Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon yesterday urged all pro-liberation forces to build a collective resistance against the militancy and communalism, reports BSS. "A vested quarter has been trying in a planned way to create communal division in the country. They have also been…

Speakers at a discussion on Saturday stressed the need for coordinated efforts to end violence against women as it is an impediment to democracy, gender equality and human rights, reports UNB. Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha arranged the discussion on the campus of the Dhaka University. DU Vice-Chancellor…

The second 'National Judicial Conference - 2016' will be held in the capital on December 24-25. Talking to BSS, High Court Division Additional Registrar M Sabbir Fayez said various issues relating to problems and prospects of the judiciary, including its digitalisation, establishing effective…

Shaheed Dr Milon Day will be observed across the country today commemorating the 26th martyrdom anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, reports BSS. On this day in 1990, Dr Milon was killed by the goons of military junta near Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) of Dhaka University at the height of anti-autocracy…

Secondary teachers has recommended the amendments of the Bangladesh Civil Service Recruitment Rules 2014 to incorporate the posts of assistant head teacher and assistant district education officer as scheduled ones, reports UNB. Bangladesh Government Secondary Teachers’ Association (BGSTA) came…

Speakers at a meeting on "Dr Milon Day" at the Taher auditorium recalled the valiant sacrifice of Shaheed Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon in the fight against autocracy, reports BSS. Recalling that the battle against the remnants of military autocracy were still on the general secretary of Jatiya…

Well ahead of the advent of winter, kitchen markets of Rajshahi have been flooded with winter vegetables. It is learnt, from mid September to early October this year, winter vegetables like bean, radish, cauliflower, cabbage, Lau, Lal Sak, tomato, Palank (Spinach), Jhinga and Chichinga are being sold…

RAJSHAHI: The long-cherished jail training academy, first kind of it in the country, is going to be set up in the city aims at meeting the demands of time and decades as well, reports BSS. The existing jail guard training centre will be transformed into a full-fledged academy at a cost of around Taka…

Awami League-backed Sammilita Ainjibi Parishad secured nine posts, including the posts of president and general secretary, in Narayanganj District Bar Association polls held in Narayanganj on Thursday, reports BSS. On the other hand, BNP-backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Parishad won eight posts, including…

Plastic factory catches fire A fire broke out at a plastic factory in Kamrangirchar area of the capital on Saturday morning. The fire was noticed at the factory on the ground floor of a three-storey building adjacent to the Eidgah ground in Kamrangirchar around 7:31am. Firefighters have reached the…

Int’l conference on Analysis of Repeated Measures Data held at EWU The Department of Applied Statistics of East West University (EWU) on Friday arranged a two-day long international conference on Analysis of Repeated Measures Data at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban, University of Dhaka,…