Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday asked terrorists and militants to surrender by showing honour to the call of the government or face dire consequence, reports BSS. “If you do not give yourself up to the law enforcement agencies, you will face what your accomplices have experienced in the…

A major new training programme will build the electrical safety inspection capacity of the Bangladesh fire service, labour inspectorate and industry organisations, helping reduce the threat of fires in RMG factories, reports UNB. According to Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence Department (BFSCD)…

BARISAL: State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak yesterday urged the entrepreneurs of Union Digital Centers (UDCs) to make available online necessary information required for the livelihood development of people, reports UNB. “People will be benefited if you disseminate necessary information…

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday morning went to Singapore for medical treatment. Fakhrul along with his wife Rahat Ara Begum left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Singapore in a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines around 8:30am, BNP chairperson’s media wing…

Two minor siblings were killed and four people were injured as a microbus plunged into a roadside ditch in Satka area of Keraniganj upazila on Saturday morning, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Shaon,6, and Shahin, 4, two siblings and residents of Bhelna area of the upazila. Maharam, sub-inspector…

A shop employee was found dead in a shop in Dhaka University market at Katabon in the capital on Saturday morning, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Imran Reza, 22, son of Atahar Uddin of Patuakhali district and an employee of ‘Maria International Crest Shop” in the market. Harichand…

Cleaning drive of Barisal Jail khal (canal) started in the city involving the citizens to return normalcy and maintain its navigability and free the canal…

RAJSHAHI: Students should raise their voice against climate change for protecting environment and biodiversity from its adverse impact in the region including the vast Barind tract, speakers at a discussion here said, reports BSS. They viewed that there should have adequate measures of boosting level…

Discussion on anti-terrorism held   Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University organised a discussion on anti-terrorism and anti-militancy at the temporary campus of the university in the capital yesterday, says a press release. The Vice-chancellor Rear Admiral A S M Abdul Baten graced…

Man hurt in Chandpur blast dies at DMCH A man, who sustained burn injuries in an oil tanker blast in Chandpur district town on Thursday, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday morning. Bacchu Mia, sub-inspector of DMCH police camp, said Nur Mohammad Mamun, 40,who was admitted to the…

Residents of Faridpur yesterday paid tributes to 1952 Language Movement veteran Dr Mohammad Zahed with elderly citizens recalling his selfless initiatives for extending quality health services to poor and children to mark his 26th death anniversary, reports BSS. Different social groups and professional…

The Forty seventh death anniversary of former Speaker of erstwhile Provincial Assembly Abdul Hamid Chowdhury will be observed today, says a press release.…