This year a good numbers of books written and edited by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina are available at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair and demand of the books are high at the fair. Saikat one of the stall attendances of Agami Publications, said “Everyday a number of readers visit our stalls and ask…

 Candidates of the 34th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service, who are yet to get any posts, blocked Shahbagh intersection in the capital for half an…

Dhaka South City Corporation(DSCC) in a drive yesterday evicted around 150 temporary and permanent illegal establishments at Shahbagh in the capital, reports UNB. Chief Estate Officer of DSCC Khaled Ahmed along with executive magistrate Mamunur Rashid started the drive at around 1pm which continued…

SYLHET: Sylhet International University authorities have expelled 15 of its students for their link to the killing of Bangladesh Chhatra League leader Qazi Habib, reports UNB. The decision was taken at a Syndicate meeting held on Friday night, sources at Public Relations office of the university said.…

Customs intelligence officials seized 30,000 contraband cigarettes at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here on Friday, reports UNB. Tipped off, a team of customs intelligence officials conducted a drive at the lost and found section of the airport at noon and recovered the cigarettes from three…

Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Maya yesterday stressed the need for marching forward with own efforts instead of depending on foreign funds to face disaster and climate change risks, reports UNB. “Our people are struggling with climate change and natural disasters.  It’s…

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-7 of Chittagong in a special drive arrested a ‘drug peddler’ along with 10,000 pieces of contraband yaba tablets worth around Tk 40 lakh from Khejurtola area under Patenga Police Station in Chittagong on Friday night. The arrestee was identified as Ziaur…

RAJSHAHI:  Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has been implementing a big project aiming at enhancing the accessibility of the rural people to the markets and economic opportunities in the region, reports BSS. The project will help widening the access to markets and economic opportunities…

Chittagong detective branch (DB) of police in a drive yesterday arrested four alleged members of fraud syndicates from different part of Chittagong district. The arrestees were identified as Joynal, 35, Alauddin, 37, Fakhrul, 37, and Delwar, 32, all of them hailing from Zorarganj area under Mirsharai…

A minor girl was killed when a speedy bus hit her from the back in Gopal area on Sylhet-Sunamganj road of Sadar Upazila yesterday. The deceased was identified as Jhorna Akther,6 daughter of Nur Ali, a local autorickshaw driver. She was the student of class one at Gopal Govt Primary School.  Sources…

DU Nuzhat Jahangir Memorial Scholarship today Dhaka University (DU) Nuzhat Jahangir Memorial scholarship will be given today at the Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of the university. Vice-chancellor Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique will give the scholarship to the winners as the chief guest…

Woman killed in road accident An unidentified elderly woman was killed in a road accident at Sabujbagh in the capital city in the early hours of yesterday. The accident occurred around 3:30 am when a truck hit the women aged about 60 at Madartek while she was crossing the road, officer-in-charge of…