KHULNA: Distribution of the government allowances to 85 freedom fighters in different parts of the district has been kept suspended for several reasons, reports UNB. Liberation War Affairs Ministry has halted providing allowances to the 85 people from January this year on several grounds, including…

SYLHET: Female students of Sylhet Nursing College started leaving their college hostel yesterday as cracks have developed in the building following the earthquake that jolted the country on Wednesday, reports UNB. As panic gripped residents of the hostel as the building was shaken again during a storm…

Aiming to control the quality and standard of foods, food ingredients and medicines of livestock, the government has launched a project to establish laboratory for a sustainable livestock sector, reports BSS. The laboratory would also examine the imported medicine, hormone and steroid being used in…

GAZIPUR: A court here yesterday sent Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) Mayor MA Mannan to jail in a violence case, reports UNB. Senior Judicial Magistrate Mohammad Iqbal Masud passed the order rejecting his bail plea after police produced him before the court in the afternoon. Earlier, a team of Detective…

CHITTAGONG:  A case has been filed against some 300-400 unidentified persons in connection with the factional clash in the city on Friday centring the party nominations for the upcoming union Parishad (UP) election, reports BSS. Sub-Inspector (SI) Baduruzza of Kotwali thana, filed the case against…

Hemophilia And Health Care Trust (HHCT) and Hemophilia Welfare Society (HWS) yesterday demanded to establish 10-bed Hemophilia Ward in the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), reports UNB. They demand came from a human chain marking the Hemophilia Day in front of the National Press Club in the…

KHULNA: A patrol Coast Guard (CG) team of Rupsha Station here yesterday recovered huge illegal Indian clothes worth about Tk. 45 lakh from toll plaza area of Khanjahan Ali Bridge under Rupsha Police Station in the district, reports BSS. Operation Officer of West Zone CG of Bangladesh, Lieutenant M Fariduzzaman…

RAJSHAHI: Many of the multi-storied buildings, being built in Rajshahi metropolis particularly the non-government ones, are not following the rules of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) and the Rajshahi Development Authority (RDA). As a result of construction of those multi-storied buildings without following…

RANGPUR: Vice-chancellor (VC) of the National University (NU) Professor Dr Harun-or-Rashid has said the university would become completely free from session jam by the year 2018, reports BSS. “Teachers are the driving force of the NU and they should advance in the information and communication…

Lalon Festival was held at Begum Rokeya University on the campus on Friday night. Professor AKM Nur-Un-Nabi,Vice-chancellor of the university was chief  guest. The university’s social and cultural orrganisation Gungun oragnised the programme. Professor Motiur Rahaman, Mrs Gul Nahar Begum,…

Teacher killed in road accident A school teacher in Rajshahi was killed on the spot when a truck dashed him in Kamarpara area on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj Highway of the district yesterday morning, police and locals said. The deceased was identified as Shahidul Alam, 48. He was the headmaster of Ranibari…

Workshop on thesis writing held at BUP Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) organised a workshop on “Thesis Writing Procedure and Presenting Research Seminar” yesterday, says a press release. Researchers of MPhil and PhD Programme who have completed their course work and those undergoing…