Several civic rights groups yesterday demanded reconstituting the Department of Shipping examination board comprising experts from the Marine Academy and BUET for inland vessel mastership and drivership examinations, reports UNB. They also demanded preparing question sheets of the examinations by the…

A total of 36 crore 21 lakh 82 thousand and 245 copies free of cost text books to be distributed from primary to secondary level on 1st January have already been published, up by 2 crore 84 lakh 34 thousand 273 over the previous year's, reports BSS. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid disclosed…

Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday said massive awareness campaign should be launched across the country to prevent Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). "Unhealthy lifestyle has contributed to the rapid rise of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the country, which…

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in an overnight raid arrested five youths from the capital’s Badda area for their alleged involvement in arms trading.    RAB-1 Commanding Officer (CO) Lieutenant Colonel Tuhin Muhammad Masud confirmed it to The Independent. He said four foreign pistols,…

Religious minorities should be included in decision making process to ensure their rights, said eminent columnist Syed Abul Maksud. “The government should have commitment to ensure fundamental rights of religious minorities in Bangladesh,” he said while addressing at launching ‘Bangladesh…

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport & Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday urged all to come forward to give democracy an institutional shape, reports BSS. “It’s very difficult to institutionalise democracy without the help of all . . . All political parties must come…

A kidney ward is urgently needed in Rangpur Medical College Hospital. The hospital has a nephrologist, the necessary manpower and several dialysis machines,…

The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), with support of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), distributed humanitarian assistance on Sunday to 450 Santal families affected by recent events in Gaibandha, says a press release.  Each family received food ration for one month, noon-food…

The new executive committee of Association of Bangladesh has been formed recently, says a press release  Mazharul Islam, CEO of Anyaprokash, and Kamrul Hasan Shayok, Director of Panjeree Publications, have been elected as president and executive director of the organisation respectively  The…

Fair on family relation today Amrai Pari’ (WE CAN) as a part of 16 days campaign this year is going to organise an programme under the title “Fair : Equal Respect in Family Relation” today at Bangladesh Shishu Academy in the capital yesterday, says a press release.  Nuruzzaman…

Outgoing FAO Representative calls on DU VC Outgoing Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative to Bangladesh Mike Robson yesterday paid a farewell call on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique at his latter’s office on the campus. Assistant FAO Representative…