The visiting delegation of Federal Parliament of Germany yesterday called on Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, who is also the chairperson of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), at the latter's Jatiya Sangsad office in the capital, reports BSS. The delegation was comprised of Dr Hans…

CHITTAGONG: A mobile court here on Sunday fined four cloth shop owners Tk 160,000 at Terirbazar in the city for selling clothes of military, paramilitary forces and law enforcers, reports UNB. A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) led by Major SM Sudipto Shahin, deputy commanding officer of RAB-7,…

SAVAR: Robbers looted Tk 6 lakh from a bus passenger on Dhaka-Aricha highway in front of Dairy Farm Gate in Ashulia yesterday, reports UNB. Quoting witnesses, police said seven robbers, riding on three motorbikes, intercepted a Savar-bound bus and fired bullets to create panic among the passengers at…

Local activists of the ruling Awami League (AL), who are organising an agitation over a set of demands, including jobs for themselves, blocked the main gate of Rajshahi University (RU) around 8am yesterday. They later brought out a rally led by AL Motihar thana unit general secretary Md. Alauddin. The…

RAJSHAHI: Jahanara Zaman, wife of AHM Quamruzzaman, one of the four national leaders, died of cardiac arrest at her Gulshan residence in Dhaka city early…

Luz Maria Lopez, internationally acclaimed poet, translator and narrator, got highly impressed to see excitements of book lovers at the month-long Amar…

KHULNA: With the aim to modernize Khulna region, the Khulna Road and Highways (R&H) Division has implemented several development projects in last eight years, reports BSS. The R&H division has also taken up 11 mega projects, which three projects are implementing in full swing, sources said.…

A youth was killed as another boy hit him with a cricket stump during a cricket match in the city on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Faisal, 15, son of Md Shahajahan of Madarbari area in the city. He was involved with a small business in the city. Two groups of youth was playing cricket on the…

A ten-day long cultural festival titled ‘Manobik Sadhonay Bengal Sangskriti Utsab Sylhet 2017’ will begin on February 22 at Abul Maal Abdul Muhith Sports Complex in Sylhet.  Organised by Bengal Foundation in association with Dhaka Bank and Channel-i, the festival will end on March 3. …

DNCC gets new office Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) formally started its activities from its new office in Gulshan-2 on Sunday. DNCC Mayor Annisul Huq inaugurated the new office at plot 23-26 of Road 46 of the posh area. Expressing his satisfaction over the shift of the office, the DNCC mayor asked…

Three DU students receive Nujhat Jahangir Memorial Scholarship Three students of the Faculty of Social Science of Dhaka University (DU) have received ‘Nujhat Jahangir Memorial Scholarship’ for scoring the highest CGPA in the BSS Honours examination of 2015. DU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS…