The sub-committee on maternal health development under a Jatiya Sangsad project yesterday stressed the need for raising mass awareness involving MPs to check maternal mortality and early marriages, reports BSS. The Maternal Health Development and Ensuring Safe Delivery Sub-Committee was constituted…

A fire broke out at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital yesterday morning. According to ASP Alamgir H Shimul of Airport Armed Police Battalion, the fire incident occurred inside the office of the Officer-in-Charge (Immigration) of HSIA around 8:30am.  There was no major…

Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) yesterday demanded immediate formation of the ninth Wage Board for enhancement of salary scales for journalists and other workers of the newspaper industry, reports BSS. "We demand immediate formation of the new wage board . . . it appears urgently…

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed a case against deputy general manager of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Emdad Hossain for allegedly accumulating illegal wealth. ACC deputy director Hamidul Hasan filed the case against him with Airport Police Station, ACC public relations officer Pranab…

Former Bangladeshi ambassador to Kuwait Syed Shahed Reza has been elected president of  Dhaka Club Limited for the year 2015-16. Reza bagged 478…

Speakers at a district level views exchange meeting said partnership between the government and NGOs can expedite the process of eradicating extreme poverty in the country. We need to adopt best practices and interventions to eradicate extreme poverty. It is essential to create a consensus on how to…

The admission test of Barisal Govt. Zilla School and Govt Girls’ School were held yesterday in 2 centres of the city peacefully. A total of 2,202 admission seekers registered for taking part in the test against 480 seats. School sources said that cent per cent of the registered admission seeker…

KHULNA: Khulna, the country’s third largest city, is going to have a sustainable water supply system free of salinity as the Khulna Water Supply Project (KWSP) is expected to be completed by 2017, reports UNB. The project aims to augment the water of the Modhumoti River through treatment to the…

RAJSHAHI: During separate drives, local office of Department of National Consumers Rights Protection (DNCRP) fined three consumers shops Taka 13,000 in different markets of the Rajshahi city yesterday, a DNCRP press release here said, reports BSS. A team led by Apurba Adhikary, Assistant Director of…

Local Government, Rural Development (LGRD) and Cooperatives Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain yesterday left Dhaka for Belarus, reports BSS. The minister will lead a three-member delegation during his four-day official visit to Belarus. Engineer Khandker Mosharraf has been accompanied by…

Girl abducted in Sylhet A young girl was allegedly abducted by some miscreants from Bandarbazar in Sylhet city on Saturday. The identity of the victim could not be known yet. Witnesses said a group of miscreants forcibly picked up the girl into a microbus from in front of Leading University at the city’s…

Professors, green activist call on DU VC Dr Michel Waldschmidt, Professor Emeritus of Pierre Marie Curie University, France and Dr Ding Liu, Professor of Xidian University, China, called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter's office yesterday. During the meeting,…

A new research project to improve storage of crops, fruits and vegetables was implemented in Rajshahi on Saturday. If the project is implemented properly, vegetables and fruits, such as potatoes, onions, green pepper, tomatoes, carrots and mangoes, among others, can be stored up to three to six months…

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) is going to replace nearly 3800 numbers under its Gulshan NEC Telephone Exchange of the capital, reports BSS. The conversion of the number starting with 881-8000 to 881-9999 and 882-0200 to 882-1999 will begin from Tuesday due to technical reasons,…

The House Committee of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) yesterday made a number of recommendations including taking necessary measures to ensure security and cleanliness of the JS area, reports BSS. The committee in its 8th meeting also suggested keeping the medical centre open and the ambulances standby…

Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) has clinched the championship award in Eco-run-2015 competition relating to innovation of fuel cost-effective automobile, reports BSS. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Bangladesh Honda Limited (BHL) jointly arranged the competition…

RANGPUR: Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu here yesterday launched construction of five drainage systems in different areas of the city, reports BSS. The mayor inaugurated the construction works at a ceremony arranged in Mahiganj Kitchen Bazar area under Ward No-29…