during last two years, reports BSS. With these initiatives, the beneficiaries became aware about their legal rights that helping them establishing their…

The three-day long regional-level Biswa Ijtema, global congregation Muslims, that started at Nabagram Road in the city on Thursday evening is continuing…

RAJSHAHI: A three-day international conference on Mechanical Industrial and Materials Engineering (ICMIME) - 2015 began at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) yesterday, reports BSS. Mechanical Engineering Faculty of RUET organised the conference for the second time with the main…

Kazi Saifuddin, professor of Psychology department of Jagannath University (JnU), and Md Nure Alam Abdullah, professor of JnU Physics department, have been elected at the president and general secretary respectively of Jagannath University Teachers’ Association (JnUTA). The election  was…

A four-member delegation, led by Akira Harata, Dean of the Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences of Kyushu University, Japan called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter's office of the university on Thursday. Other members of the delegation…