Chairman of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Iqbal Mahmood on Wednesday warned that the anti-graft agency will do the right work at the right time, reports UNB. The ACC chief came up with the remark after Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain issued a warning to the ACC following its…

WaterAid Bangladesh in association with Dhaka South City Corporation has launched another public toilet at Bahadur Shah Park funded by H&M Foundation, reports BSS. Mohammad Sayeed Khokon, Mayor, Dhaka South City Corporation, inaugurated this modern sanitation facility today, said a release. This…

The department of environment (DoE) yesterday fined Tk 46.31 lakh against three factories for polluting environment. The monitoring and enforcement wing of the DoE summoned the owners of the three factories at its Agargaon headquarters to appear before the environment court yesterday. The factories…

CHITTAGONG: A man and his son were killed when a portion of a boundary wall of a school collapsed on them at Patharghata in the port city on Wednesday,…

The newly appointed Bangladesh High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Riaz Hamidullah, presented his credentials to the Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena in Colombo yesterday. During the ceremony, while mentioning about the long-standing relations between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh based on history and…

President Abdul Hamid yesterday described communal harmony as a great tradition of Bangladesh and urged all irrespective of caste and creed to continue to make efforts so that none can tarnish this tradition, reports BSS. The president said this when an 8-member delegation, including the trustees of…

Four-year-old boy Kabbo Roy has been diagnosed with the rare Steroid-Dependent Nephrotic Syndrome or SDNS, says a press release.  Doctors suggest…

SYLHET: Police arrested three people and rescued one tokay gecko lizard from a hotel at Taltala in the city on Tuesday Afternoon, reports UNB. The arrestees are: Babul Ahmad, son of Taiyab Ali, a resident of Gugarpul village in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet, Shahan Ahmad, son of Sohag, and Abdul…

The Titas Gas authority in separate drives disconnected 500 illegal gas lines in different areas of Gazipur city today. At the same time, a mobile court…

A joint Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (DREE) on the post earthquake disaster management preparation was held on Tuesday in the capital visualising that a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit the country, reports BSS. The Disaster Management and Relief Ministry along with Armed Forces Division and…

RANGPUR: All preparations have been completed to celebrate the five-day Durga Puja, the greatest religious festival of the Hindu community, amid tight security measures with due religious fervor in the district, reports BSS. Beginning from Friday, the festival will end on October 11 through celebration…

Mahfuzul made chief of Food Safety Authority Mohammad Mahfuzul Hoque has been made as new chairman of Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA). He was succeeded by Mustak Hasan Muhammad Iftekhar. Earlier, Mahfuzul Hoque, an additional secretary of the government, served as a member of Bangladesh Council…

JICA team calls on DU VC A three-member delegation led by Mikio Hataeda, Chief Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Tuesday called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique at his latter's office on the campus in the capital. The other members of…