The World Kidney Day (WKD) was observed across the globe yesterday with a special focus on raising awareness about early and comprehensive screening for kidney disease, reports UNB. The theme of the day this year is ‘Kidney disease and children: Act early to prevent it’. The day was jointly…

Francophonie Festival 2016 begins in capital and Chittagong today amid festivity and enthusiasm, reports UNB. Every year, one month after ‘Ekushey February’, the Francophone community celebrates and promotes worldwide the use of the French language as well as cultural and linguistic diversity.…

A tribunal here yesterday sentenced a man to10 years’ imprisonment for killing his wife Taslim Hossain Trina in the capital’s Uttara area in August 2013, reports UNB. The convict, Atif Amin Haque, 31, son of Mohammad Mominul Haque, a resident of Uttara sector no 11, was also fined Tk 10,000,…

The government has appointed Additional Metropolitan Session’s Judge Jesmin Ara Begum as Dhaka’s first female Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), reports UNB. The Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry issued a notification yesetrday in this regard. The notification said Jesmin Ara…

Divisional Commissioner of Khulna Md Abdus Samad yesterday stressed the need for public awareness and modernised training to protect life, livelihood…

Two members of a drug cartel were reportedly injured with bullets during negotiation of a dispute between two feuding groups at a house in Charghat upazila yesterday. The injured were rushed to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH), said Nibaron Chandra Burman, OC of Charghat police station. Of the…

RAJSHAHI: A mother and her son were killed when their private car collided head-on with a truck at Muraripur area on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway under Paba Upazila of the district on Wednesday early night, police and hospital sources said, reports BSS. The deceased were identified as Jebunnessa…

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive seized two local-made shooter guns from city Gutatikor area on Wednesday night. Tipped off, a team of RAB-9, conducted a drive in the area and found the two guns near the Polli Biddut building in an abandon condition, RAB sources said. RAB could not arrest anyone…

President returns home President Abdul Hamid returned home yesterday morning from London after medical checkup. A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the president landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11.10am, president’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin told BSS.…

Third convocation of CUET March 14 CHITTAGONG: The third convocation of the Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) will be held on March 14. President of the country and chancellor of the university Abdul Hamid is expected to preside over the convocation to be held at CUET central…