Former students of Rajshahi University (RU) formed a human chain in front of the National Museum at Shahabagh in the capital yesterday protesting the…

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in separate drives, in the capital arrested six former officials of army, police and BGB for their alleged involvement in cheating people in the name of providing jobs, reports BSS. Director of RAB Media and Legal Wing Commander Mufti Mohammad Mahmud Khan confirmed it saying,…

At least 19 nurses have so far fallen sick yesterday as they continue fast-unto-death programme in front of the National Press Club demanding their recruitment…

Hundreds of unlicenced ice-cream factories have sprung up in different places of Khulna city and the 10 districts under Khulna division, exposing the consumers of ice-cream, especially school-going children, to serious health hazards. Due to lax vigilance of the authorities concerned, the factories…

CHITTAGONG: The horrors and horrifying memories and frightful moments of the devastating cyclonic storm and tidal surge of April 29, 1991 was recalled yesterday, reports BSS. Different socio-cultural and political organizations in Chittagong arranged a daylong programmes remembering the trail of destruction…

Twenty-eight members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) were injured in a road accident in Chaymail area on Barisal-Dhaka highway under airport police station of Barisal metropolitan yesterday morning. Police and local sources said the accident took place in the area around 7am when a police bus carrying…

RAJSHAHI: A gang of robbers allegedly looted gold ornaments and money from jewellery shop in Ganakpara area of the city on Thursday evening. According to witness, a gang of robbers numbering 10 to 15 entered the area with a microbus and hurled several crude bombs, in front of the jewelry shop. However…

RAJSHAHI: Two persons were sentenced to life imprisonment each by a trial court here on Thursday on charge of possessing 50 grams of heroin in the district last year, reports BSS. Judge of the Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Golam Ahmed Khalilur Rahman found them guilty of the charge and pronounced…

The British Council and Daffodil Education Network (DEN) have recently inaugurated a nationwide book reading competition on the British Council Library premises, says a press release. This is the fourth year of the nationwide competition, which is designed to promote book reading habit in English among…

AIUB team to join int’l rover contest in USA A team of undergraduate engineering students from American International University – Bangladesh (AIUB) will attend the ‘International Rover Competition’ which is scheduled to be held in USA from June 2 to 4, says a press release.…