Education ministry has issued a show-cause notice against an official of University Grants Commission (UGC) for favouring a private university by violating the directives of the High Court (HC) and the ministry.  The show-cause notice said that Senior Assistant Secretary (legal) Mauli Azad favoured…

SYLHET: Students of Sylhet Engineering College yesterday confined its registrar and teachers of different departments to the administrative building, to press home their 12-point demand, reports UNB. The students locked administrative building around 11am and staged demonstrations protesting different…

Customs officials seized 100 gold bars, weighing around 11.6kg, from a flight of Qatar Airways at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday morning. Sohel Rahman, Joint Commissioner of Dhaka Customs office, said tipped off, the customs officials searched flight no QR 640 which landed at the airport…

An apparel trader was killed by some unidentified miscreants at his flat in Malibagh area of the capital yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Sattar Mandal, 35, son of Sagor Ali Mandal of Sirajganj. Sub-inspector Bacchu Miah, also in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH)…

A 10-day group art exhibition titled ‘Rhythm on Canvas’ kicked off Sunday at the Gallery Twenty One in the capital.  ARTBEAT, a group of four artists, organized the exhibition, Shama Shaiom, an artist, told BSS here today.  Prof Mustafizul Haque and eminent artist Shahid Kabir…

RAJSHAHI: Despite health warning on packets of tobacco products  school students both in rural and urban areas are being addicted with smoking here alarmingly creating grave concern among the guardians in general. Monwaruzzaman, a schoolteacher, said addiction to smoking is now become a social…

RANGPUR: Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal, Rangpur unit brings out cycle rally in the city yesterday demanding cancellation of Rampal power project to save…

A total of 38 candidates will vie for the 15 posts of Chittagong Press Club biennial election slated to be held on December 31, 2016. The election commission formed for the election yesterday has published a final list of candidates. For the post of president three persons—former press club president…

Kazi Nasir Uddin Babul of Daily Ajker Barta and SM Zakir Hosen of Daily Matobad were elected as president and secretary respectively of Barisal Press…

800 phensedyl bottles seized  RAJSHAHI: Police recovered 800 bottles of Indian phensedyl syrup from Jahajghat Mijaner Mor area in Rajshahi early yesterday. Humayun Kabir, officer-in-charge of Motihar Police Station, said tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive in the area and intercepted…

JU wins short film competition  SAVAR: A short film titled on ‘Living Dolls’ made by Jahangirnagar University (JU) students have placed at first position among 171 films in a short film making competition. Jahangirnagar Cine Society disclosed it by a press release on Saturday.  Short…