The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday questioned five people in connection with the non-funded part of Sonali Bank loan scam. An ACC team, led by its director Mir Zainul Abedin Shebly, interrogated them at the ACC head office in the capital, ACC Public Relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya…

First prosecution witness (PW) in the trial of nine alleged Razakars from Jessore submitted his deposition, narrating the heinous crimes committed by former Jamaat lawmaker Sakhawat Hossain and his cohorts in 1971, reports BSS. Gaziur Rahman, 62, an inhabitant of village Chingra under Keshobpur Police…

The Embassy of Denmark in Dhaka has brought an exciting opportunity for a young Bangladeshi woman to become a ‘Shadow Ambassador’ for a day at the joint new Nordic Embassy, reports UNB. The initiative has been taken to celebrate the International Women’s Day 2016. The 2016 theme for…

Speakers at a views exchange meeting yesterday stressed media can play a key role to uphold democracy and protect human rights. So, journalists should concentrate on presenting objective and credible news. They said, “Proper utilisation of human resources, particularly the youths who account for…

Speakers at a discussion yesterday afternoon said the third world countries are dependent on the developed countries and the biggest weakness lies in our backwardness in science education. This dependency has sharply divided the world. We have to adopt a more scientific lifestyle to overcome the limitation.…

RANGPUR: Cultural activists at a day-long views-sharing meeting here have vowed for creating social awareness through cultural activists to eradicate the curable disease tuberculosis, reports BSS. National Anti-Tuberculosis Association of Bangladesh (NATAB) organised the district level meeting on 'Role…

DU THM dept alumni assoc formed A 21-member convening committee of Dhaka University Tourism & Hospitality Management Alumni Association (DUTHMAA) has been formed at a meeting on Sunday evening. Former students of Tourism and Hospitality Management (THM) department --Abu Rayhan Sarker, chairman of…

Nesar Uddin made Betar DG Additional Secretary of the Women and Children Affairs Ministry AKM Nesar Uddin Bhuiyan has been appointed as the new director general (DG) of Bangladesh Betar. Nesar belongs to the 1982 regular batch of BCS (information) cadre and served as information officer at 12 ministries,…