The newly raised fare for passengers and freight trains became effective from yesterday, following the second hike after three years. Director General of Bangladesh Railway Md Amzad Hossain told UNB that the new railway fare with rise of 7.8 per cent has been effective from yesterday. The fare was increased…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday handed over Ekushey Padak-2016 to 16 eminent personalities in recognition of their outstanding contributions to their respective fields, reports UNB. The Padak distribution ceremony was held at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital. The recipients are:…

There is no specialised hospital for the AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) patients in the country to get treatment; health ministry sources told BSS yesterday. Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said, “The health sector of the country achieved a lot of success under the…

RAJSHAHI: Police recovered hanging body of a female student of Rajshahi University from her rented house in Tikapara graveyard area of the city on Friday, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Aroz Fatima. She is hailed from Magura district and a first year student of the department of agronomy…

Speakers at a daylong workshop in the city yesterday stressed the need for family planning in every section of the society to build Bangladesh as a poverty and hunger-free country. They also emphasised the need for collective efforts of all government and non-government organisations to control the…

At least four Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured in a clash between two groups of BCL in the city’s Teroroton area on Friday night over supremacy in the area. Quoting locals, police said Jakaria and Dulal two BCL leaders in Sylhet  want to establish their influence in the area for…

RANGPUR: The growing anti-corruption sentiment among young members of the secondary school level Integrity Units in Rangpur is highly encouraging for building a corruption-free society in Bangladesh in future, reports BSS. First Secretary of the Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany at Dhaka and Head…

Science & Technology Fair held The faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology of Hamdard University Bangladesh organised a day-long “Science & Technology Fair 2016” Thursday on its own campus in the capital, says a press release. The programme was divided into two parts; in…

Boy killed in road crash A teenage boy was killed and his father severely injured as a track crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw they were riding at Kalabagan in Hathazari upazila in Chittagong yesterday morning. Assistant sub-inspector Pankaj Barua, in-charge of Chittagong Medical College Hospital…