The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) will interrogate a Rajuk director for allegedly taking a freedom fighter certificate showing fake evidence and acquiring illegal wealth, reports UNB. The Commission recently sent a notice to Rajuk (Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha) asking its director (Estate-East)…

Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday urged all to work together to ensure safety and happiness for every mother and asked all to say no to all types of repression towards them, reports BSS. “Let’s make a happy world for them stopping all kinds of repression…

A mobile court on Saturday sentenced Nurul Azim Rony, general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Chittagong city unit to two years jail. Nurul was arrested with arms from a polling centre on Saturday during the Union Parishad polls. Judicial Magistrate Harun-or-Rashid led the mobile court.…

The condition of pioneering Bengali woman journalist and editor of the country's first illustrated women's weekly “Begum”, who was…

President M Abdul Hamid yesterday paid rich tributes to the memory of internationally reputed nuclear scientist Dr MA Wazed Miah, husband of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on the occasion of his 6th death anniversary, reports BSS. In a message on the eve of the day, Abdul Hamid recalled that Dr. Wazed…

Senior journalist Madan Shahu died of respiratory complications at Birdem Hospital in the capital yesterday. He was 77. The journalist left behind wife,…

A mobile court yesterday has begun anti-polythene drive in the yesterday. Fearing the drive businessmen of the city commercial area at Bazaar Road and Port Road fled the scene closing their shops. Witnesses said a mobile court led by Dr Gazi Md Saifuzzaman, deputy commissioner Barisal, started anti-polythene…

The parliamentary standing body on Road Transport and Bridges Ministry yesterday discussed "Bangladesh Bridges Authority Bill, 2016, reports BSS". The body in its 16th meeting with its President Md Akabbar Hossain, MP, in the chair recommended submission of a report about this after holding…

The Khulna City Corporation (KCC) has been conducting a month-long drive from May 1 to collect outstanding holding taxes worth over Taka 39 crore from 25 government and private organisations in the city. KCC’s Collector of Taxes Md Wahiduzzaman Khan said they were facing obstacles in realising…

The 155th  birth anniversary of Bishwakabi Rabindranath Tagore (Rabindra Joyanti) was celebrated in the city yesterday with due respect. Jatiya Rabindra…

Police recovered the hanging body of a student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) from a mess in Borgul area adjacent to the campus in Sylhet yesterday. The deceased was Bishwajit Mallik, a second year student of the Forestry and Environmental Science department of the university,…

65-day ban on deep sea fishing from May 20 The government yesterday imposed a ban on deep sea fishing for 65 days from May 20 to facilitate breeding of fishes and conservation of fish stock in the maritime boundary. The ban will come into effect from May 20 and continue until July 23 this year, an official…

Robot competition ends at RUET RAJSHAHI: A two-day inter-university Robot Competition ended at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) on Friday with the call of more expansion of robotic study and research. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) of RUET organised…