The government has taken a mega plan to conduct 2001 kilometers of river dredging and 690 kilometers of river training at a cost of Tk 956, 834 crore over the next 15 years. The aim of this mega plan is to maintain the navigability of rivers, river management from which the country could reap the maximum…

Renowned educationists yesterday said universities have to play key role in producing skilled workforces to boost the development process in the country, reports BSS. Universities should expand their research works to create new knowledge to solve problems of the nation, they told a special lecture…

President Abdul Hamid has paid rich tribute to the memory of those killed in a barbaric grenade attack on an Awami League rally in city on August 21 in 2004, reports BSS. "I express my deep respect to the memory of those killed in the August 21 grenade attack and convey heartfelt sympathies to…

A Dhaka court yesterday placed 18 suspected leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir on remand for different terms in a case filed under the Special Powers Act, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sajjadur Rahman passed the order when sub-inspector…

Muggers looted Tk five lakh from an outlet of mobile money transfer service operator bKash shooting its employee in the capital’s Baridhara on Saturday morning, reports UNB. Witnesses said a group of muggers stormed a bKash outlet named ‘Masud Enterprise’ at the J-block in Baridhara…

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said the government has attached its highest priority to expansion of education across the country to expedite the development process, reports BSS. “Education is an important tool to boost development process in all sectors,” he told a seminar…

A bottle has been removed from stomach of a patient by surgery at a clinic in the city on Thursday. Dr Jahangir Hossain Selim, surgeon of Health Care Clinic in the city said a patient Md Jalal Hossain, 40, son of Abdul Monaj from Farashganj under Lalmohon upazila of Bhola district, came to the clinic…

RANGPUR: Journalists under banner of ‘Sangbadik Samaj Rangpur’ formed a human chain in front of the Rangpur Press Club yesterday protesting…

SYLHET: A medicine shop owner was hacked to death by a trader over a trivial matter at Lalabazar in South Surma upazila on Friday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Azir Uddin, 55, son of Mabishur Ali, a resident of Tengra village in Bishwanath upazila. Sub-inspector of South Surma Police…

Four office bearers of Barisal University Teachers Association (BUTA) including its president resigned from their posts on Thursday.  A total 9 out of 15 elected executives of the association have been resigned in last one month facing the pressure of other group. Mohammad Jamal Uddin, acting chairman…

Professor Nazma Rahman, former relief and social welfare secretary of Awami League (AL), educationist and cultural activist, died of brain ailment at Banner Heart Hospital located in Mesa, Arizona in the United States Yesterday morning. She was 66, reports BSS. She was residing with her elder daughter…

KHULNA: A special team of Bangladesh Coast Guard destroyed 2,800 kgs of chemical mixed shrimps worth around Tk 35 lakh from Rupsha Bridge area on Saturday morning, reports BSS. Operation Officer of Rupsha Coast Guard Station Lt M Fariduzzaman Khan said, on secret information, they conducted a drive…

Woman killed in road crash A 70-year-old woman was killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Purenda under Araihazar upazila of Naraynganj on Friday afternoon. The victim was identified Alatulnessa of the area. Local sources said the elderly women suffered critical injuries as a covered van…

JUJA alumni committee formed SAVAR:  Jahangirnagar University Journalists’ Association (JUJA) formed its alumni committee at meeting held at Dhanmondi Daffodil University campus on Friday evening. Making Shahidul Haque Manju as president and Kazi Jakir Hossain as secretary, a 33-member committee…