Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Annisul Huq yesterday said over 300,000 saplings will be planted in the DNCC area within next three years to turn the city green, reports UNB. “We’ll plant 325,000 plants within next three years. We have already formed a committee, headed by Bishwa…

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Planning Ministry yesterday formed a three-member subcommittee to determine whether there was any flaw in the planning of Maghbazar-Malibagh flyover, reports BSS. "The committee has also been entrusted to identify the persons responsible if any flaw is found,"…

Science and Technology Minister Architect Yeafesh Osman yesterday urged women as well as the young generation to come forward to develop the country utilising the benefits of Information and Technology (IT), reports BSS. "Women empowerment through IT is very important and time befitting,"…

Newly appointed judges of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Md Nizamul Haq made a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban in the capital yesterday.   During the meeting, different issues including infrastructure of the judiciary,…

A student of Dhaka College  was killed as a bus knocked down him at Tikatuli intersection in the capital on Thursday morning, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Arifur Rahman, 20, a student of Dhaka College. Quoting witnesses, Assistant Sub-inspector of Motijheel Police Station Roman said…

The permanent and casual workers of seven state-owned Jute Mills of Khulna-Jessore industrial belt under the banner of Collective Bargaining Agent (CBA) and Non-CBA Oikko Parishad jointly brought out a procession carrying sticks and staged a demonstrations yesterday at Khalishpur and Atra industrial…

RANGPUR: Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu has said coordinated steps have been taken for turning Rangpur into a well-habitable, modern, eco-friendly, beautiful and clean city, reports BSS. Jhantu, also a freedom fighter and President of the City Development Coordination…

Director General of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Dr Matthew Morell visits Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) in Gazipur on…

A day-long Job Fair organised by the Dhaka Women’s Polytechnic Institute in association with STEP (Skills and Training Enhancement Project) will be held on the Institute’s premises at Agargaon in the capital today, says a press release.  Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will inaugurate…

An event titled ‘Children and Atom’ organised by Russia’s nuclear power company- ASE, a subsidiary of state nuclear energy corporation-…

2 held with 1,600 yaba pills Police in separate drives arrested two people along with 1,600 pieces of yaba tablet in different areas of Khulna city on Wednesday night. Assistant Commissioner of the Detective Branch (DB) of police Sheikh Kamrul Islam said tipped off, DB police in a drive in Boira area…