Speakers at a discussion inn the capital yesterday stressed the need for widening the scope for youths to join politics and other constructive activities and platforms imbued with the non-violent philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi to make them true changing agents of the country, reports UNB. They also focused…

Advocates of child rights have urged the political parties not to use children in politics, reports BSS. The recommendation came in a report titled “Situation of Bangladeshi Children: Newspaper Analysis and Experts’ Opinions” released at a programme by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF)…

A hawker was killed when a cylinder gas was exploded in Banani area of the capital yesterday afternoon. The victim was identified as Lal Miah, 41, a gas balloon hawker.  According to the sources in Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), the gas cylinder was exploded around 3pm when the hawker was…

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department yesterday arrested six persons with illegal cosmetics worth around Tk 25 lakh at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital. Director General of CIID Moinul Khan confirmed it. The arrested were identified as Shaheen Alam, Damil Hosain, Babul,…

The government will bring the country’s all people under the sanitation coverage by the next three years, reports UNB. Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) Md Wali Ullah came up with the information at a press conference yesterday. The press conference was arranged…

Nobha, a lion of Rangpur Zoo and Nova, a lioness form Chittagong were kept in a single cage after they tied the knot in pompous ceremony at Chittagong Zoo on 21 September. They now have started conjugal life from yesterday. After Nobha and Nova got wedlock they were kept in side by side cages so that…

Police are currently going tough on human trafficking with capturing 1,000 traffickers and rescuing 517 victims including 286 female and children from different parts of the country in eight months from January in 2016 last, reports BSS. “We have widened dragnet against human trafficking and so…

CHITTAGONG: Students of different schools and colleges in the city yesterday staged a sit-on for nearly two hours in front of Chittagong Education Board, protesting a government decision to increase the number of creative questions in SSC and HSC examinations, reports BSS.  Around 2500 students…

Nirapod Sarak Chai (NSC), an organisation working for safe road, today formed a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club yesterday urging authorities concerned to take effective steps for preventing street accidents, reports BSS. "Despite the number of road mishap has come down significantly…

RAJSHAHI: Experts at a scientific seminar here on Friday said the number of heart attack cases was on rise with the people facing mounting health risk during the last couple of years, reports BSS. In this context, they identified hypertension, uncontrolled diabetes, obesity and cigarette smoking as…

RANGPUR: Over 8.82 lakh families have been getting rice at Taka 10 per kilogram in Rangpur division under the epoch-making poor-friendly food-aid programme to make rice available for the ultra poor at a very low price, reports BSS. According to official, every card holder beneficiary family would get…

Tahsan, Natasha join Canadian University  Tahsan Rahman Khan, actor and singer has joined Canadian University of Bangladesh as brand ambassador and assistant professor, says press release.  In addition, Ms. Natasha Hayat Khan, university teacher and actress and Solaiman Sukhon, university…

Four held over running ‘unauthorised TV channels’ Rapid Action Battalion yesterday arrested four persons on charge of running two unlicensed television channels—Channel H Bangla and Neha TV - in Badda area in the capital yesterday morning. The elite force members also seized huge…