Residents of the city experienced a huge gridlock even holiday yesterday especially at the main roads as a large number on home bound Eid passenger starting to arrive here in this morning. City life in the main roads remained standstill during the time. The jam started in front of the Jail Gate to Line…

CHITTAGONG: Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) has taken various steps for quick disposal of sacrificial animal waste and garbage so that it would not create any harm to the environment, reports BSS. As part of the preparation, the CCC authorities divided 41 wards of the city into four zones- North and…

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will provide $ 89.3 million to Bangladesh to improve water supply, sanitation, drainage, and solid waste management in 23 selected Pourashavas of the country, reports UNB. The Jeddah-based lending agency will fund a project titled ‘Water Supply, Sanitation, Drainage,…

RAJSHAHI: A female teacher of Rajshahi University’s Journalism department, Akhter Jahan Jolly, was found dead at her university residence on the campus on Friday afternoon, reports UNB. Police recovered the body of Jolly, 45, an associate professor of the department, from room No 303 of teachers’…

GAZIPUR: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said legal action would be taken against any violation of traffic rules and driving vehicles in the wrong side of the roads, reports BSS. “None, whoever he may be any minister, MP and VIP, will be allowed to ply their vehicles…

The Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has set 254 designated places for slaughtering animals during the Eid-ul-Azha and has advised the citizens to slaughter the animals there. Nizam-ul-Azim, Acting Mayor of RCC, informed the matter to the reporters on Thursday morning by a press conference at conference…

DU Neuroscience Research Centre website opens A new website of Neuroscience Research Center (NRC) of Dhaka University (NRCDU) was formally opened on the campus on Thursday. DU Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the center as the chief guest at a function at Prof Abdul Matin Chowdhury…

Murder convict arrested Police in a drive arrested an absconding death-row murder case convict from Bagha upazila headquarters in Rajshahi on Thursday midnight. Tipped off, a team from Lalpur Police Station conducted a drive in the area and arrested Shaharul, 30, of Raghunathpur village in Lalpur upazila,…

GAZIPUR: Banesa Khatun, mother of senior journalist of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Ataur Rahman, died of old age complications on Thursday night here. She was 76, reports BSS. She breathed her last at her own residence at Hyderabad in Gazipur at around 11.30 pm on Thursday. She left behind a host…

KHULNA: Khulna Metropolitan Police (DMP) authorities have decided to set up 16 makeshift check posts at different strategic locations of the southwester industrial city to prevent smugglings of sacrificial cattle hides during the Eid-ul-Azha, reports BSS. “The check points will virtually seal…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at an anti-corruption quiz competition have stressed educating and inspiring young students with honesty, good moral character and patriotism in building a corruption-free society, reports BSS. They stressed on creating anti-corruption sentiment among the school students for changing…