RANGPUR: Special Envoy to the Prime Minster and Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman Alhaj Hussein Muhammad Ershad has said health services must be ensured at government hospitals for the poor and distressed people, reports BSS. "The ailing poor people come to government hospitals from distant areas with…

A woman was hacked to death allegedly by her husband yesterday at Jaforabad of Boiltoli in Chittagong district. The deceased was Shahin Akhter, 35, wife of Abu Tayub, 45, of Jaforabad village of Chandanish upazila. Farid Uddin Khandaker, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chandanish Police Station, said Shahin…

The Cultural Affairs Ministry on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB) to hold an open architecture competition, aiming to finalise the designs of Public Library and National Museum Complex Project, reports UNB. Additional secretary of the ministry…

Police is set to take special measures ahead of the two phases Biswa Ijtema on the bank of River Turag at Tongi scheduled to be held from January 13-15 and January 20-22 to ease the traffic snarl, reports BSS. The measure will come into effect at 10 pm on January 14 and 10 pm on January 21, according…

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Tuesday said the number of technical education students in the country will mark a rise by 20 per cent by 2021 while 30 per cent by 2030, reports UNB. Technical education will be expanded across the country since it'll be the main base of our education, he…

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 yesterday took the charges of crimes against humanity pressed by the prosecution against three alleged war criminals from Netrokona, into cognizance, reports BSS. The three accused are Hedayet Ullah Anju,80, his brother Enayet Ullah Manju, 70, and Sohrab Fakir,…

A Dhaka court yesetrday placed 10 suspected militants, arrested from the capital’s Uttara and Kalabagan areas, on remand for different terms in a case filed with Ashulia Police Station, reports UNB. Those who remanded are Jannatul Mahal alias Jinnah, Shariful Islam, Mizanur Rahman, Ziaur Rahman,…

The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) did not conduct its scheduled eviction drive in the capital’s several areas yesterday due to non-availability of police sought by them (RAJUK). The RAJUK authority has made a schedule to start eviction drive in residential areas at Gulshan, Banani and…

Local units of Bangladesh Awami League and its front organisations observed the Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman…

An elderly man was allegedly killed by two of his sons in Baharampur area of Rajshahi city on Monday following a family feud. Abdul Sheikh, 70, a retired peon of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi, was declared dead at 12pm when he was taken to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital,…

13 students, teachers injured in Barisal road mishap  At least 13 students and teachers of Alangkarkathi AR high School were injured in a road accident yesterday morning while they were going to study tour to Shat Gambus of Bagerhat. They were admitted to Barisal Sher –e- Bangla Medical…

Academic delegation calls on DU VC A 10-member academic delegation, comprising students and academics from the UK and Tanzania, called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter's office on Monday.  The delegation was led by Dr Manoj Roy, a teacher and…