Green activists at a discussion yesterday stressed the need for protecting natural forests to ensure safe habitat for wildlife as well as a sustainable environment in the country. They said the area of natural forests is dwindling in the country day by day due to unchecked deforestation, excessive population…

A faction of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Barisal district and city unit blocked city roads for two hours yesterday protesting killing of local BCL leader of Barisal Polytechnic Institute Rezaul Karim and demanded arrest of the killers. Rezaul Islam, a former student of Barisal Polytechnic Institute,…

SAVAR:  The pro-Awami League panel of Jahangirnagar University (JU) swept the election to the teachers' representative to Syndicate, Academic Council and Finance Committee yesterday bagging all of the 13 posts out of 13, reports BSS. The election was held at the Teachers' Club on the campus…

Badal Chandra Barman, 59, an inhabitant of village Dampara under Nikli Police Station of Kishoreganj, yesterday testified as the first prosecution witness (PW) in the war crimes case against alleged Razakar duo Syed Mohammad Hossain and Muhammad Moslem Pradhan, reports BSS. Badal narrated how the Razakars…

Speakers at a programme yesterday called upon people not to encourage marriage of children under 18 years of age terming it a threat to the country in its socio-economic perspective, says a press release. Children under 18 years of age are not physically and mentally ready for marriage and child birth,…

Speaker of the National Assembly of Sri Lanka  Karu Jayasuriya yesterday made a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Banganbhaban, reports UNB. Welcoming the Speaker at Banghabhaban, the president said bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are ‘excellent’. Abdul…

Akila Khatun, maternal aunt of President Abdul Hamid, passed away on Sunday at the age of 80, reports UNB. Akila Khatun, who had been suffering from various old age complications, breathed her last around 5 am at her home at Kamalpur under Mithamoin upazila of Kishoreganj. She is survived by six daughters…

Gas supply of Sylhet city and its adjacent area was stopped from 2pm to 8pm yesterday due to the emergency gas pipe line repair work. Due to the emergency repairing work people of the city suffered for the disconnecting of gas. Earlier, the gas office issued a press release about the disconnection and…

SYLHET: A student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) drowned in a pond on the campus here yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Niloy Mohammad Azam, a student of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the university and son of M Abul Bashar of Comilla…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a discussion here yesterday unequivocally called for creating awareness about wildlife and importance of protecting environment from further degradation for the sake of survival of all the living beings, reports BSS. They viewed that the environment has been facing a serious threat…

RAJSHAHI: Businessmen of Rajshahi recently started exporting mangoes for the first time to the European supermarkets creating a huge commercial prospect for growers to get higher prices of their best quality harvest, reports BSS. The success has been achieved by dint of promoting hygiene practice and…

River Safety Week-2016 began in Barisal with a call to ensure safety of river routes maintaining navigability by dredging and evicting river-grabbers.  In the fifth day of the week, Barisal authority filed case against one launch for plying the vehicle with overloaded passenger and goods. …

Child drowns in Gazipur A child drowned in a water body beside home at Jhawadi village of Gazipur district yesterday morning. The victim was identified as Nadia Akter, 3, daughter of Nur Mohammed of the village. Sub-inspector of Kapasia police station Mohammed Azharul Islam said Nadia went out from…

World Environment Day observed at BAU MYMENSINGH: The Department of Environmental Science under the Agriculture faculty of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) yesterday chalked out programme to observe World Environment Day. Marking the day, teachers and students of the department, led by the Vice-Chancellor…