A group of students under the banner of ‘General Students of Dhaka University’ yesterday submitted a memorandum to Dhaka University Vice-chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique urging the change of the proposed metro rail route, planned to be made through the Dhaka University campus. Around…

About 54 per cent of cigarette packets are being marketed in Bangladesh with improper health warning violating the existing anti-tobacco rules, says a global study, reports UNB. As per the rules, the cigarette packets must be covered by 30 per cent of both the front and back of the pack with health…

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) central President Rajib Ahsan has been released from jail on bail after six moths of his arrest from Patuakhali, reports UNB. Rajib walked out of the Dhaka Central Jail on Wednesday night after his bail order reached the jail authorities. Leaders and activists of JCD,…

The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a dyeing and two washing plants in Ashulia and Tejgaon for polluting environment by releasing liquid untreated wastes without setting up the effluent treatment plant (ETP) despite obtaining clearance for them. The owners or representatives of the three,…

RAJSHAHI: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, MP, here yesterday said the subject of physical education has been incorporated in the national curriculum…

Teachers and students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) yesterday formed a human chain at Dhaka-Aricha Highway near the main entrance of university campus to protest killing of a meritorious student of the university in a road crash recently. The protestors here demanded punishment of the driver and…

CHITTAGONG: An elderly man was crushed under the wheels of a train in Postarpar area under Chittagong Doublemooring thana on Wednesday night, reports BSS. The victim was Bibhuti Bhushan Baiddyo, 65, owner of a jewelry shop, at Chandhanaish upazila of the district. Himangshu Das Rana, officer-in-charge…

KHULNA: Police arrested Khulna district unit Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) president Kamran Hasan from Khulna City Corporation (KCC) market area in Khulna city on Wednesday on sabotage charges, reports UNB. Police said tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive in the area and arrested Kamran in…

A total of 1357 meritorious students were accorded reception at a ceremony on Banani Bidyaniketan School and College premises in the capital on Wednesday, says a press release. The students, who achieved A+ and golden A+ in SSC, JSC and PEC exams from this institution in 2014 and 2015, have received…

Seminar on renewable energy begins at DU A three-day national seminar and exhibition on ‘Renewable Energy to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals: Bangladesh Perspectives’ began at Dhaka University (DU) Mukarram Hossain Khandker Science Building on Wednesday. State Minister for Power, Energy…