The hassle of the people of nine districts in getting passport is going to be over as the newly-constructed buildings of regional passport offices are set to be opened in those districts on Sunday, reports UNB. Besides, the sufferings of the people of Dhaka city in receiving passports would be lessened…

SAVAR: Chairman of Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) Iqbal Mahmud has underscored movement against corruption, saying a united effort is needed to eliminate corruption from the country. “The future of our country is bright. The only problem for our future generation is corruption. ACC is arresting…

SYLHET: Rainfall of straight two and a half hours triggered water-logging in different parts of the city on Thursday night, pushing normal public life into disarray, reports UNB. People felt difficulties mostly in movement negotiating the roads that lay under knee-deep water, which moved away the following…

The US Embassy in Dhaka and the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED) at BRAC University have announced the names of four Bangladeshi young entrepreneurs who will be visiting the United States from April 30 to June 3 under the US State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’…

RAJSHAHI:  Public health experts yesterday said Bangladesh was exposed to growing risks of Zoonatic diseases which mainly are transmitted to human body from animals. “Compared to other countries in the region, the prevalence of zoonatic diseases is not very high, but definitely we (Bangladesh)…

Sale of ‘Tal Pakha’ (palm leaves-made hand-held fans) has gone up in Barisal due to the hot weather and erratic power supply. In Chandsi village,…

SYLHET: A minor girl died after she fell from the rooftop of a building at Gramtala village of Sylhet district on Thursday, reports UNB. Police said Nadia Begum, 10, daughter of Helal Mia, fell off from the roof of the three-storey building of one Waris Ullah while playing with other children in the…

SYLHET: Robbers looted valuables worth Tk 30 lakh from a house at Akhalia Surma Residential area in the city early Thursday, reports UNB. Quoting house inmates, police said a gang of robbers, numbering eight, stormed the house of Dr Shafiul Azam, a physician, and kept the house inmates hostage at gunpoint…

CHITTAGONG: A student of Chittagong University (CU) drowned in Halda River in Hathazari upazila of the district yesterday, reports BSS. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Noman, 25, a second year student of International Relations Department of CU. Noman hailed from Rangunia upazila of the district.…

RAJSHAHI: The regional office of Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institutions (BSTI) fined owners of four food shops Tk 12,000 in the metropolis yesterday for selling of substandard and adulterated foods and other consumers items, reports BSS. According to the officials concerned, the BSTI in cooperation…

Prime University 2nd convocation tomorrow The Prime University is going to hold its second convocation at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital on April 24. Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid would grace the occasion on behalf of the Chancellor and President of Bangladesh…