It resembled a reunion of the Spanish community in Dhaka, as a 10-day solo exhibition of Spanish artist Esperanza Romero titled ‘Unknown Spirit’ was inaugurated at Gallery Cosmos-2 in the capital’s Mohakhali DOHS area on Saturday, reports UNB. Nazim Farhan Choudhury, managing director…

The two-day polls to elect the leaders in the  Dhaka Bar Association, the largest Bar of the country, will be held on February 24 and 25, when its more than 20,000 members will chose their leaders for 2016-17, reports BSS. The candidates will vie for a total of 25-post including President and General…

The Indian government has invited applications from eligible Bangladeshi nationals for admission to some courses at reputed colleges and institutions in India under the ‘self-financing scheme’ for the academic year 2016-2017, reports UNB. The courses are MBBS, BDS, BE, Diploma in Engineering,…

Chief of the Air Staff of Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, arrived in the capital yesterday on a five-day official visit which is expected to take the existing defence cooperation between the two countries to the next level, reports UNB. During his visit, Arup Raha, also the Chairman of…

The International Mother Language Day was observed in the cities as elsewhere in the district with due respect and solemnity. In chittagong, Central Shaheed…

RAJSHAHI: Integrated approach has become an urgent need to mitigate the adverse impact of climate change caused by the global warming in the region including its vast high Barind tract, reports BSS. Minimising the emission of greenhouse gas and adoption of conservation agriculture like minimum tillage,…

Customs intelligence on Saturday arrested two Malaysia returned passengers along with four gold bars, sex stimulating tablets, jelly, tubes and 18 cartons of foreign cigarettes worth about Taka one crore from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital reports BSS. "We arrested two persons,…

A daylong workshop on "Bangladesh Food Laboratories Conclave" will be held in the city's Bidyut Bhaban today, reports BSS. Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB) is organising the workshop to determine imperatives aimed at modernising and developing infrastructure of the existing food testing…

The authority of Chittagong University (CU) filed three cases against over 90 students in connection with vandalism at the university, reports BSS. The CU acting registrar Dr Kamru Huda filed the cases with Hathazari police station in connection with recent vandalisms at Physics Department, Shah Amanat…

The 29th death anniversary of AKM Shamsuzzoha, a language movement veteran and one of the organisers of the Liberation War, was observed yesterday in Narayanganj. He was also one of the founders of Bangladesh Awami League, a close associate of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,…

Police yesterday in separate drives arrested three Shibir men along with arms from city’s Chawkbazar area and Aochia village of Satkania Upazila in Chittagong. The arrestees were identified as Md Rifat, 22, Didarul Alam, 20 and Md Abul Mansur, 24. Police recovered a LG (Light Gun), two one-barrel…

Different public and private universities yesterday observed the Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day, paying rich tributes to the Language…