The body of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) central leader Diaz Irfan Chowdhurys exhumed in Chittagong University for re-postmortem yesterday morning.…

An international seminar focusing on how local government can improve the provision of services to citizens of the participating countries by mutually sharing their local government systems and initiatives is currently being held in the capital. The two-day seminar—‘Towards Effective, Accountable…

Customs officials yesterday detained a passenger of a domestic flight from Chittagong at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka and seized 24 gold bars weighing 2.78 kilograms from his possession, reports UNB. Sources at the Dhaka customs house said Sarwar Kamal of Cox’s…

The International Human Rights Day was observed in the country yesterday as elsewhere across the globe, reports UNB. The UN General Assembly proclaimed December 10 as Human Rights Day in 1950 with a view to bringing to the attention ‘of the peoples of the world’ the Universal Declaration…

A young man was burnt to death as a house in a slum in Shahjahanpur area of the capital caught early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Shipon, 30. Atikul Islam, duty official of the Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) control room, said the fire broke out at the house around 3.57am. On information,…

Dhaka University has won the grand finale of the Sweden-Bangladesh Nobel Memorial Quiz 2016. The competition was held in the capital yesterday, says press…

The elections to the 15-members’ executive committee of Jagannath University Teachers’ Association (JnUTA)-2017 will be held tomorrow. Casting of votes will start from 9:00am and continue 2:30pm at the university central auditorium. JnU Finance Department Associate Prof Sagir Hossen will…

RAJSHAHI: Two motorcycle riders were killed and another injured in a road crash when it collided head-on with a bus in Katakhali Samshadipur area near the city on Friday evening, reports UNB. The deceased were indentified as Shuvo, 25, son of Moktar Hossain, and Golam Rabbani, 35, son of late Abu Taher. …

RAJSHAHI: Five women get ‘Joyeeta Award’ as recognition of attaining their success in different fields after overcoming difficulties and challenges in the city yesterday, reports BSS. The awards were given to the successful women— Shirin Mahbuba, Urshi Mahfila Fateha, Hazera Khatun,…

International Human Rights Day observed in city with a day long programme including holding human chain, rally and discussion. Barisal Manbadhikar Dibas Udzapan Parshad formed a human chain in front of Ashwini Kumar Town Hall premises.  Dr Habibur Rahman, convenor of the Parshad presided over the…

kill summit begins today An international summit on skill development and decent work will begin in the capital today to develop human resources of the country. The three-day conference on “Dhaka Summit on Skills, Employability and Decent Work-2016” will bring together the representatives…

Workshop on ‘Research Idea Development’ begins at DIU A 3-day-long international workshop on “Research Idea Development” began yesterday at Daffodil Iinternational University (DIU) auditorium, says a press release.  Ms Fazilatun Nesa Indira, MP inaugurated the workshop as…