A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed to strengthen family planning service provision within the premises of garment factories, reports UNB. Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP), Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and EngenderHealth Bangladesh…

Police arrested accused of sensational Himadri Majumdar Himo murder from Khaja Manjil of Panchlaish area yesterday in the city yesterday. The arrestee was identified as Mahbub Ali Danny, 28. Himu, 18, a A-Level student of Summerfield School and College was pushed to death  from the roof of a four-storied…

The 117th birth anniversary of the great poet Jibanananda Das will be observed today. Jatiya Kabita Parishad Barisal unit, Jibananando Dash Sangsad and…

A court on Tuesday convicted a man and sentenced him to life in prison for raping a girl.Tanjina Ismail, Judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-5 in Dhaka, made the order as she found Mohammad Jahangir Alam, son of Malam Miah of Char Shibpur village in Banchharampur upazila of…

icddr,b’s board of trustees has reappointed its executive director Prof John Clemens for a second three-year term, starting in April 2016, reports UNB. Dr Clemens first worked for the international health research institution in the 980s, at the start of a career that has spanned academia, government…

Singapore will provide training to 1,150 teachers and officials in the field of Bangladesh’s technical education in order to enhance their skills, reports UNB. Singapore’s Nanyang Polytechnic Institute will provide the training through 60 courses, ranging from one week to six weeks, in the…

CHITTAGONG:  An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was killed in a road accident in Jorargonj area under Mirsarai upazila of the district yesterday noon, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Faisal, 20, of the area, and an activist of Jorargonj Union unit of BCL. Farid…

RAJSHAHI: Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has set to start collecting information of the families who are residing in rented houses in the city soon for the sake of ensuring security to the city dwellers, reports BSS. The city corporation authority has asked its officials and staffs concerned to take…

Speakers at a seminar yesterday said, “Despite different government and non-government programmes to eliminate child marriage in the country, it remains at an alarming level mainly due poverty and the patriarchal attitude of society.” This is affecting a large number of girls in the country…

CHITTAGONG: Police arrested five alleged members of an inter-district robbers' gang from city's Pahartali area early yesterday, reports BSS. The arrestees were Salauddin, 21, and Mamun Hossain alias Mitu, 26, of Chittagong district, Sheikh Farid, 25, of Bagerhat district, Mohamamd Sharif, 24,…

The 143th Full-Commission meeting of UGC was held at the University Grants Commission (UGC) auditorium in the capital yesterday, reports BSS. Professor Abdul Mannan, chairman of UGC, presided over the meeting while Secretary for Ministry of Education Sohrab Hossain, Member of Socio-Economic Infrastructure…

NSU 19th convocation tomorrow North South University (NSU) is going to hold its 19th convocation ceremony at its own campus on Thursday, says a press release. President Md Abdul Hamid and chancellor of university, will preside over the convocation ceremony and will confer degrees to 2130 students. …

Worker killed in road crash A DWASA worker was killed and three others injured as a truck crashed into them where they were doing water pipeline installation work in front of Dhaka Udyan Housing Project in Mohammadpur area early yesterday. Firoz Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur Police Station,…