The Election Commission (EC) in consultation, with the Khulna District Special Branch (DSB) of police has identified 427 polling centres out of 595 under 9 upazilas of 64 unions of the district as ‘risky’. The Union Parishad (UP) election scheduled to be held on March 22, 2016. The total…

CHITTAGONG:  Police in a series of overnight drives arrested 90 people from different upazilas of the district last night. Abdul Awal, additional superintendent of police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district, said police detained 90 people from different upazilas of the district for their alleged…

SYLHET: The High Court ordered Sylhet Metropolitan Session Judge to conduct judicial inquiry into the recent fire incident in a VIP room of the circuit house which had been reserved for Finance Minister AMA Muhith and Chief Justice SK Sinha, reports UNB. The court ordered the Metropolitan Session Judge…

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 14 alleged members of a  gang, including its 12 foreign citizens, from Uttara area in the capital city yesterday, on charges of fraudulence using social networking sites, including facebook, reports BSS. A spokesman of anti-crime elite force confirmed the news…

KHULNA: The number of arsenic-affected patients in the district has increased in recent times as elevated levels of arsenic contamination has spread newer areas, reports UNB.      According to sources at Civil Surgeon's Office, arsenic contamination has recently been detected…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a participatory discussion in Rajshahi unequivocally called for strict enforcement of the amended tobacco control law to protect the women from the adverse effect of smokeless tobacco, reports BSS. Referring to various research findings they mentioned that smokeless tobacco, like…

KHULNA:  The month-long 15th Khulna International trade Fair-2016(KITF) will begin at Khulna Circuit House Ground tomorrow. Khulna Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) is organising the fair with the aim to promote country- made products and provide opportunities to foreign companies to market…

RU to open five new departments RAJSHAHI:  Rajshahi University (RU) is going to open five new departments soon to meet the pressing demand of time. The departments are-- Horticulture, Microbiology, Food and Nutrition, Soil Science and Industrial Science. Bangladesh University Grants Commission…

A mobile court fined three restaurants to Tk 60,000 in Chittagong on Thursday for selling date expiry food, cooking by burnt oil and preparing food in unhygienic condition. The mobile court, led by Md Fayez Ullah, assistant director of Chittagong Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection, conducted…