Bangladesh and India will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 'Sustainable Development of Rajshahi City' today, reports UNB. Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla will be visiting Rajshahi and Natore on January 29-30 to attend a number of events, including signing…

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Saturday stressed the need for taking measures to enact an effective law with collective efforts to make the country's roads safe, reports UNB. She made the call while addressing the 7th conference of Nirapod Sarak Chai, a platform that demands for safe road,…

An elderly woman and her granddaughter succumbed to injuries yesterday hours after they were admitted to the Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) following Friday’s explosion at their rented flat of a building in Chittagong city’s Dewan Bazar area. …

Environment and Forest Minister Anwar Hossain Manju yesterday underscored the need for creating awareness among the people to help harness sea resources through proper management for the advancement of the country, reports BSS. "We have lot of mineral resources in our maritime boundary. Awareness…

Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) has organised a seven-day training for the addiction professionals, including doctors, counselors, managers and other staff from the country's different drug treatment and rehabilitation centres, reports UNB. The inaugural session of the training was held at Ahsania Mission…

Aryaan Rashif Aryaan Rashif, aged 2 years 3 months, who has been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Blood cancer). Now he is staying for better treatment in India. According to doctor he needs around Tk 50 lakh to cure the decease.  But it is not possible for his father, Rashed Ali, junior…

A section of students of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) staged a demonstration on the campus yesterday morning demanding cancellation…

1kg heroin seized in Rajshahi Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 1kilogram of heroin worth Tk 20lakh in 'C and B' intersection area of Godagari upazila in Rajshahi on Friday afternoon. According to a BGB press release, a patrol team of BGB led by Subedar Rezaul Karim, commander…

Seminar on modernism and postmodernism held  A two-day long seminar on ‘Modernism and Postmodernism: Film & Drama, Fine Arts, Poetry, Fiction’ was held on Friday at DUCSU (Dhaka University Central Student’s Union), The programme was organised by Atandra Pathshala, a wing of…